The Origins of Raised B

MWR · Post by **MWR** » Mon May 17, 2004 3:21 pm

Raised B is more commonly reffered to as Nashville tuning so I imagine it was created within the country scene. It was used to get a 12 string sound when recording. One guitar was tuned normally and the other was in Nashville and it created a 12 string sound without the headache of using an actually 12 string.

As far as how Dave came upon it I think Winglet is right. He probably would never have messed with raised b is he hadn't been handed a baritone.

Easy E · Post by **Easy E** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:51 pm

I'm pretty sure here comes the sun has a capo on the fourth fret, other than this i bring nothing to the thread

taylordb · Post by **taylordb** » Mon May 17, 2004 9:03 pm

Here Comes the Sun is capoed at the 7th fret...I'm sure of it.

ShawnRT · Post by **ShawnRT** » Tue May 18, 2004 9:07 am

Here Comes the Sun is definitely capoed at the 7th fret. I remember seeing a video clip of George playing it solo sitting on a porch somewhere. The clip might have been on the Beatles Anthology DVD set. If anyone out there hasnt checked out the Beatles Anthology DVD set, get it!!!!

dmbvideos · Post by **dmbvideos** » Tue May 18, 2004 12:16 pm

MWR wrote:He probably would never have messed with raised b is he hadn't been handed a baritone.

So there's one good thing that came out of Everyday...

grock · Post by **grock** » Wed May 19, 2004 7:23 am

MWR wrote:Raised B is more commonly reffered to as Nashville tuning so I imagine it was created within the country scene. It was used to get a 12 string sound when recording. One guitar was tuned normally and the other was in Nashville and it created a 12 string sound without the headache of using an actually 12 string.

As far as how Dave came upon it I think Winglet is right. He probably would never have messed with raised b is he hadn't been handed a baritone.

nope. nashville tuning is where you take the octave strings of a twelve string pack and tune those. so you have octave EADG and then normal BE. so it's the high strings of a twelve string and you'll only have one wound string: the octave E. if you play a normal standard tuned guitar with a nashville tuned guitar, you have a 12 string between them.

Trippin Hillbilly · Post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Wed May 19, 2004 9:15 am

I think this was mentioned a while back but why is it that on dave's raised B taylor, only the 5th and 6th string are wound? If you follow the instructions here, the 4th, 5th and 6th strings end up wound .......

It's a bit odd..

MWR · Post by **MWR** » Wed May 19, 2004 4:58 pm

grock wrote:
MWR wrote:Raised B is more commonly reffered to as Nashville tuning so I imagine it was created within the country scene. It was used to get a 12 string sound when recording. One guitar was tuned normally and the other was in Nashville and it created a 12 string sound without the headache of using an actually 12 string.

As far as how Dave came upon it I think Winglet is right. He probably would never have messed with raised b is he hadn't been handed a baritone.
nope. nashville tuning is where you take the octave strings of a twelve string pack and tune those. so you have octave EADG and then normal BE. so it's the high strings of a twelve string and you'll only have one wound string: the octave E. if you play a normal standard tuned guitar with a nashville tuned guitar, you have a 12 string between them.

Oops. I didnt realize the b and e strings were tuned up as well. Thanks for the heads up.