The Origins of Raised B

[MWR]

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]

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]

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

[ShawnRT]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.