Reply With QuotePrior to you asking this question, all I know is that it usually refers to Hawaiian music. Now that you asked the question I looked it up in Wikipedia and this is what I found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_key
aeolian
Regular Fretter
What is "Slack Key"?
I've read a couple of articles where that was mentioned, and I have no idea what it is.
As you see, theory is not my forte..........
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Prior to you asking this question, all I know is that it usually refers to Hawaiian music. Now that you asked the question I looked it up in Wikipedia and this is what I found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_key
aeolian
Regular Fretter
So, it's basically variations on open tunings.
Guitars: 2008 Gibson SG Classic, 2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard LE, 2002 Gibson SG Supreme, 2001 Gibson Les Paul Studio Plus, 1996 Les Paul Studio Gem, American Deluxe Double Fat Strat, Bluesville "Super" Strat Copy, MIK Fender "Limited Edition" Tele, JD Bluesville "Night Pilot", Yamaha AES 820, Steinberger Spirit GT Pro, Taylor 355CE, Ovation 1897 Adamas, Ovation CC057 Celebrity
Amps: Axe FX centered rack rig, Mesa 4x12 cab. Germino Club 40, Johnson JM150 Millennium, Johnson JM250 Millennium, Gibson Titan Medalist Frankenstein.
Effects: Tonebone Trimode, EH Holy Grail, Boss CH-1, Dunlop Crybaby Classic, Framptone Amp Switcher, THD Hot Plate, Yamaha AG Stomp Acoustic Processor, Boss BCB-60 Pedal Board.
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Ask Mark...
http://www.accentonmusic.com/book_detail.asp?qID=26
-Jon
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Sounds Hawai'ian doesn't it?
Lately I have been doing a lot of playing in what some article online called "Modal G tuning" which is DGDGCD. What I know is that on my acoustic guitar it makes me think of the Dark Tower novels [which I'd do anyway], specifically the story that Jake, Eddie and Susannah all share about having encountered the same "musician" in Central Park, a homeless man playing a saw, who says "sounds Hawai'ian, doesn't it?" While I don;t know if the afforementioned tuning is genuine "slack key" or not, it sounds very Hawai'an and lends itself to melodic playing quite nicely.
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