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Some Tunings For Eight String Steel Guitars

Simple Tunings
(1 is the first string or the small string)

A Major

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A C# A E C# A E  

E Major

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
E
B
G#
E
B
G#
E
  

A7th

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
E
C#
A
E
C#
A
G
E

E7th

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
E
B
G#
E
D
B
G#
E

C# Minor

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
E
C#
G#
E
C#
G#
E

Regular Tunings

A6th

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
E
C#
A
F#
E
C#
A
F#
F#
E
C#
A
F#
E
C#
A

Bb6th

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
F
D
Bb
G
F
D
Bb
G
G
F
D
Bb
G
F
D
Bb

B6th

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
F#
D#
B
G#
F#
D#
B
G#
G#
F#
D#
B
G#
F#
D#
Bb

C6th

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
G
E
C
A
G
E
C
A
E
C
A
G
E
C
A
G

D6th

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
F#
D
B
A
F#
D
B
A

E13th

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
E
C#
G#
E
D
B
G#
E
E
C#
G#
F#
D
B
G#
E
E
C#
B
G#
F#
D
B
G#