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Originally Posted by tonewoods
On the single, it's all about that Clavinet...
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Yes it is. To my ears the clavinet is playing E flat dom 7, resorting to the plain minor and the 9th form for dressing.
I don't know if you'll agree with me, but I think Steve and Duck are actually *tuned* to E flat.
Duck's first note, a low E flat. He could be doing the octave 2nd string 2nd fret, but my money is on 3rd string 7th fret. It's not quite precise enough to be the 2nd string, I guess.
Steve's guitar part seems to be a roll from the middle 2, past the major 3 to the 5, and to my ears it sound like he's doing it at the 4th fret, 4th string (tuning) or could be done standard tuning from the middle F, 4th string 3rd fret.
There's some precedent for Steve and Duck tuning to E flat: the obvious open E flat bounces in Sam & Dave's "Wrap It Up," the key of "Soul Man," and possibly "Hold On, I'm Comin"" which is in A flat.
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