9/5 on pedal steel

Interesting to see discussion of the dominant 7th tone sounded as 7/4 or
even 12/7. On reflection, I realize the reason that we E9th steel
guitarists tune our D strings to the sharper 9/10 and 9/5 - it gives us an
easy D major triad with the 9/8 F# and the 4/3 A.

That triad is sweet, but our diminished chords are notoriously sour. I've
realized that I use the 7/4 a lot as a melody note in blues solos, but I
really don't have the pedals set right to give it to me in chords.

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