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Guitar, tenor: 4 strings 4 courses. Standard C 3 • G 3 • D 4 • A 4. Common Alternates G 2 D 3 A 3 E 4; G 2 D 3 A 3 D 4; US Same tuning as tenor banjo, mandola. Guitar, terz: 6 strings 6 courses. G 2 C 3 F 3 B ♭ 3 D 4 G 4: Tertz Guitar, Tierce Guitar, Third Guitar Italy, Germany A minor third higher than standard guitar tuning. Guqin: 7 ...
Depending on the context, sometimes it is sufficient merely to name the notes, as in E–A–D–G–B–E for the guitar. The notes should be named by uppercase letters, and separated by dashes. Sharp and flat signs are placed immediately after the note name, for example B ♭ or F ♯, as indicated by Wikipedia:Manual of Style (music)# ...
The two main four-string Selmer models were a regular tenor guitar with a smaller body and a 23 inch scale length for standard CGDA tuning, and the Eddie Freeman Special, with a larger body and a longer 25.5-inch scale length, using a reentrant tuning for the A string which was designed by English tenor banjoist Eddie Freeman to have a better ...
The C–C–G–C–E–G tuning uses some of the harmonic sequence (overtones) of the note C. [33] [34] This overtone-series tuning was modified by Mick Ralphs, who used a high C note rather than the high G note for "Can't Get Enough" on Bad Company. Ralphs said, "It needs the open C to have that ring," and "it never really sounds right in ...
A variety of tunings are used for the four string tenor guitar, including a relatively small number of re-entrant tunings. One example of a re-entrant tuning for tenor guitar is D 4 –G 3 –B 3 –E 4 with strings 3–1 as for the normal 6-string guitar, but string 4 tuned to D an octave above the 4th string of the 6 string guitar.
Mi-composé is a tuning commonly used for rhythm guitar in African popular music forms such as soukous and makossa. [61] It is similar to the standard guitar tuning, except that the d string is raised an entire octave. This is accomplished by replacing the d string with an e' string and tuning it to d'.
The note layouts on the fretboard of a guitar tuned in perfect 4ths, with arrows that show where the same note continues on a higher-pitched string. All adjacent strings have the same interval and repeat at the 5th fret, unlike standard guitar tuning which has an inconsistency between the 2nd and 3rd strings.
The most commonly used tuning is A-E-A-E. Likewise banjo players in this tradition use many tunings to play melody in different keys. A common alternative banjo tuning for playing in D is A-D-A-D-E. Many Folk guitar players also used different tunings from standard, such as D-A-D-G-A-D, which is very popular for Irish music.