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  2. Musical tuning - Wikipedia

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    Tuning is the process of adjusting the pitch of one or many tones from musical instruments to establish typical intervals between these tones. Tuning is usually based on a fixed reference, such as A = 440 Hz. The term "out of tune" refers to a pitch/tone that is either too high or too low in relation to a given reference pitch. While an ...

  3. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    "Zoltán Kodály" tuning: B 1 F ♯ 2 D 3 A 3 "Whole step down" tuning: B ♭ 1 F 2 C 3 G 3. Celo: 4 strings celovic celloses ginga Croatia Serbia Slovenia This is the modern instrument Čelovič, 4 string 4 strings 4 courses. E 2 A 2 D 3 G 3: Celo, Csello, Cselo Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia This is the modern instrument again Čelovič, Farkas 6 ...

  4. Ukulele - Wikipedia

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    Another common tuning for the soprano ukulele is the higher string-tension D 6 tuning (or simply D tuning), A 4 –D 4 –F ♯ 4 –B 4, one step higher than the G 4 –C 4 –E 4 –A 4 tuning. Once considered standard, this tuning was commonly used during the Hawaiian music boom of the early 20th century, and is often seen in sheet music ...

  5. Circle of fifths - Wikipedia

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    Twelve-tone equal temperament tuning divides each octave into twelve equivalent semitones, and the circle of fifths leads to a C seven octaves above the starting point. If the fifths are tuned with an exact frequency ratio of 3:2 (the system of tuning known as just intonation ), this is not the case (the circle does not "close").

  6. Open D tuning - Wikipedia

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    To tune a guitar from standard tuning to open D tuning, lower the 1st (high-E) string down a full step to D, 2nd (B) string down a full step to A, 3rd (G) string down a half step to F ♯, and 6th (low-E) string down a full step to D. In this tuning, when the guitar is strummed without fretting any of the

  7. Chromatic scale - Wikipedia

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    The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone, also known as a half-step, above or below its adjacent pitches. As a result, in 12-tone equal temperament (the most common tuning in Western music), the chromatic scale covers all 12 of the available pitches. Thus, there is only one chromatic scale.

  8. Tritone - Wikipedia

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    In other meantone tuning systems, besides 12 tone equal temperament, Aug 4 and dim 5 are distinct intervals because neither is exactly half an octave. In any meantone tuning near to ⁠ 2 / 9 ⁠ -comma meantone the Aug 4 is near to the ratio 7:5 (582.51) and the dim 5 to 10:7 (617.49), which is what these intervals are in septimal meantone ...

  9. Reentrant tuning - Wikipedia

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    The Venezuelan cuatro is a member of the guitar family, smaller in size and with four nylon strings. It is similar in size and construction to the ukulele. The traditional "Camburpinton" tuning is re-entrant (A 3 –D 4 –F ♯ 4 –B 3), but with the re-entry between the second and first strings, rather than between third and fourth as in the ...