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Standard tuning is the tuning most frequently used on a six-string guitar and musicians assume this tuning by default if a specific alternate (or scordatura) is not mentioned. In scientific pitch notation, [4] the guitar's standard tuning consists of the following notes: E 2 –A 2 –D 3 –G 3 –B 3 –E 4.
The predecessor of today's six-string classical guitar was the five-string baroque guitar tuned as the five high strings of a six-string guitar with the A raised one octave. High C – E-A-d-g-c' Standard tuning with the B tuned a half step higher to C to emulate a six-string bass guitar, minus the low B.
C6 tuning is one of the most common tunings for steel guitar, both on single and multiple neck instruments. On a twin-neck, the most common set-up is C6 tuning on the near neck and E9 tuning on the far neck. On a six-string neck, for example, on lap steel guitar, C6 tuning is most usually C-E-G-A-C-E, bass to treble and going away from the ...
Baritone (older use) / 6 string bass (older use) such as the Fender Bass VI – E 1 A 1 D 2 G 2 B 2 E 3 (Similar to a standard guitar but an octave lower, and often played like a standard guitar rather than a bass guitar.) Baritone guitar (contemporary versions) – B 1 E 2 A 2 D 3 F♯ 3 B 3 a fourth below standard tuning, although A 1 to A 3 ...
It can be tricky. For example, the octave string of the sixth course of a twelve-string guitar is most commonly string twelve, but in the case of the Rickenbacker 360/12 it is string eleven, because of the unusual standard tuning of this particular (and very important) guitar model. An article that referred particularly to the octave string of ...
With six strings, major-thirds tuning has a smaller range than standard tuning; with seven strings, the major-thirds tuning covers the range of standard tuning on six strings. [11] [12] With the repetition of three open-string notes, each major-thirds tuning provides the guitarist with many options for fingering chords. Indeed, the fingering of ...
Standard tuning requires four chord-shapes for the major triads. There are separate chord-forms for chords having their root note on the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth strings. For a six-string guitar in standard tuning, it may be necessary to drop or omit one or more tones from the chord; this is typically the root or fifth.
The Pink Floyd song "Hey You" from the album The Wall and the Kansas song "Dust in the Wind" [2] from their Point of Know Return album use this form of guitar tuning. In "Hey You", David Gilmour replaced the low E string with a second high E (not a 12-string set, low E's octave string) such that it was two octaves up.