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Bass Mandolin Europe The alternate tuning (2 octaves below the mandolin) is usually applied to a smaller-scale instrument (see Mandobass). The alternate tuning (2 octaves below the mandola) is usually applied to a smaller-scale instrument (see Mandobass). Mandobass: 8 strings 4 courses. Standard/common: G 1 G 1 •D 2 D 2 •A 2 A 2 •E 3 E 3 ...
Cross tuning or cross-tuning (aka scordatura) is an alternative tuning used for the open strings of a string instrument.The term refers to the practice of retuning the strings; it also refers to the various tunings commonly used, or in some contexts it may refer to the AEAE fiddle tuning.
The octave mandolin (US and Canada) or octave mandola (Ireland and UK) is a fretted string instrument with four pairs of strings tuned in fifths, G−D−A−E (low to high). It is larger than the mandola , but smaller than the mandocello and its construction is similar to other instruments in the mandolin family.
Mandola: C 3 G 3 D 4 A 4 (same as standard viola tuning) Mandolin: G 3 D 4 A 4 E 5 (same as standard violin tuning) Pipa: A 2 D 3 E 3 A 3 (most common and used in Chinese orchestra; several other tunings exist) Balalaika (Prima): E 4 E 4 A 4 (the two identical Es are on strings of different gauges) Requinto Jarocho: A 3 D 3 G 3 C 4 (G string ...
The most common way to represent the string tunings of many instruments is by a chord with all strings open. For instruments with many closely tuned strings, this is impractical, and for those with reentrant tunings it is positively misleading, so an arpeggio style may be used instead, spreading the string tunings. Recognising this, some ...
Neighboring the standard tuning is the all-thirds tuning that has the open strings E2–G ♯ 2–B ♯ 2–E3–G ♯ 3–B ♯ 3 (or F ♭ 2–A ♭ 2–C3–F ♭ 3–A ♭ 3–C4). [4] 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 ...
On a stringed instrument, a break in an otherwise ascending (or descending) order of string pitches is known as a re-entry. A re-entrant tuning, therefore, is a tuning which does not order all the strings (or more properly the courses) from the lowest pitch to the highest pitch (or vice versa). Most common re-entrant tunings have only one re-entry.
The conventional "standard tuning" consists of perfect fourths and a single major third between the g and b strings: E-A-d-g-b-e' All-fifths tuning has the set of open strings C-G-d-a-e'-b' or G'-D-A-e-b-f ♯ ', which have intervals of 3 octaves minus a half-step between the lowest and highest string. The conventional tuning has an interval of ...