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  2. Guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    String gauge refers to the thickness and diameter of a guitar string, which influences the overall sound and pitch of the guitar depending on the guitar string used. [17] Some alternative tunings are difficult or even impossible to achieve with conventional guitars due to the sets of guitar strings, which have gauges optimized for standard tuning.

  3. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    8 string classical guitar 8 string electric guitar Spain Tuning of two lowest strings varies with player and music Guitar, 9 string 9 strings 6 courses. E 3 E 2 •A 3 A 2 •D 4 D 3 •G 3 B 3 E 4: US 12-string guitar variant with doubled bases Guitar, 9 string 9 strings 6 courses. E 2 • A 2 • D 3 • G 4 G 3 •B 3 B 3 •E 4 E 4: US 12 ...

  4. List of guitar tunings - Wikipedia

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    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. This is an all fourths tuning.

  5. Regular tuning - Wikipedia

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    The shifting of chords is especially simple for the regular tunings that repeat their open strings, in which case chords can be moved vertically: Chords can be moved three strings up (or down) in major-thirds tuning, [3] and chords can be moved two strings up (or down) in augmented-fourths tuning. Regular tunings thus appeal to new guitarists ...

  6. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings

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    Strings are listed starting with the string nearest the player. 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.

  7. Acoustic guitar - Wikipedia

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    In standard tuning the guitar's six strings [2] are tuned (low to high) E 2 A 2 D 3 G 3 B 3 E 4. Guitar strings may be plucked individually with a pick (plectrum) or fingertip, or strummed to play chords. Plucking a string causes it to vibrate at a fundamental pitch determined by the string's length, mass, and

  8. New standard tuning - Wikipedia

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    New standard tuning (NST) is an alternative tuning for the guitar that approximates all-fifths tuning.The guitar's strings are assigned the notes C2-G2-D3-A3-E4-G4 (from lowest to highest); the five lowest open strings are each tuned to an interval of a perfect fifth {(C,G),(G,D),(D,A),(A,E)}; the two highest strings are a minor third apart (E,G).

  9. Guitar chord - Wikipedia

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    Major Chords (Guide for Guitar Chord Charts) A: 002220; B: x24442; C: 032010; D: xx0232; E: 022100; F: 133211; F#: 244322 (movable – remember that no sharps or flats are between BC and EF) Normal G: 320003; Nashville style G: 3×0033; For the other commonly used chords, the conventional fingerings also double notes and feature open-string notes: