Methods of tuning the open strings on a guitar or other chordophone that differ from what is considered to be standard.
Questions tagged [alternative-tunings]
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Are just intervals a human universal?
It is my understanding that unaccompanied singers (or players of fret less instruments) will naturally tend to sing (or play) just intervals, i.e. intervals whose frequency ratios are ratios of simple whole numbers, and that the complicated tuning…
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Are there regular open tunings for guitar?
I understand the difference between open tuning (all 6 open strings play a chord) and regular tuning (the intervals between strings are the same). I would like to know if it is possible to have both, that is, a tuning with equal intervals between…
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Instruments natively tuned to just intonation
What instruments are/have been designed for tuning for just intonation (throughout history)? I'm looking for things that that are inherent in construction such as tone holes and fret placements.
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Can I tune a banjolel to DGBE?
I play baritone uke tuned DGBE. Can I set up my banjolele to be DGBE also? Banjolele now is standard uke GCEA tuning.
chas
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How to tune your guitar to F major on capo 5?
So i'm learning how to play yesterday by Beatles on my acoustic guitar and I have self taught myself so I have no tuning knowledge about the guitar whatsoever. So when watching this video about how to play this song I encountered one video where the…
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What are good sources of information about non-standard tuning systems ("microtunings")?
Prompted by answers and comments on this question, I'd like to collect up some online references for microtunings and microtonal music. This subject seems to be picking up ever more interest but it remains quite hard to learn about online.
Ideally…
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if a song is writting in one tuning on guitar can it be then translated into standard tuning
If a song is played in C G C F A D tuning on guitar. Can it be then translated into standard tuning. Can you extract standard tuning chords for a song played in C G C F A D ?
I hope my question is clear.
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