alternative tunings for guitar, a major-thirds tuning is a regular tuning in which each interval between successive open strings is a major third ("M3" in...

open-strings: 3 semitones (minor third): Minor-thirds, or Diminished tuning 4 semitones (major third): Major-thirds or Augmented tuning, 5 semitones (perfect fourth):...

major third; each of the intervals between the other pairs of consecutive strings is a perfect fourth. In an alternative tuning, the major-thirds tuning, each...

highest); in standard tuning, the intervals present among adjacent strings are perfect fourths except for the major third (G,B). Standard tuning requires four...

chord. Scales and chords are simplified by major thirds tuning and all-fourths tuning, which are regular tunings maintaining the same musical interval between...

minor third. In the minor-thirds tuning beginning with C, the open strings contain the notes (C, D♯, F♯) of the diminished C chord. Major-thirds tuning is...

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...

Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical tuning in which the frequency ratios of all intervals are based on the ratio 3:2. This ratio, also known as the...

October 2010) was an American jazz guitarist who introduced major-thirds tuning. Patt's tuning simplified the learning of the fretboard and chords by beginners...

tuning, major-thirds tuning, and augmented-fourths tuning (but not major seconds tuning, which is not repetitive on six strings). Among open tunings,...

meanings for tuning: Tuning practice, the act of tuning an instrument or voice. Tuning systems, the various systems of pitches used to tune an instrument...

are major thirds; in contrast, standard guitar tuning has one major-third amid four fourths. Seven-string guitars are needed for major-thirds tuning to...

meaning of the term 'in tune', in the context of piano tuning, is not simply a particular fixed set of pitches. Fine piano tuning requires an assessment...

several open C tunings. The English guitar uses a repetitive open-C tuning C-E-G-C-E-G, which is approximately a major-thirds tuning, specifically...

open strings are major thirds; in contrast, the standard guitar-tuning has one major-third amid four fourths. Major-thirds tuning has a smaller scope than...

tunings for the guitar, all-fourths tuning is a regular tuning. In contrast, the standard tuning has one irregularity—a major third between the third...

tunings for the guitar, an open G tuning is an open tuning that features the G-major chord; its open notes are selected from the notes of a G-major chord...

Five-limit tuning, 5-limit tuning, or 5-prime-limit tuning (not to be confused with 5-odd-limit tuning), is any system for tuning a musical instrument...

number). The minor third is one of two commonly occurring thirds. It is called minor because it is the smaller of the two: the major third spans an additional...

even in all-fourths and major-thirds tunings, which do not require more hand-stretching than standard tuning. In major-thirds tuning, the interval between...

Among alternative tunings for guitar, each augmented-fourths tuning is a regular tuning in which the musical intervals between successive open-string...

Open D tuning is an open tuning for the acoustic or electric guitar. The open string notes in this tuning are (from lowest to highest): D A D F♯ A D. It...

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...

a Pythagorean comma, and produces out-of-tune thirds that are only slightly better than in Pythagorean tuning. Twelve-tone equal temperament is roughly...

Diesis (128:125) demonstration The octave C-C′, the three justly tuned major thirds C-E-G♯-B♯ and the descending diesis C′-B♯ are played (see example)...

specialized term perfect third is occasionally used to distinguish the 5:4 ratio from major thirds created using other tuning methods. 7 limit and higher...

In musical tuning, a temperament is a tuning system that slightly compromises the pure intervals of just intonation to meet other requirements. Most modern...

augmented tuning is a musical tuning system for musical instruments that is associated with augmented triads, that is a root note, a major third, and an...

the post-WWI period Major third (M3), a type of musical interval Major thirds tuning (M3 tuning), a regular tuning with major-third intervals between successive...

notes produced in Pythagorean tuning were flattened or sharpened to produce just minor and major thirds. In Pythagorean tuning, the only highly consonant...