chord, such as the G-major triad (G,B,D). For example, a popular open-G tuning is D–G–D–G–B–D (low to high). An open-G tuning allows a G-major chord to be...
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by major thirds tuning and all-fourths tuning, which are regular tunings maintaining the same musical interval between consecutive open string notes. Alternative...
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Hardware. C-E-G-C-E-G The English guitar used a repetitive open-C tuning that approximated a major-thirds tuning. C-C-G-C-E-G This open-C tuning gives the...
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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....
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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 C-E-G♯-C-E-G♯=C-E-A♭-C-E-A♭...
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Among alternative tunings for guitar, a major-thirds tuning is a regular tuning in which each interval between successive open strings is a major third...
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Open E tuning is a tuning for guitar: low to high, E-B-E-G♯-B-E. Compared to standard tuning, two strings are two semitones higher and one string is one...
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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...
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tuning defines the string pitches as E, A, D, G, B, and E. Between the open-strings of the standard tuning are three perfect-fourths (E–A, A–D, D–G)...
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tunings, all-fifths tuning refers to the set of tunings in which each interval between consecutive open strings is a perfect fifth. All-fifths tuning...
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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...
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DADGAD (redirect from Open D-sus tuning)
D A D G A D, or Celtic tuning, is an alternative guitar tuning most associated with Celtic music, though it has also found use in rock, folk, metal and...
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Guitar chord (section Open tunings)
guitar tuning. Most guitars used in popular music have six strings with the "standard" tuning of the Spanish classical guitar, namely E–A–D–G–B–E' (from...
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Up". Richards's favoured – but not exclusively used – open tuning is a five-string open G tuning: GDGBD. Richards often removes the lowest string from...
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tuning, major-thirds tuning, and augmented-fourths tuning (but not major seconds tuning, which is not repetitive on six strings). Among open tunings,...
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Among alternative tunings for the guitar, all-fourths tuning is a regular tuning. In contrast, the standard tuning has one irregularity—a major third between...
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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...
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Ralphs used this open-G overtones-tuning for "Hey Hey" and while writing the demo of "Can't Get Enough". The open G tuning G-G-D-G-B-D was used by Joni...
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console steel guitar, popular C6 tunings are: High C6 tuning A-C-E-G-A-C-E-G. Low C6 tuning either: G-A-C-E-G-A-C-E. F-A-C-E-G-A-C-E. On a ten-string neck...
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fade out. A tuning fork's pitch depends on the length and mass of the two prongs. They are traditional sources of standard pitch for tuning musical instruments...
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Drop D tuning is an alternative form of guitar tuning in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned down from the usual E of standard tuning by one whole...
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Russian guitar (category Repetitive guitar-tunings)
open G tuning on Lute in Mainz, but there is no evidence that they were relatives. Some guitar historians insist that the Russian seven-string tuning...
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tuning assigns pitches to the strings of an electric bass. Because pitches are associated with notes, bass-guitar tunings assign open notes to open strings...
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Seven-string guitar (section Tuning)
arpeggiated. It also happens that the open D tuning was a perfect fourth lower than the six string tuning. The open D string tuning of this guitar was convenient...
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Slack-key guitar (redirect from Slack tuning)
[tuning] key") is a fingerstyle genre of guitar music that originated in Hawaii. This style of guitar playing involves altering the standard tuning on...
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or Vestapol tuning: D–A–D–F♯–A–D; and open G or Spanish tuning: D–G–D–G–B–D. Open E and open A, formed by raising each of those tunings a whole tone...
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C tuning is a type of guitar tuning. The strings of the guitar are tuned two whole steps lower than standard tuning. The resulting notes can be described...
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standard tuning refers to the typical tuning of a string instrument. This notion is contrary to that of scordatura, i.e. an alternate tuning designated...
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guitar. He often played guitar with a slide, often tuning to "Spanish" tuning, also known as Open G tuning. His songs are noticeably similar in structure...
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alternative tunings for guitar, each augmented-fourths tuning is a regular tuning in which the musical intervals between successive open-string notes...
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