Alternate tunings give guitarists a fresh perspective on playing. Different chord voicings become playable where they would be near impossible to play in standard or other tunings.
How to Tune Your Guitar to Standard Tuning
Open tunings tune the guitar to a chord so when all the strings are played open they play the chord of that tuning. Open tunings are popular for slide guitar.
Other tunings change one or a couple of strings. Dropped D is another popular tuning in rock music. This tuning allows the guitarist to create a power chord by barring one finger on the 3 bottom strings.
The list below gives tunings from the standard guitar tuning as well as many others to experiment with. The first note of each tuning represents the 6th or lowest string.
EADGBE (standard) DADGBE (dropped D) DADGAD (modal D) CGCFAD (dropped C) DGCFAD DADDAD CGCGCE (open C) DADF#AD (open D) DADFAD (open D minor) DGDGBD (open G) DGDGCD (modal G) DGDGA#D (open G minor)
EAC#EAE (open A)
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Alternate tunings give guitarists a fresh perspective on playing. Different chord voicings become playable where they would be near impossible to play in standard or other tunings.
How to Tune Your Guitar to Standard Tuning
Open tunings tune the guitar to a chord so when all the strings are played open they play the chord of that tuning. Open tunings are popular for slide guitar.
Other tunings change one or a couple of strings. Dropped D is another popular tuning in rock music. This tuning allows the guitarist to create a power chord by barring one finger on the 3 bottom strings.
The list below gives tunings from the standard guitar tuning as well as many others to experiment with. The first note of each tuning represents the 6th or lowest string.
EADGBE (standard) DADGBE (dropped D) DADGAD (modal D) CGCFAD (dropped C) DGCFAD DADDAD CGCGCE (open C) DADF#AD (open D) DADFAD (open D minor) DGDGBD (open G) DGDGCD (modal G) DGDGA#D (open G minor)
EAC#EAE (open A)
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