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| | Alternative tunings for the guitar-banjo...
The number of possibilities is simply mind-boggling! I'm afraid we'll have to limit the list to just a few of the most obvious ones for now.
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Common tunings | | Standard | E A d g b e' | Standard guitar tuning. | | | | Dropped D | D A d g b e' | Standard tuning with the sixth string dropped down to D. | | | | Modal D | D A d g a d' | Also known as DADGAD-tuning. Very popular among British folk guitarists. | | | Open tunings | | Open D | D A d f# a d' | Strings tuned to the notes of a D major chord. | | | | Open G | D G d g b d' | Strings tuned to the notes of a G major chord. | | |
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