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Guitar-banjo tunings



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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.

NamePitchesCommentsString gauges 

Common tunings

StandardE A d g b e'Standard guitar tuning.  
Dropped DD A d g b e'Standard tuning with the sixth string dropped down to D.  
Modal DD A d g a d'Also known as DADGAD-tuning. Very popular among British folk guitarists.  

Open tunings

Open DD A d f# a d'Strings tuned to the notes of a D major chord.  
Open GD G d g b d'Strings tuned to the notes of a G major chord.  

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