Here are some collections of alternate tunings and tunings for many of the stringed instruments we carry. ENJOY!!
Standard Guitar Tuning: E - A - D - G - B - e
- Start with Low E
- Tune to 4th's (Except Between The G And B Strings!)
Drop D Tuning: D - A - D - G - B - e
- Tune The 6th String Down One Whole Step
Double Drop D Tuning: D - A - D - G - B - D
- Tune the 6th & 1st Strings Down One Whole Step
Open D Tuning: D - A - D - F# - A - D
- Tune the 6th, 2nd, & 1st Strings Down One Whole Step
- Tune the 3rd String Down One Half Step
D Suspended (D Modal) Tuning: D - A - D - G - A - D
- Tune the 6th, 2nd, & 1st Strings Down One Whole Step
Open G Tuning: D - G - D - G - B - D
- Tune the 6th, 5th, & 1st Strings Down One Whole Step
- One Of The Most Popular Alternate Tunings for Rock, Blues, & Slide Guitar
Open C Tuning: C - G - C - G - C - e
- Tune the 6th String Down Two Whole Steps
- Tune the 5th & 4th Strings Down One Whole Step
- Tune the 2nd String Up One Half Step
- Great For Fingerstyle
G6th Tuning: D - G - D - G - B - e
- Tune the 6th & 5th Strings Down One Whole Step
C6 Tuning: C - A - C - G - C - e
- Tune the 6th String Down Two Whole Steps
- Tune the 4th String Down One Whole Step
- Tune the 2nd String Up One Half Step
C Mauna Loa (C6th) Tuning: C - G - C - G - A - e
- Tune the 6th String Down Two Whole Steps
- Tune the 5th, 4th, & 2nd Strings Down One Whole Step
- The Hawaiian Slack Key
E Minor Tuning: E - B - E - G - B - e
- Tune the 5th & 4th Strings Up One Whole Step
- Used Almost Exclusively By Bluesman, Skip James
Bajo Sexto: fF - cC - gG - dD - aA - eE
- 12-String Mexican Guitar-Like Instrument...Much Like the Guitar
Balalaika: E - B - E
- The 3-Stringed Instrument from Russia
- Hours of Fun with This Simple Tuning
Banjo
- Finger Pickin' Good Instrument
- 5-String, 6-String, or 4-String Tenor
- C Tuning: g - C - G - B - D
- G Tuning: g - D - G - B - D
- Six String: E - A - D - G - B - e
- Tenor: C - G - D - A
- Tenor (Irish): G - D - A - E
Bouzouki
- Here Are Several Traditional Bouzouki Tunings:
- Irish 1: gG - dD - AA - DD
- Irish 2: gG - dD - AA - EE
- Irish 3: aA - dD - AA - EE
- Greek: cC - fF - AA - DD
Charrango: ee - AA - eE - CC - GG
- The Charrango is a 10-String Instrument from South America
Vihuela: A - D - G - B - E
- 5-String Instrument from Venezuela
Cuatro: A - D - f# - B
- Four-Stringed Latin American Instrument. The B String is One Whole Step Higher Than the A String.
Dobro/Lap Steel
- There are Many, Many Tunings for the Lap Steel.
Here are a Few to Get You Going
- G Tuning: G - B - D - G - B - D
- G Tuning: D - G - D - G - B - D
- E7 Tuning: E - D - E - G# - B - E
- C6 Tuning: C - E - G - A - C - E
- Hawaiian: E - A - E - A - C# - E
Harp Guitar
- Many Different Harps
- Here are a Couple Different Harp Tunings
- Harp 1: E - G - A - B - C - D - E - A - D - G - B - E
- Harp 2: G - A - B - C - D - G - E - A - D - G - B - E
Mandolin
- The Loveable Little Double-Coursed Instrument!
- Mandolin: GG - DD - AA - EE
- Mandola: CC - GG - DD - EE
- Octave Mandolin: GG - DD - AA - EE
- Mandocello: CC - GG - DD - AA
- Mando Bass: E - A - D - G
Mountain Dulcimer
- Who Can Go on a Hike Without Their Dulcimer?
- Here are Some Fun Tunings to Last You Through Long Lonesome Stays in the Wilderness!
- D Mixolydian: D - A - DD
- D Ionian: D - A - AA
- D Aeolian: D - A - CC
- D Dorian: D - A - GG
Oud: D - GG - AA - DD - GG - CC
- A Wonderful Middle-Eastern Fretless Instrument
- Oudles of FUN!
Requinto
- The Requinto is a 6-String South American Instrument
- Here are a Couple of Tunings to Make it Sing
- G - C - F - Bb - D - G
- or
- A - D - G - C - E - A
Tres: gG - CC - Ee
- 6-String Instrument from Latin America
Ukulele
- Everybody Needs a Uke!
- Here are some Various Tunings to Strum to
- C Tuning: g - C - E - A
- D Tuning: a - D - F# - B
- Baritone: D - G - B - E
