Instrument tunings

	*A guide to tunings of stringed musical instruments*
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Violin &	viol family
*Violin*	GDAE	.
*viola*	CGDA	.
*cello*	CGDA octave below viola	.
*Double bass.*	EADG 5 string basses with a low C	.
*Viol treble*	D G C E A D	.
*Viol tenor*	G C F A D G	.
*Viol bass*	D G C E A D	.
*Viola d' amore*	Common tuning as C minor or C major chord	.
*Quinton*	G D A D G	.
*Hardanger fiddle*	A D A E.. symapthetic strings D E F# A	.
*Nyckelharpa*	G C (drone) A D (keyed) traditional	Often C G D A for chromatic
Guitar family
6 string	EADGBE standard	Lots of other tunings.
12 string	Ee-Aa-Dd-Gg-BB-EE	.
Tenor	CGDA or GDBE or DGBD long.	GDAE short scale
Bass	EADG	.
*Ukulele*	D tuning A D F# B. C tuning G C E A	A or G string high octave
*Tenor uke*	A D F# B.	.
*Baritone uke*	D G B E	.
*Cittern-English guitar*	EE-DD-GGG-AAA	Various other tunings
*Cittern modern*	CGDAE or DGDAD various others	short scales GDAEA. GDAEB
*Cittern Waldzither*	.	.
Banjo
*5 string or G*	octave G. CGBD standard or	GDGBD. open chord. Bluegrass
*Tenor*	19 fret CGDA Standard tuning tuning	17 fret GDAE Irish
*ukulele*	D tuning A D F# B	C tuning G C E A
*mandolin banjo*	GG DD AA EE 8 strings.	banjolin 4 string same
*Plectrum*	GCBD or DGBE (guitar)	.
Guitar banjo	EADGBE	.
6- &- 7. string banjo	Tuning often as 5 string (with octave peg)	plus extra low end strings tuned to suit,
Mandolin family
*Mandolin*	GG DD AA EE	12 string mandriola GGG DDD AAA EEE
*Mandola*	CC GG DD AA	.
*Ocatave mandola*	GG DD AA EE	.
*Mandocello*	CC GG DD AA	.
*Bouzouki Irish*	Gg Dd AA E E most common used	.
*Bouzouki Greek.*	Ee-BB-EE 6string or Dd-Gg-BB-EE 4string	.
Ethnic
*Balalika*	E E A. piccolo B E A. Alto E E A. Bass E A D	.
*Charrango*	EE-A A- CC-E E -GG	Regional variations
*Oud or ud*	AA BB EE AA DD G	.
*Appalachian dulcimer*g	Melody strings G C drone strings	.
Concert zithers.. Vienna tuning	A D G G C 5 fretted melody strings	The rest are tuned to chords
Munich tuning	A A D G C 5 fretted melody strings	The rest are tuned to chords
Bowed zither	.

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