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A guide to tunings of stringed musical instruments |
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PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION more to be added soon |
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Many references are from Grove Dictionary of Musical instruments |
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viol family |
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| 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 | CGBD 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 dulcimerg | Melody strings G C drone strings | . |
| Concert zithers.. Vienna tuning | ||
| Munich tuning | Concert zithers | |
| Bowed zither | ,Concert zithers |
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