Guitar tunings
Each tuning page covers string notes and frequencies, how to get there safely, what it does to your chord shapes, and reference tones to tune by ear.
Standard tuning
E A D G B E
The default guitar tuning, balancing chord shapes, scale patterns and string tension.
Drop D
D A D G B E
Standard tuning with the low E dropped a whole step to D.
Half-step down (E♭ standard)
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Every string lowered one semitone.
Whole step down (D standard)
D G C F A D
Every string down a whole step.
DADGAD
D A D G A D
The definitive Celtic and modal tuning.
Open G
D G D G B D
Strumming the open strings sounds a G major chord.
Open D
D A D F# A D
The open strings ring a D major chord.
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