Guitar tunings
One of the fun things about the guitar is it's versatility. It is limited in range compared to the piano but the tuning process is so much easier that modifications to the "standard" tuning we usually learn that many other possibilities can be achieved. These can be important for many reasons, among the most common reasons facilitating chord voicings that would otherwise be difficult or even impossible is one. Here is a succinct summary from Wikipedia on the subject of tunings. We can go over a myriad of variations and uses for these variations in lessons and still not exhaust the options. We will usually start with the players you are already interested in and sounds, songs or styles you'd like to learn. Many students work off a listening list that I can suggest as well.
Guitar tunings assign pitches to the open strings of guitars. Tunings can be described by the particular pitches that are denoted by notes in Western music. By convention, the notes are ordered from lowest to highest.[1]
The phrase "guitar tuning" also refers to the adjusting of the string-pitches to their desired tuning, which is described in how-to manuals for guitarists.[2]
Standard tuning defines the string pitches as E, A, D, G, B, and E, from lowest (low E) to highest (high E). Standard tuning is used by most guitarists, and frequently used tunings can be understood as variations on standard tuning.
"Nonstandard" tunings are also called "alternative" or "alternate". Some tunings are used for particular songs by professional musicians, and may be called after the song's title. There are hundreds of such tunings, which are often minor variants of established tunings. Communities of guitarists who share a musical tradition often use the same or similar tunings.
The hundreds of alternative tunings have been classified into a smaller number of categories: "open", both major and minor ("crossnote"), and "modal"; "dropped"; "instrumental" (based on other stringed instruments); and "regular". Modal, dropped, and many other tunings are mentioned in the supplementary list of guitar tunings.
Guitar tunings assign pitches to the open strings of guitars. Tunings can be described by the particular pitches that are denoted by notes in Western music. By convention, the notes are ordered from lowest to highest.[1]
The phrase "guitar tuning" also refers to the adjusting of the string-pitches to their desired tuning, which is described in how-to manuals for guitarists.[2]
Standard tuning defines the string pitches as E, A, D, G, B, and E, from lowest (low E) to highest (high E). Standard tuning is used by most guitarists, and frequently used tunings can be understood as variations on standard tuning.
"Nonstandard" tunings are also called "alternative" or "alternate". Some tunings are used for particular songs by professional musicians, and may be called after the song's title. There are hundreds of such tunings, which are often minor variants of established tunings. Communities of guitarists who share a musical tradition often use the same or similar tunings.
The hundreds of alternative tunings have been classified into a smaller number of categories: "open", both major and minor ("crossnote"), and "modal"; "dropped"; "instrumental" (based on other stringed instruments); and "regular". Modal, dropped, and many other tunings are mentioned in the supplementary list of guitar tunings.
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