Tuning Notes

One tuning a page: press a string to hear its note, then tune yours to it.

Each page here is one tuning: the notes of its open strings from the lowest up, with a tone for every string. Press a string to hear its note and tune yours to it by ear.

12 pages

Drop C TuningC G C F A D, low to high: a tone for each string, and the fret that checks it.
Open G TuningD G D G B D, a G major chord: a tone for each string. Three strings stay where standard tuning has them.
Open C TuningC G C G C E, a C major chord: a tone for each string. Four strings move, and one of them goes up.
Baritone Ukulele TuningD G B E, the four highest notes of a guitar: a tone for each string of a baritone uke.
Open D Tuning GuitarD A D F# A D, a D major chord on the open strings: a tone for each, and the one string that moves a half step.
D# TuningEvery string one semitone under standard, the same pitches as E flat standard: a tone for each.
Double Drop D TuningD A D G B D: both E strings down to D, the four between them untouched. A tone for each string.
Guitalele TuningA D G C E A, a guitar's six strings a fourth higher: a tone for each.
D TuningD G C F A D, also called D standard: all six guitar strings a whole step down, a tone for each.
Tenor Banjo TuningC G D A in fifths, and the Irish G D A E: a tone for each string of a four-string tenor banjo.
432 Hz TuningA at 432 Hz and the six guitar strings that go with it, each about 32 cents under standard pitch.
Open D Minor TuningD A D F A D, a D minor chord: a tone for each string, and the one fret that turns the chord major.

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Guitar tunings such as drop C, open G and D sharp standard (a half step down) each have a page, and so do other instruments such as the baritone ukulele. Every frequency is worked out in equal temperament from A at 440 Hz. These pages play reference notes; they do not listen through the microphone.

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