List of guitar tunings

{{Short description|none}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2019}} [[File:ESP FuniChar D-616 headstock, with Drop D fretboard.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A FuniChar D-616 guitar with a [[Drop D tuning]]. It has an unusual additional fretboard that extends onto the headstock. Most guitarists obtain a Drop D tuning by detuning the low E string a tone down.]]

This article contains a '''list of guitar tunings''' that supplements the article [[guitar tunings]]. In particular, this list contains more examples of open and regular tunings, which are discussed in the article on guitar tunings. In addition, this list also notes dropped tunings.

==Standard tuning== E-A-d-g-b-e'

Throughout, this list references [[Standard guitar-tuning|standard tuning]], i.e. {{nowrap| '''E'''2–'''A'''2–'''D'''3–'''G'''3–'''B'''3–'''E'''4 .}} for comparison.

==Open== {{Main|Open tuning}}

===Major=== [[File:First eight harmonics vertical.png|thumb|Initial eight harmonics on C, namely (C,C,G,C,E,G,B{{music|flat}},C) [[File:First eight harmonics vertical.mid|left|thumb|(played simultaneously)]]]]

Major open-tunings give a [[major chord]] with the open strings.

====Open A==== : E-A-C{{music|sharp}}-E-A-E * Alternatively: A-E-A-E-A-C{{music|sharp}} (one step down from "Open B") * '''[[Slide guitar|"Slide"]]''' Open A: E-A-E-A-C{{music|sharp}}-E (identical to "Open G" tuning but with every string raised one step or two frets) Used by [[Jimmy Page]] on "[[In My Time of Dying]]" and [[Jack White]] on "[[Seven Nation Army]]" and "[[Catch Hell Blues]]"".{{fact|date=May 2025}} * Alternatively: D-A-E-A-C#-E (E-A-E-A-C#-E but low E is tuned a full step down) Used by various bands such as [[Algernon Cadwallader]], [[Tiny Moving Parts]], and [[Merchant Ships]]. →

====Open B==== : B-F{{music|sharp}}-B-F{{music|sharp}}-B-D{{music|sharp}} * Alternatively: F{{music|sharp}}-B-D{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-D{{music|sharp}} Used by [[Nickelback]] on "Should've Listened" and [[Big Wreck]] on "[[Albatross (Big Wreck song)|Albatross]]".{{fact|date=May 2025}}

====Open C==== : [[Open C tuning#C-G-C-G-C-E|C-G-C-G-C-E]]

This open C tuning is used by [[William Ackerman]] for his "Townsend Shuffle" and by [[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]] for [[The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick#Track listing|his tribute]] to [[Mississippi John Hurt]].{{fact|date=May 2025}} This tuning is also commonly used by John Butler on his 12-string guitar.<ref>{{harvtxt|Sethares|2009|pp=18–19}}</ref> This tuning is used on most work by [[Devin Townsend]] in his solo work as well as his work with [[Strapping Young Lad]]. When playing on a 7-string guitar, he would have a low G as the lowest string to complete the fifth.{{fact|date=May 2025}} [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]] also recorded his most songs, "Eye of the Hurricane" and "Rusty Old American Dream", both from ''How Did You Find Me Here'', in this tuning, as well as "New World", "Show the Way", "Hold It Up to the Light", and his cover of "It's the Same Old Song" from ''Big Horizon'', and "Mango" from ''East Asheville Hardware''.{{fact|date=May 2025}}

: [[Open C tuning#Repetitive C-E-G-C-E-G|C-E-G-C-E-G]] The [[English guitar]] used a [[repetitive tuning|repetitive]] open-C tuning that approximated a [[major-thirds tuning]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Handbook of Guitar and Lute Composers|author=Hannu Annala |author2=Heiki Mätlik |translator=Katarina Backman|publisher=Mel Bay|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7866-5844-2 |page=30|chapter=Composers for other plucked instruments: Rudolf Straube (1717-1785)}}</ref>

:[[Open C tuning#Overtones C-C-G-C-E-G|C-C-G-C-E-G]]<ref name="Guitar Tunings Database 2013">{{cite news|title=CCGCEG Guitar Tuner|work=CCGCEG: Open C via harmonic overtones|access-date=20 February 2013|author=Guitar Tunings Database|url=http://www.gtdb.org/tuner/ccgceg/|year=2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310120037/http://www.gtdb.org/tuner/ccgceg/|archive-date=10 March 2013}}</ref>

This open-C tuning gives the initial [[harmonic series (music)|harmonic series]] when a C-string is struck.<ref name="Persichetti 1961 23–24">{{harvtxt|Persichetti|1961|pp=23–24}}: {{cite book |last=Persichetti |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Persichetti |title=Twentieth-century harmony: Creative aspects and practice |year=1961 |publisher=W. W. Norton |location=New York |isbn=0-393-09539-8 |oclc=398434 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780393095395 }}</ref> The C-C-G-C-E-G tuning uses the [[harmonic series (music)|harmonic sequence]] (overtones) of the note C. When an open-note C-string is struck, its [[harmonic series (music)|harmonic sequence]] begins with the notes (C,C,G,C,E,G,B♭,C).<ref name="Guitar Tunings Database 2013"/><ref name="Persichetti 1961 23–24"/> This overtone-series tuning was modified by [[Mick Ralphs]], who used a high C rather than the high G for "[[Can't Get Enough (Bad Company song)|Can't Get Enough]]" on ''[[Bad Company (album)|Bad Company]]''. Ralphs said, "It needs the open C to have that ring," and "it never really sounds right in standard tuning".<ref name="Ralphs">{{cite journal|title=Mick Ralphs: The rock 'N' roll fantasy continues|first=Lisa|last=Sharken|date=15 May 2001|access-date=21 February 2013|url=http://www.vintageguitar.com/2801/mick-ralphs/|journal=Vintage Guitar|archive-date=8 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208022331/http://www.vintageguitar.com/2801/mick-ralphs/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Open D==== {{anchor|OpenD}} [[File:Open D tuning.png|thumb|right|Open D tuning.]] [[File:Guitar Open-D Tuning.ogg|right|thumb|Open D tuning (listen)]]

: D-A-D-F{{music|sharp}}-A-D

Open-D tuning is used by [[Joni Mitchell]] for her "[[Big Yellow Taxi]]",<ref>{{harvtxt|Sethares|2009|pp=20–21}}</ref> [[Nick Drake]] for "Place To Be", [[Alt-J]] for "Interlude 2", [[Boys Like Girls]] for "Thunder", [[Adrianne Lenker]] for "anything", [[Harry Styles]] for [[Matilda (Harry Styles song)|Matilda]], [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]] for "Wildberry Pie", "Mighty Ocean", "Kindness", and "Never Enough", and by [[Soko (singer)|Soko]] for "No More Home, No More Love".{{fact|date=May 2025}} Open-D tuning has been called ''Vestapol'' tuning.<ref>{{harvtxt|Grossman|1972|p=29}}</ref>

[[Kevin Cronin]] used Open D in "[[Time for Me to Fly (song)|Time for Me to Fly]]", the 1978 [[REO Speedwagon]] song, with four top-string variations for G and A.{{fact|date=May 2025}}

* Alternatively: D-A-D'-A'-D''-D'' This alternative Open D tuning was used by [[Keith Richards]] on "[[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]" and the [[Stone Roses]] in "[[Love Spreads]]".{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}

: C{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}

This tuning is the same as Open D but tuned a half-step down, also known as Open C♯ Major tuning. It is used by [[Alice In Chains]] on the songs "[[Over Now (Alice in Chains song)|Over Now]]", "[[Nothin' Song]]", and "Shame in You"; by [[Guns N' Roses]] on the song "Bad Obsession" and its cover of "[[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]"; and by [[Switchfoot]] on the song "Daisy".{{fact|date=May 2025}}

====Open E==== : E-B-E-G♯-B-E (''use light-gauge strings'' because three strings must be raised) Open E is used by: [[Brian Jones]] on "[[No Expectations]]", "[[I Wanna Be Your Man]]"; [[Keith Richards]] on "[[Salt of the Earth (song)|Salt of the Earth]]", "[[Prodigal Son]]", "[[Gimme Shelter]]", "[[Jigsaw Puzzle (song)|Jigsaw Puzzle]]", "[[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]", "[[You Can't Always Get What You Want]]" and by Bob Dylan on his 1975 album ''[[Blood on the Tracks]]''.{{fact|date=May 2025}} The tuning is also used by [[Hoobastank]] on their first and second albums, by [[Judy Collins]] on her cover of "[[Both Sides Now]]", and by [[Junior Campbell]] on [[the Marmalade]] recordings "[[Reflections of My Life]]" and "[[I See the Rain]]".{{fact|date=May 2025}} Lastly, the Open E tuning is used by Johnny Marr of the Smiths on "[[The Headmaster Ritual]]" and [[Rush (band)|Rush]] in "Headlong Flight".{{fact|date=May 2025}}

A variant, E-G#-B-E-B-E does not need lighter strings because three strings are dropped.

====Open F==== : F-A-C-F-C-F (requires light-gauge strings)

*Alternatively (without light-gauge strings): C-F-C-F-A-C C-F-C-F-A-C is the more common of the two. Used by :[[Elizabeth Cotten]] on her song "When I Get Home"{{fact|date=May 2025}} :Led Zeppelin on "[[When the Levee Breaks]]" and "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp" (studio){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''F-Sharp Tuning''': F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}} * '''Alternative''': C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}} F-F-C-F-A-C is also used by Dave Mason on "Only You Know and I Know"{{fact|date=May 2025}}

==== FACGCE / Math Rock Tuning ==== F-A-C-G-C-E is also used, most famously by [[American Football (band)]].

: D-G-D-G-B-D (also known as ''Spanish Tuning'' or ''Chicago Tuning'') Open G was used in rock by [[Jimmy Page]] of [[Led Zeppelin]] in the songs "[[Dancing Days]]", "[[That's the Way (Led Zeppelin song)|That's The Way]]" and "[[Black Country Woman]]", [[Keith Richards]] of [[the Rolling Stones]] as well as in Mississippi blues by [[Son House]], [[Charley Patton]], and [[Robert Johnson]], some songs by [[Alter Bridge]] (including down-tuned and minor variations on "In Loving Memory", "Watch Over You", "Wonderful Life", "Words Darker Than Their Wings", "Cradle to the Grave", and "Dying Light"), and in "[[Fearless (Pink Floyd song)|Fearless]]" by [[Pink Floyd]].<ref name="Gordie">{{cite journal|last=Johnson|first=Gordie|date=1 May 2008|title=Hey Kid, What Tuning is That?|journal=[[Canadian Musician]]|volume=30|issue=3|page=25}}</ref> [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]] used this tuning on "The Nightshift Watchman".{{fact|date=May 2025}}

:G-G-D-G-B-D Listing the initial six [[harmonic series (music)|harmonic]]s of the G note, this open-G tuning was used by [[Joni Mitchell]] for "Electricity", "For the Roses", and "Hunter (The Good Samaritan)".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jonimitchell.com/music/viewalltranscriptions.cfm?sortby=by%20Tuning | title=List of all Guitar and Piano Transcriptions | publisher=JoniMitchell.com | work=GGDGBD | access-date=February 22, 2013 | archive-date=May 18, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091409/http://jonimitchell.com/music/viewalltranscriptions.cfm?sortby=by%20Tuning | url-status=live }}</ref> It was also used by [[Mick Ralphs]] for "Hey Hey" on [[Bad Company]]'s [[Bad Company (album)|debut album]].<ref name="Ralphs"/> and on the Meowtain song "Alleyway" [[Stone Gossard]] also used this tuning in the song "[[Daughter (song)|Daughter]]" by [[Pearl Jam]].{{fact|date=May 2025}}

* Alternatively: G-B-D-G-B-D ([[slack-key guitar]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taropatch.net/tunings.htm |title=George Kahumoku - D Wahine Tuning |website=Taropatch |access-date=2013-06-23 |archive-date=2013-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919013815/http://www.taropatch.net/tunings.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>) * Alternatively: C-G-D-G-B-D (used by [[Big Wreck]] on multiple songs, most notably "Inhale" and "Mistake"—They downtune it a half step<ref>{{cite web|last1=Blackett|first1=Matt|title=Big Wreck in Guitar PLayer Magazine|url=http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/sweet_inc/blog/37688/|website=Ultimate-Guitar.com|publisher=Guitar Player|access-date=24 October 2016|archive-date=24 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024091440/http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/sweet_inc/blog/37688/|url-status=live}}</ref>—and by [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]] on "It's Almost Time", "Just a Vehicle", "Distant Water", "Golden Day", and his covers of "The Kid" and "[[Missing You (John Waite song)|Missing You]]".{{fact|date=May 2025}} Also used by Andrew Peterson on his song "Faith to be Strong"{{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''[[Dobro]] Open G''': G-B-D-G-B-D (occasionally adopted for ordinary guitar, but requires lighter fifth and sixth strings). * '''Russian-guitar Open G''': The tuning of the [[Russian guitar]] :: D-G-B-D-G-B-D : is an open G tuning, approximately in [[major thirds tuning|major thirds]].<ref>{{harvtxt|Bellow|1970|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=T7k5AQAAIAAJ&q=D+G+B 164]}}: {{cite book|title=The illustrated history of the guitar|first=Alexander|last=Bellow|publisher=Colombo Publications|year=1970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7k5AQAAIAAJ&q=D+G+B}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The golden age of the Russian guitar: Repertoire, performance practice, and social function of the Russian seven-string guitar music, 1800-1850|first=Oleg V.|last=Timofeyev|author-link=Oleg V. Timofeyev|publisher=Duke University, Department of Music|year=1999|pages=1–584|id=University Microfilms (UMI), Ann Arbor, Michigan, number 9928880}}</ref>

===Minor: Cross-note=== The following open-tunings use a minor third, and give a ''[[minor chord]]'' with open strings. To avoid the relatively cumbersome designation "open D minor", "open C minor", such tunings are sometimes called ''"cross-note tunings"''. The term also expresses the fact that, compared to Major chord open tunings, by fretting the lowered string at the first fret, it is possible to produce a major chord very easily.<ref>{{harvtxt|Sethares|2001|p=16}}</ref>

Cross-note or open E-minor was used by [[Bukka White]] and [[Skip James]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cohen|first=Andy|date=22 March 2005|title=Stefan Grossman- Country Blues Guitar in Open Tunings|journal=[[Sing Out!]]|volume=49|issue=1|page=152}}</ref>

Cross-note tunings include (low to high): * '''Cross-note A''': E-A-E-A-C-E ** Alternative: E-A-C-E-A-E<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandid=830322&content=songinfo&songid=6499182 |title=John Sheehan |website=Soundclick |access-date=2013-11-13 |archive-date=2013-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113065546/http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandid=830322&content=songinfo&songid=6499182 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnsheehan.net/LATEST%20NEWS.htm |title=Latest Recording News and Reviews |website=johnsheehan.net |access-date=2013-11-13 |archive-date=2013-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113071147/http://www.johnsheehan.net/LATEST%20NEWS.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> * '''Cross-note C''': C-G-C-G-C-E{{music|flat}} ** C-C-G-C-E{{music|flat}}-G, a cross-note [[overtones tuning]] ** C-C-G-C-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}} a cross-note [[overtones tuning]] that facilitates [[seventh chord]]s. * '''Cross-note D''': D-A-D-F-A-D (used by [[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]] on the song "Red Pony"){{fact|date=May 2025}} ** Alternative: D-A-D-A-D-F (used by [[William Ackerman]] on "Barbara's Song"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Cross-note E''': E-B-E-G-B-E (used by [[ZZ Top]] on the song "Just Got Paid" and by [[Joey Eppard]] on the [[3 (American band)|3]] song "Bramfatura"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Cross-note F''': F-A{{music|flat}}-C-F-C-F (extremely rare) ** Alternative: F-C-F-A{{music|flat}}-C-F (used by [[Albert Collins]];<ref>{{cite journal|last=Erlewine|first=Dan|date=August 1992|title=Talking With The Iceman: Albert Collins|journal=[[Guitar Player]]|volume=26|issue=8|page=62}}</ref> requires light gauges) * '''Cross-note G''': D-G-D-G-B{{music|flat}}-D [[File:Guitar Cross-A Tuning.ogg|right|thumb|Sitar A tuning (listen)]] * '''Alternative Cross A''': E-A-E-A-E-A. «'''Sitar A'''» - an alternative low guitar system. Recalls the sound of Indian sitar.{{fact|date=May 2025}}

===Modal=== [[File:D modal tuning.png|thumb|right|D modal tuning.]]

In modal tunings, the strings are tuned to form a chord which is not definitively minor or major. These tunings may facilitate very easy chords and unique sounds when the open strings are used as drones. Often these tunings form a [[suspended chord]] on the open strings. A well known user of modal tunings is [[Sonic Youth]].

* '''Asus2''': E-A-B-E-A-E * '''Asus4''': E-A-D-E-A-E (used by [[Davey Graham]] in "Lord Mayo/Lord Inchiquin" on ''[[The Complete Guitarist]]'')<ref>{{cite book|title=The Art of Fingerstyle Guitar: Solos in Open Tunings |first=Stefan |last=Grossman |year=1984 |publisher=Mel Bay Publications Inc}}</ref> * '''B{{music|flat}} modal''': B{{music|flat}}-F-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-G-B{{music|flat}} (used by [[Neil Young]] on his 1962 [[Martin D-28]]){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Bsus4''': B-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-F{{music|sharp}}-B (DADGAD but three notes (1-1/2 steps) lower, a main tuning of [[Sevendust]], who have used it since ''[[Animosity (Sevendust album)|Animosity]]''){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Badd9''': B-F{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-D{{music|sharp}}, Used by [[Devin Townsend]] on "Bastard", a minor variation is used by [[Alter Bridge]] on the song "This Side of Fate" tuned B-F{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-D{{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Csus2''': C-G-C-G-C-D (first five strings equivalent to ''Double-C'' tuning for the [[banjo]] * '''Csus4+9''': C-G-C-F-C-D (used by [[Martin Simpson]] in "We Are All Heroes", and by [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]] on "Come Away to Sea" from ''The Nightshift Watchman'' with the high string raised to E){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Csus4''': C-G-C-F-G-C (used by [[John Renbourn]] on "Bouree I & II")<ref>{{harvtxt|Hanson|1995|pp=111}}</ref> * '''Low C''': C-G-D-G-A-D (used by [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]] on "High Hill", "Covert War", "Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song", "Break in the Cup", "Show Me the Key", "Silent Prayer", and "Leaving You"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Dsus2''': D-A-D-E-A-D (used by [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]] on "How Did You Find Me Here"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''[[DADGAD|Dsus4]]''': D-A-D-G-A-D (devised by British guitarist [[Davey Graham]]<ref>''Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival'' Colin Harper (©2000, published by Bloomsbury)</ref> in the late 1950s, associated with French acoustic guitarist [[Pierre Bensusan]],<ref>''The Guitar Book'' Pierre Bensusan (©1986, published by Hal Leonard)</ref> and used by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin for a number of songs including "[[Kashmir (song)|Kashmir]]" and "[[Black Mountain Side]]"; also used by [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]] on multiple songs, occasionally tuning half a step down) * '''Esus2''': E-B-E-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E (used by [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] in "Only Shallow" and by [[John Mayer]] in "Something's Missing," "Wherever You Go," "Heart So Heavy," and "In Your Atmosphere").{{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Esus4''': E-B-E-A-B-E, E-A-B-E-B-E (the latter used by [[Jars of Clay]] on their debut album ''[[Jars of Clay (album)|Jars of Clay]]''){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''E7sus4''': E-A-D-E-B-E (used by [[Ed Sheeran]] in "Tenerife Sea."){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''EEEEBE''' a.k.a. "Bruce Palmer Modal Tuning," as named and used by [[Stephen Stills]] in "[[Suite: Judy Blue Eyes]] where Stills uses this tuning while the other guitar is in standard tuning.<ref>''Classic Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Selections from Déjà Vu and Crosby Stills & Nash'' [Authentic Guitar-Tab Edition] © 1993 Warner Bros. Music</ref>) * '''E modal''': E-B-E-E-B-E ** '''E modal alternative''': E-E-B-B-B-B (used by [[Soundgarden]] on the songs "[[The Day I Tried To Live]]", "[[My Wave]]", and "[[Been Away Too Long]]"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Drake's Drone''': B-E-B-E-B-E (used by [[Nick Drake]] in many of his songs, including "Man in a Shed" and "From the Morning"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Gsus2''': D-G-D-G-A-D * '''Gsus4''': D-G-D-G-C-D (first five strings equivalent to ''Sawmill'' tuning for the [[banjo]]) ** '''Gsus4/4 / ''Orkney Tuning''''': C-G-D-G-C-D ** '''Alternative Gsus4''': G-C-D-G-C-D (used by [[Swervedriver]] throughout their career, starting with the album [[Mezcal Head]]){{fact|date=May 2025}}

===Extended chord=== In extended chord tunings, the open strings form a [[seventh chord|seventh]], [[ninth chord|ninth]], or [[eleventh chord]]. * '''B add4''': E-B-D{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E (used by [[This Town Needs Guns]] on "Adventure, Stamina, and Anger" and "Left-Aligned", and [[Bon Iver]] on "Perth"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''C6''': C-A-C-G-C-E (used by Jimmy Page in "[[Bron-Yr-Aur]]", "[[Friends (Led Zeppelin song)|Friends]]" and "[[Poor Tom]]"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''C6/9''': C-G-C-E-A-D * '''Cmaj11''': C-F-C-G-B-E (used by [[Soundgarden]] on the song "4th of July"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Cm add4''': C-F-C-G-C-D{{music|sharp}} (used by [[This Town Needs Guns]] on "Baboon" and "Lemur"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Open Page/Csus2/Gsus4''': D-G-C-G-C-D (used by Jimmy Page in "[[The Rain Song]]"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''Dm7''': D-A-D-F-A-C (used by Richie Havens in "From the Prison")<ref>{{harvtxt|Hanson|1995|pp=98}}</ref> * '''Dm9''': D-A-D-F-C-E * '''Dm add9''': D-A-D-F-A-E (used by [[Opeth]] on ''[[Ghost Reveries]]'')<ref>{{cite web |title=The guitarguitar Interview: Opeth's Fredrik Akesson {{!}} guitarguitar |url=https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/news/140881/ |website=www.guitarguitar.co.uk |access-date=16 May 2026 |language=en}}</ref> * '''Dadd9''': D-A-D-F{{music|sharp}}-A-E (used by Coby & Simone on "Butterflies in Space")<ref>Coby & Simone, Something to Do with Time, published February 1, 2020, https://hist.bandcamp.com/album/something-to-do-with-time {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303064830/https://hist.bandcamp.com/album/something-to-do-with-time |date=2020-03-03 }}</ref> * '''D6''': D-A-D-F{{music|sharp}}-B-D * '''D7''': D-A-D-F{{music|sharp}}-A-C * '''Dmaj7''': D-A-D-F{{music|sharp}}-A-C{{music|sharp}} (used by Coby & Simone on "Coloured Visions")<ref>Coby & Simone, Something to Do with Space, published January 20, 2019, https://hist.bandcamp.com/album/something-to-do-with-space {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303064824/https://hist.bandcamp.com/album/something-to-do-with-space |date=2020-03-03 }}</ref> * '''D{{music|sharp}}m add2/4''': F-G{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}} (used by [[This Town Needs Guns]] on "Chinchilla" and "Gibbon") * '''Em7/C''': C-G-D-G-B-E (used by [[Soundgarden]] on the songs "Mailman", and "Limo Wreck", [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] on "[[1952 Vincent Black Lightning]]", and [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] on several songs) * '''Fmaj9''': F-A-C-G-C-E (used by [[American Football (band)|American Football]] on "Never Meant" and [[This Town Needs Guns]] on "Crocodile"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''G6''': D-G-D-G-B-E (used by [[Soundgarden]] on the songs "Dusty", "Fresh Tendrils", "Never Named", and "Superunknown"){{fact|date=May 2025}} * '''G7''': D-G-D-G-B-F<ref>{{harvtxt|Hanson|1995|pp=75}}</ref> * '''Gmaj7''': D-G-D-F{{music|sharp}}-B-D *'''A{{music|sharp}}maj7''': A{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D-A-D (extremely rare) * '''Gadd4''': D-G-D-G-B-C (used by [[Soundgarden]] on "Like Suicide") * '''Em11''': E-B-D-G-A-D (used by [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]] on "[[Guinnevere]]"){{fact|date=May 2025}}

==Regular tunings== [[File:Augmented chord in the chromatic circle.png|right|thumb|alt=An equilateral triangle's corners represent the equally spaced notes of a major-thirds tuning, here E-C-G{{music|sharp}}. The triangle is circumscribed by the chromatic circle, which lists the 12 notes of the octave.|For every major-thirds tuning, the consecutive [[open string (music)|open]]-[[open note|note]]s are separated by four [[semitone]]s, and so three strings cover the twelve notes of the octave.]] {{Main|Regular tuning}}

===Major seconds=== :C-D-E-F{{music|#}}-G{{music|#}}-A{{music|#}} or C{{music|#}}-D{{music|#}}-F-G-A-B

A compact tuning that fits within one octave and covers the chromatic scale between open strings and the first fret.

===Minor thirds=== :C-D{{music|#}}-F{{music|#}}-A-C-D{{music|#}}

In the minor-thirds tuning, every interval between successive strings is a [[minor third]]. In the minor-thirds tuning beginning with C, the open strings contain the notes (C, D{{music|#}}, F{{music|#}}) of the [[diminished triad|diminished C]] chord.<ref name="Sethares54">{{harvtxt|Sethares|2001|pp=54}}</ref>

===Major thirds=== {{Main|Major thirds tuning}} {{See also|Ralph Patt}}

''Major-thirds tuning'' is a regular tuning in which the [[musical interval]]s between successive strings are each [[major third]]s.<ref name="Peterson">{{harvtxt |Peterson |2002 |pp=36–37}}:{{cite journal|title=Tuning in thirds: A new approach to playing leads to a new kind of guitar |first=Jonathon |last=Peterson |location=Tacoma, WA |url=http://www.luth.org/backissues/al69-72/al72.htm |journal=American Lutherie: The Quarterly Journal of the Guild of American Luthiers |publisher=The Guild of American Luthiers |issn=1041-7176 |volume='''Number''' 72 |issue=Winter |year=2002 |access-date=9 October 2012 |pages=36–43 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021185726/http://www.luth.org/backissues/al69-72/al72.htm |archive-date=21 October 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Sethares56">{{harvtxt |Sethares |2001 |pp=56}}</ref><ref name="Griewank">{{citation |last=Griewank |first=Andreas |author-link=Andreas Griewank |title=Tuning guitars and reading music in major thirds |date=1 January 2010 |url=http://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-matheon/frontdoor/index/index/docId/675 |series=Matheon preprints |volume=695 |publisher=DFG research center "MATHEON, Mathematics for key technologies" Berlin |location=Berlin  |id=[http://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-matheon/files/675/7047_mathtune.ps Postscript file] and [http://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-matheon/files/675/7046_mathtune.pdf Pdf file] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108070453/http://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-matheon/frontdoor/index/index/docId/675 |archive-date=8 November 2012 }}</ref> Unlike all-fourths and all-fifths tuning, major-thirds tuning repeats its octave after three strings, which again simplifies the learning of chords and improvisation.<ref name="Kirkeby">{{cite web|first=Ole |last=Kirkeby |date=1 March 2012 |title=Major thirds tuning |access-date=10 June 2012 |url=http://v3p0.m3guitar.com/ |publisher=m3guitar.com |id=cited by {{harvtxt |Sethares |2011}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529074627/http://v3p0.m3guitar.com/ |archive-date=29 May 2012 }}</ref>

Neighboring the standard tuning is the major-thirds tuning that has the open strings :E-G{{music|#}}-C-e-g{{music|#}}-c'.<ref name="Peterson"/><ref name="Patt">{{cite web |url=http://www.ralphpatt.com/Tune.html |first=Ralph |last=Patt |author-link=Ralph Patt |publisher=ralphpatt.com |work=Ralph Patt's jazz web page |title=The major 3rd tuning |date=14 April 2008 |access-date=10 June 2012 |id=cited by {{harvtxt |Sethares |2011}} |archive-date=6 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306022849/http://www.ralphpatt.com/Tune.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

A lower major-thirds tuning has the open strings :C-E-G{{music|#}}-c-e-g{{music|#}}, which "contains two octaves of a C augmented chord".<ref name="Sethares56"/>

===All fourths=== [[File:Stanley Jordan.jpg|right|thumb|Stanley Jordan plays guitar using all-fourths tuning.]] {{main|All fourths tuning}} {{see also|Perfect fourth}} :E-A-d-g-c'-f'

This tuning is like that of the lowest four strings in standard tuning.<ref>{{harvtxt|Sethares|2001|pp=58–59}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |first=Bob |last=Bianco |title=Guitar in Fourths |publisher=Calliope Music |location=New York City |year=1987 |isbn=0-9605912-2-2 |oclc=16526869}}</ref> Jazz musician [[Stanley Jordan]] plays guitar in all-fourths tuning; he has stated that all-fourths tuning "simplifies the fingerboard, making it logical".<ref>{{harvtxt |Ferguson |1986 |p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3idLAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Stanley+Jordan%22,+%22all+fourth%22+OR+%22perfect+fourth%22,+guitar+tuning 76]}}: {{cite book |chapter=Stanley Jordan |first=Jim |last=Ferguson |pages=68–76? |title=New directions in modern guitar |series=''[[Guitar Player]]'' basic library |editor1-first=Helen |editor1-last=Casabona |editor2-first=Adrian |editor2-last=Belew |editor-link2=Adrian Belew |publisher=Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-88188-423-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3idLAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Stanley+Jordan%22,+%22all+fourth%22+OR+%22perfect+fourth%22,+guitar+tuning}}</ref>

===Augmented fourths=== {{Main|Augmented-fourths tuning}} :C-F{{music|#}}-c-f{{music|#}}-c'-f{{music|#}}' or B-F-b-f-b'-f'

Between the all-fifths and all-fourths tunings are ''[[tritone|augmented-fourth]]'' tunings, which are also called "''diminished-fifths''" or "''tritone''" tunings.<ref>{{harvtxt |Sethares |2001 |loc="The augmented fourths tuning" 60–61}}</ref>

===All fifths: "Mandoguitar"=== [[File:New standard tuning.png|thumb|right|New standard tuning.]] [[File:Guitar Crafty Tuning.ogg|right|thumb|alt=Audio file of New Standard Tuning's open notes.|New Standard Tuning's open strings.]] {{main|All fifths tuning}} :C-G-D-A-E'-B' or G'-D-A-E'-B-F{{music|#}}'

All-fifths tuning is a tuning in intervals of [[perfect fifth]]s like that of a [[mandolin]], [[cello]] or violin; other names include "perfect fifths" and "fifths".<ref>{{harvtxt |Sethares |2001 |loc="The mandoguitar tuning" 62–63}}</ref> It has a wide range, thus it requires an appropriate range of string gauges. A high ''b''' string has been recently developed by Octave4Plus gauged at .006 which is considerable thinner than most guitar strings on the market, but under low tension to prevent breakage.

====New standard tuning==== {{main|New standard tuning}} {{see also|Guitar Craft}} :C-G-D-A-E'-g'

All-fifths tuning has been approximated by the [[New Standard Tuning]] (NST) of [[King Crimson]]'s [[Robert Fripp]]. It has a wider range than standard tuning, and its perfect-fifth intervals facilitate [[quartal and quintal harmony]].

===Ostrich tuning=== :E-E-e-e-e'-e' or C-C-c-c-c'-c'

''[[Ostrich guitar|Ostrich tuning]]'' is a tuning where all strings are tuned to the same note over two or three octaves,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715563/bio Lou Reed biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317230548/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715563/bio |date=2017-03-17 }} at [[IMDb]]</ref> creating an intense, [[Chorus effect|chorused]] [[drone (music)|drone]].

Used by [[Soundgarden]] (E-E-e-e-e'-e') on the song "Mind Riot", and by [[Lou Reed]] in the [[Velvet Underground]].{{fact|date=May 2025}}

[[Goo Goo Dolls]] have used a similar tuning (B-D-D-D-d-d) on their song [[Iris (song)|"Iris"]].{{fact|date=May 2025}}

[[Nine Inch Nails]] uses a variation of this tuning (D-D-d-d-d-d) on the song “[[God Break Down the Door]]”.{{fact|date=May 2025}}

==Dropped== {{More citations needed section|date=July 2012}} [[File:Drop D tuning.png|thumb|right|Drop D tuning]]

''Drop tunings'' lower the sixth string, dropping the lowest E string of the standard tuning. Some drop tunings also lower the fifth string (the A-note in standard-tuning). A ''drop one'' tuning lowers the pitch by one full step.

Some lower tunings may call for a [[baritone guitar]] to more easily maintain high string tension and a rich tone. Others can be achieved using a [[Capo (musical device)|capo]] and/or a [[partial capo]].

===Examples=== * [[File:Guitar Drop-D Tuning.ogg|right|thumb|Drop D tuning ''(listen)'']] '''[[Drop D tuning|Drop D]]''' – D-A-D-G-B-E Standard tuning but with the 6th string dropped one full step. Utilized by [[Metallica]] on "[[All Nightmare Long]]" and "[[Just a bullet away|Just A Bullet Away]]", [[Chino Moreno]] of [[Deftones]] used this tuning on the songs "[[Hole in the Earth]]" and "Beauty School", [[C3 Church]] on their song "Breathe", [[Guns N' Roses]] on "Chinese Democracy" and "Sorry" from ''[[Chinese Democracy]],'' [[Black Veil Brides]] on the song "[[Knives and Pens]]", [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]] on "Daddy's Money", "Jamie's Secret", "Common as the Rain", "(You Were) Going Somewhere", "Last Chance Waltz", "All the Roots Grow Deeper When It's Dry" and "Waffle House", [[Aerosmith]] on "[[Livin' on the Edge]]", [[The Beatles]] on "[[Dear Prudence]]" and [[Iron Maiden]] on "Mother of Mercy", "If Eternity Should Fail"{{fact|date=May 2025}}. Senses Fail and [[Avenged Sevenfold]] on most of their discographies. * '''Drop C{{music|sharp}}/Drop D{{music|flat}}''' – C{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}} / D{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}} One half step down from Drop D. Utilized by [[Alice in Chains]] on "[[Them Bones]]" and "[[We Die Young]]", [[A Day to Remember]] on the song "[[It's Complicated (A Day to Remember song)|It's Complicated]]", [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]] (on ''[[Sci-Fi Crimes]]''), [[Three Days Grace]] on their songs "[[Just Like You (Three Days Grace song)|Just Like You]]", "[[The High Road (Three Days Grace song)|The High Road]]", "Every Other Weekend", "[[Lifetime (Three Days Grace song)|Lifetime]]", "No Tomorrow" and "Champion", [[Steel Panther]] on songs like "17 Girls in a Row" and "Gloryhole". [[Metallica]] used this tuning on their song "– Human" off ''[[S&M (album)|S&M]]'' and on "Dirty Window" from their album ''[[St. Anger]]'', [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] on "Hour I", [[Judas Priest]] on "Lone Wolf", [[Van Halen]] on their 1981 song "[[Unchained (song)|Unchained]]", [[Godsmack]] on "[[Something Different (Godsmack song)|Something Different]]", [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] on "I Know", "Speechless", "Overrated" from ''[[Betty (Helmet album)|Betty]]'', "Unwound", "Throwing Punches" from ''[[Size Matters]].'' and [[Spiritbox]] on "1016", "The Mara Effect, Pt.2"<ref name="sheethappenspublishing.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.sheethappenspublishing.com/shop/1361/spiritbox-self-titled-complete-guitar-transcription |title=Sheet Happens Publishing – Artist Approved Music Transcriptions and Limited Edition Vinyl Pressings}}</ref> and "Perennial"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sheethappenspublishing.com/shop/1362/spiritbox-singles-collection-complete-guitar-transcription |title=Sheet Happens Publishing – Artist Approved Music Transcriptions and Limited Edition Vinyl Pressings}}</ref> [[File:Guitar Drop-C Tuning.ogg|right|thumb|Drop C tuning (listen)]] * '''[[Drop C tuning|Drop C]]''' – C-G-c-F-A-D One full step down from Drop D. Used by [[System of a Down]], [[Deftones]] on [[White Pony]], [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]], [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], [[Avenged Sevenfold]] on the songs "Radiant Eclipse" and "Victim", [[Asking Alexandria]] on [[Reckless and Relentless]], [[Metallica]] on ''[[St. Anger]]'', [[Megadeth]] on the songs "Mission on Mars" and "Psychopathy", [[Johnny Cash]] on his cover of "[[Hurt (Nine Inch Nails song)|Hurt]]", [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] on their demo ''[[Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.]]'', [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] on "Blew", [[Pantera]] on "It Makes Them Disappear" and "I'll Cast a Shadow" (425 Hz) and Finding September on "Summer Club" and "Let It Burn". [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]] tuned the fourth string up one semitone for his initial studio recording of "That's What the Lonely Is For" from ''Big Horizon''. *'''Drop B''' – B-F{{music|sharp}}-b-E-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}} / B-G{{music|flat}}-b-E-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}} One and one half steps down from Drop D. Used by [[Art of Dying (band)|Art of Dying]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Greg Bradley of Art of Dying – Guitar Rig and Gear Setup – 2011|url=http://www.guitargeek.com/greg-bradley-art-of-dying-guitar-rig-gear-setup-2011/|publisher=GuitarGeek|access-date=12 December 2013|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212175543/http://www.guitargeek.com/greg-bradley-art-of-dying-guitar-rig-gear-setup-2011/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Black Stone Cherry]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Rig Rundown – Black Stone Cherry's Chris Robertson| date=8 June 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr3kYbmKnPE|publisher=All Axess|access-date=12 December 2013|archive-date=9 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609041005/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr3kYbmKnPE|url-status=live}}</ref> [[DevilDriver]] on their [[DevilDriver (album)|self-titled]] and ''[[The Fury of Our Maker's Hand]]'' albums,<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Kendrick & Mike Spreitzer Talk About Tuning|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIn2UMhB3L4|publisher=Fret 12|access-date=16 March 2014|archive-date=11 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711172716/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIn2UMhB3L4|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] (on [[Immortalized (Disturbed album)|Immortalized]]), [[Ill Niño]] on [[Till Death, La Familia]], [[Limp Bizkit]] on some songs, [[Down (band)|Down]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Pepper Keenan of Down – Guitar Rig and Gear Setup – 2008|url=http://www.guitargeek.com/pepper-keenan-down-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2008/|publisher=GuitarGeek|access-date=12 December 2013|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212175102/http://www.guitargeek.com/pepper-keenan-down-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2008/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kirk Windstein of Down – Guitar Rig and Gear Setup – 2007|url=http://www.guitargeek.com/kirk-windstein-down-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2007/|publisher=GuitarGeek|access-date=12 December 2013|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212175100/http://www.guitargeek.com/kirk-windstein-down-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2007/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] tuned 40 cents sharp,<ref>{{cite news|title=Phil Demmel of Machinehead – Guitar Rig and Gear Setup – 2007|url=http://www.guitargeek.com/phil-demmel-machinehead-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2007/|publisher=GuitarGeek|access-date=12 December 2013|archive-date=13 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113154335/http://www.guitargeek.com/phil-demmel-machinehead-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2007/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Guns N' Roses]] on "Shackler's Revenge", [[Mark Tremonti]] on "Leave It Alone", "Giving Up", "Proof", "Decay", "All That I Got", and "Gone" from the ''[[All I Was]]'' sessions, as well as some songs from ''[[Cauterize (album)|Cauterize]]'' and ''[[Dust (Tremonti album)|Dust]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Guitar tunings from Shiprocked setlist|url=https://www.facebook.com/MarkTremontiItalia/photos/o.30374294520/662540367135412/|publisher=Fret 12|access-date=29 May 2014|archive-date=17 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017164130/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMarkTremontiItalia%2Fphotos%2Fo.30374294520%2F662540367135412%2F|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Projected]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Connolly|first=John|title=HELLo guitars and tuning explanation|date=25 February 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfzmqsaxiGc|publisher=John Connolly|access-date=16 March 2014|archive-date=26 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226052456/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfzmqsaxiGc&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rammstein]] "Meine Tränen", "Angst" and "Dicke Titten", [[Linkin Park]] on the song "Don't Stay", [[Sevendust]] (primary tuning, although several variations of them are also used),<ref>{{cite web|title=Clint Lowery & John Connolly Talk About Tuning|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is97SUQcsG4|publisher=Fret 12|access-date=16 March 2014|archive-date=11 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711173311/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is97SUQcsG4|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Clint Lowery & John Connolly Talk About Alternate Tuning|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-EEgIy0IY|publisher=Fret 12|access-date=16 March 2014|archive-date=11 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711182527/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-EEgIy0IY|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Jim Root of Slipknot – Guitar Rig and Gear Setup – 2004|url=http://www.guitargeek.com/jim-root-slipknot-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2004/|publisher=GuitarGeek|access-date=12 December 2013|archive-date=15 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115135721/http://www.guitargeek.com/jim-root-slipknot-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2004/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Stone Sour]].,<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Root Rig Rundown| date=22 April 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4fluq4a1vc|publisher=All Axess|access-date=2021-09-29|archive-date=2021-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906234138/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4fluq4a1vc|url-status=live}}</ref> used by [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]] on every album besides [[Point No. 1|Point #1]] and [[La Gargola]], [[Bring Me the Horizon]] and [[Spiritbox]] on "The Mara Effect, Pt.1<ref name="sheethappenspublishing.com" /> *'''Drop A{{music|sharp}}/Drop B{{music|flat}}''' – A{{music|sharp}}-F-a{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G-C / B{{music|flat}}-F-b{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-G-C Two full steps down from Drop D. Used by [[Beartooth (band)|Beartooth]] on the songs "Afterall", "Burnout", and "Body Bag", [[Metallica]] on the song "[[The Unnamed Feeling]]" from ''[[St. Anger]]'', [[Dream Theater]] on the song "Dead Asleep" from ''[[Parasomnia (album)|Parasomnia]]'', [[Emmure]] on ''[[Goodbye to the Gallows]]'' and ''[[The Respect Issue]]'', and [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]] on ''[[This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)]]'' and ''[[Vena Sera]]''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} *'''Drop A''' – A-E-a-D-F{{music|sharp}}-B / A-E-a-D-G{{music|flat}}-B Two and one half steps down from Drop D. Used by [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Filter (band)|Filter]] on the songs "Columind" and "The Missing" from ''[[The Amalgamut]]'' and "Drug Boy" and "The Trouble with Angels" from [[the Trouble with Angels (Filter album)|The Trouble with Angels]], [[The Ghost Inside (band)|The Ghost Inside]] on the songs "Out of Control" and "This is What I Know About Sacrifice". [[Trapt]] uses this tuning on their songs "Hollow Man", "Waiting", and "Sound Off". [[Sevendust]] on "What You Are", [[Sleeping With Sirens]] on their songs "Medicine (Devil in My Head)", "Ghost", and "P.S. Missing You" from their album [[How It Feels To Be Lost]], [[Linkin Park]] on "[[Heavy Is the Crown (Linkin Park song)|Heavy Is The Crown]]".{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} *'''Drop G{{music|sharp}}/Drop A{{music|flat}}''' – G{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-g{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}} / A{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-a{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-F-B{{music|flat}} Three full steps down from Drop D. Utilized by [[Metallica]] in the song "Invisible Kid" from ''[[St. Anger]]'' and [[Kublai Khan (band)|Kublai Khan]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espguitars.com/videos/2037858 | title=2020 NAMM Show: Nolan Ashley Artist Interview | date=18 January 2020 }}</ref>[[Stone Sour]] on the song "Red City" from [[House of Gold & Bones – Part 2]], [[Asking Alexandria]] on their [[Asking Alexandria (album)|self-titled album]]. Also used by [[Hollywood Undead]] on songs "Enemy" and "Already Dead".{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} [[Staind]] also uses this tuning (G{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}} to emulate a 7-string guitar), as well as several other modified variations of this, such as one in which the 5th string is also dropped from D♯ to C♯. *'''Drop G''' – G-D-g-C-E-A Three and one half steps down from Drop D. Used by [[Darkest Hour (band)|Darkest Hour]] on the song "Wasteland", [[Attack Attack! (American band)|Attack Attack!]], [[Baroness (band)|Baroness]] on their first two EPs, [[Sleeping With Sirens]] on the song "Blood Lines", [[F.T. Island|FTISLAND]] on the song "Shadows" and [[In Flames]] on the song "Transparent" from ''[[Reroute to Remain]]''. [[Soulfly]] used this tuning on "[[Eye for an Eye (song)|Eye for an Eye]]" on their [[Soulfly (Soulfly album)|self-titled album]], although live performances of this song are now in A standard.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} *'''Drop F{{music|sharp}}/Drop G{{music|flat}}''' – F{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-f{{music|sharp}}-B-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}} / G{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-g{{music|flat}}-B-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}} Four full steps down from Drop D, or two full steps up from Drop D1. [[Limp Bizkit]] use a 4 string variant of the tuning (F♯-F♯-B-E) on the songs "Nookie", "Full Nelson" and "The One." [[Motionless in White]] on the song "</c0de>", [[Polaris (Australian band)|Polaris]] on the song "The Crossfire." [[The Amity Affliction]] on the song "Fade Away." and [[Fit for a King (band)|Fit for a King]] on the song "Louder Voice." [[Staind]] uses a variation of this tuning (F{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}). *'''Drop F''' – F-C-f-A{{music|sharp}}-D-G / F-C-f-B{{music|flat}}-D-G Four and one half steps down from Drop D, or one and a half steps up from Drop D1. Used by [[Conan (band)]] for their entire discography.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://doomedandstoned.com/post/168083369993/conan |title=Doomed & Stoned — the Mighty Conan Speaks!|newspaper=Tumblr }}</ref> Used by [[Attack Attack! (American band)|Attack Attack!]] on "The Wretched" off ''[[This Means War (Attack Attack! album)|This Means War]]'' and "Press F".{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}} Used by [[Van Halen]] on "[[Little Guitars]]" off [[Diver Down]]{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}. *'''Drop E''' – E-B-e-A-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}} / E-B-e-A-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}} Five full steps down from Drop D, or one full step up from Drop D1. Another Variation can be mixed with a Drop A as follows: E-A-e-a-D-G-B-e modeled on an 8 string or E-A-e-a-D-F♯-B/E-A-e-a-D-Gb-B on a seven-string guitar, Used by [[Currents (band)|Currents]], [[Starset]] on [[Horizons (Starset album)|Horizons]], [[Loathe (band)|Loathe]] (E-A-e-a-D-F{{music|sharp}}/G{{music|flat}}), [[Humanity's Last Breath]] (E-B-e-A-G{{music|sharp}}/A{{music|flat}}-a) and To The Grave/Body Prison guitarist Tom Cadden (E-A-e-A-D-G-B). The guitarist from Humanity's Last Breath (Buster Odeholm) has the 2 plain strings 1 note away from each other (Ab-a) in order to do dissonant chords without using finger stretching chords and also can be used sith the digitech whammy pedal live to introduce interesting harmonics & FX. Usually 27" or 28" Baritones are used for 6 string Drop E applications.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} *'''Drop D{{music|sharp}}/Drop E{{music|flat}}''' – D{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C-F / E{{music|flat}}-B{{music|flat}}-e{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-C-F Five and one half steps down from Drop D, or one half step up from Drop D1. This can also be a Drop D♯ standard octave variant tuning modeled on an 8 string D♯-G♯-d♯-g♯-C♯-F♯-A♯-d♯. Gravemind uses an altered version of Drop D♯ (which is a 6-string Drop A♯ with the low D♯) on their album Conduit.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} *'''Drop D1''' – D-A-d-G-B-E Six full steps (one octave) down from Drop D. 8 string example; D-A-d-a-d-G-B-E. Black Tongue uses this tuning. *'''Drop C{{music|sharp}}1/Drop D{{music|flat}}1''' – C♯-G♯-c♯-F♯-A♯-D♯ / D♭-A♭-D♭-G♭-B♭-E♭ Six full steps (one octave) down from Drop C{{music|sharp}}/Drop D{{music|flat}}. Used by [[Loathe (band)|Loathe]] (C♯-A-E-a-D-F{{music|sharp}}){{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} *'''Drop C1''' – C-G-c-F-A-D Six full steps (one octave) down from Drop C. Used by [[Sleep Token]] on “Asciensionism”.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} *'''Drop C{{music|sharp}}/Drop D{{music|flat}} in standard variation''' – C{{music|sharp}}-A-D-G-B-E Standard tuning but with the 6th string lowered one and a half steps. Used by [[Sevendust]] tuned one and a half-step down (A♯-F♯-B-E-G♯-C♯) on some songs from ''[[Home (Sevendust album)|Home]]'' through ''[[Alpha (Sevendust album)|Alpha]]''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} *'''Drop C in standard variation''' – C-A-D-G-B-E Standard tuning but with the 6th string lowered two whole steps. Used by [[Mark Tremonti]] on the song "My Champion" (tuned down a half-step; Myles is in Open F♯ tuning) as well as [[Sevendust]] on the song "Mountain" tuned down one and a half steps (A-F♯-B-E-G♯-C♯) Also used by [[John Mayer]] on the song "Neon", and by [[Chino Moreno]] of [[Deftones]] on some songs such as "[[Swerve City]]", "[[Leathers (Deftones song)|Leathers]]" and "Hearts/Wires", tuned down a full step (A♯-G-C-F-A-D), This variation was also used by [[Periphery (album)|Periphery]] on "Totla Mad" from their Self-Titled album and "Frak the Gods" on "Icarus EP". *'''Drop B in standard variation''' – B-A-D-G-b-E Claimed to have been invented by guitarist Victor Griffin of [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] (who tunes it 1/2 step down).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Charupakorn|first1=Joe|title=Pentagram's Victor Griffin: Commandeering the Low Road|url=http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/23318-victor-griffin-pentagrams-ground-breaking-guitarist-commandeers-the-low-road|website=Premier Guitar|access-date=22 August 2016|archive-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921045413/http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/23318-victor-griffin-pentagrams-ground-breaking-guitarist-commandeers-the-low-road|url-status=live}}</ref> Also used in the songs "[[Rusty Cage]]" "Holy Water", and "Searching With My Good Eye Closed" by [[Soundgarden]] on their ''[[Badmotorfinger]]'' album, "Cowboy Hat", "Not Leavin' Yet" and some of "[[Silver Side Up]]" by [[Nickelback]], "Gasoline", "Shadow on the Sun", "Bring Em Back Alive" and "The Worm" by [[Audioslave]] and "[[Prison Sex]]" by [[Tool (band)|Tool]]. [[Today is the Day]] have used it on every album since ''[[Temple of the Morning Star]]'', [[Shining (Norwegian band)|Shining]] use it on most of their album ''[[Blackjazz]]'', and [[Black Label Society]] used this on much of their early material, often to emulate a 7-string guitar. Used also by [[Silverchair]] in the songs "One Way Mule" and "The Lever" from their album ''[[Diorama (Silverchair album)|Diorama]]'' and [[Stephen Brodsky]] used this tuning a half step down (A♯-G♯-C♯-F♯-A♯-D♯) in [[Cave In]] and [[Mutoid Man]] *'''Drop B-E''' – B-E-D-G-b-e Standard tuning with the 6th and 5th string lowered two and a half steps down. Used by [[Tool (band)|Tool]] in the songs "Parabol" and "[[Parabola (song)|Parabola]]". *'''Drop A in standard variation''' – A-a-D-G-B-E: The 6th string is dropped to A while the other strings retain their standard tuning. Used by [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] on "Biscuits for Smut", [[Foo Fighters]] on "[[Stacked Actors]]", [[Avenged Sevenfold]] on "G", [[Opeth]] on the song "Sorceress", and the [[Melvins]] on "Boris". Used by [[Every Time I Die]] on the songs "Indian Giver", "Fear and Trembling" and "Nothing Visible; Ocean Empty". A 7-string version of this tuning is used by [[Muse (band)|Muse]] on their song "Citizen Erased" (A-a-D-d-G-B-E) as well as on [[Supremacy (song)|Supremacy]], which features a standard six-string guitar. [[Sevendust]] uses this tuning a half-step down on "Home" (G♯-g♯-C♯-F♯-A♯-D♯). [[Pantera]] uses this tuning 1 full step down on "The Underground in America" and "Sandblasted Skin" (425 Hz) (G-g-C-F-A-D), [[Periphery (band)|Periphery]] also uses this tuning on "Reptile" and "Zagreus". [[Architects (British band)|Architects]] use this tuning 1½ steps down (F♯-f♯-B-E-G♯-C♯) as well as [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] on the song "Scissors" and [[Limp Bizkit]] on the song "Stalemate." [[Wage War]] uses this tuning 2 full steps down on several songs (F-f-A'''♯-'''D♯-G-C).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sheethappenspublishing.com/shop/1222/wage-war-pressure-complete-guitar-transcription |title=Sheet Happens Publishing – Artist Approved Music Transcriptions and Limited Edition Vinyl Pressings}}</ref> *'''Drop A in D standard variation''' – A-G-C-F-a-D Used by [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] on most of their first album (''[[Remission (Mastodon album)|Remission]]'') and on some songs on other albums. Also utilized by [[Nothing More]] and [[Periphery (band)|Periphery]]. Also used on occasion by [[Black Label Society]], who previously tuned it a half-step up, which [[Alter Bridge]] also utilizes on some of their songs such as "[[Broken Wings (Alter Bridge song)|Broken Wings]]", "Come to Life", "I Know it Hurts", "Still Remains", "Breath Again", and "All Hope is Gone." [[Creed (band)|Creed]], [[Architects (British band)|Architects]], all use this tuning tuned a half-step down on their songs "Bread of Shame", "Early Grave" respectively. Danish industrial metal band [[Raunchy (band)|Raunchy]] used this tuning tuned 1½ steps down (F♯-E-A-D-f♯-B) on the song "Dim the Lights and Run" from the album [[A Discord Electric]]. *'''Drop G in C standard variation''' – G-F-A♯-D♯-g-C Used by [[Bring Me the Horizon]] on a few songs from their album ''[[Suicide Season]]'', "Blacklist" from [[There Is A Hell]] and "heavy metal" from [[Amo (Bring Me the Horizon album)|amo]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.guitargeek.com/lee-malia-bring-me-the-horizon-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2011/ |title=Lee Malia of Bring Me the Horizon – Guitar Rig and Gear Setup – 2011 |website=www.guitargeek.com |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202092052/http://www.guitargeek.com/lee-malia-bring-me-the-horizon-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2011/ |archive-date=2 December 2013 }}</ref> [[Wage War]] also utilize this tuning on several songs on their first three albums, such as "The River" and "Spineless" off their album [[Blueprints]].

==Shifted== These tunings are derived by systematic increases or decreases to standard tuning.

===Lowered (standard)=== [[File:D tuning.png|thumb|right|D tuning.]]

Derived from standard E-A-D-G-B-E, all the strings are tuned lower by the same interval, thus providing the same chord positions transposed to a lower key. Lower tunings are popular among rock and heavy metal bands. The reason for tuning down below standard pitch is usually either to accommodate a singer's vocal range or to get a deeper/heavier sound.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dealsyaari.in/best-acoustic-guitars-under-5000/ |title=Top 10 Best Acoustic Guitars Under Rs 5000 – Most Popular 2019 |access-date=2019-12-11 |archive-date=2019-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211174234/https://dealsyaari.in/best-acoustic-guitars-under-5000/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

*'''[[E♭ tuning|E{{music|flat}} tuning]]''' – E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G♭-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}} Half a step down from standard tuning. Used by bands/artists such as: [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Coheed and Cambria]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Motörhead]], [[Cannibal Corpse]] (Chris Barnes era), [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]], [[Sweet Savage]], [[Dark Tranquillity]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[AFI (band)|AFI]], [[Rise Against]], [[Failure (band)|Failure]], [[Weezer]], [[Seether]] (early songs), [[Green Day]], [[Protest the Hero]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Our Lady Peace]], [[the Hellacopters]], [[Backyard Babies]], [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] on a few songs, [[Guns N' Roses]], [[Motion City Soundtrack]], [[Neil Young]], [[Van Halen]], [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]], [[Brand New (band)|Brand New]], [[Blind Guardian]], [[FireHouse|Firehouse]], [[Stryper]], [[Megadeth]] on the songs "[[Angry Again]]" and "Diadems", "[[Youthanasia (album)|Youthanasia]]" album and the tour supporting it, [[MD.45]], [[Metallica]] on the "[[Load (album)|Load]]", "[[Reload (Metallica album)|Reload]]" and "[[Garage Inc.]]" albums, "[[The God That Failed]]", their cover of "Killing Time", in a 1985 live performance in [[Portland, Oregon]], in a 1990 live performance with Guns N' Roses and [[Sebastian Bach]], and in live performances of standard tuned songs since 1995, [[AC/DC]] on some songs and in live performances of standard tuned songs since 2008, [[Darkthrone]] on their album [[Panzerfaust (album)|Panzerfaust]], [[Slayer]], [[Alcest]], [[Rage Against the Machine]], [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]], [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]], [[John Prine]] on ''The Singing Mailman Delivers'' and live performances of "[[Angel from Montgomery]]" from 1998 to 2020, [[Yngwie Malmsteen]], [[Deftones]] on "Mascara" and "Dai the Flu", [[Dream Theater]] on "[[Stream of Consciousness (instrumental)|Stream of Consciousness]]" and "The Root of All Evil", [[Alice in Chains]], [[the Smashing Pumpkins]], [[the Killers]], [[Relient K]], [[Suede (band)|Suede]], [[Red (band)|RED]] on "Not Alone", [[Beach House]], [[David Wilcox (American musician)|David Wilcox]] on "Human Cannonball" from ''Turning Point'' and current live performances of "Saturday They'll All Be Back Again", [[Ugly Kid Joe]], [[Third Day]] on "I Can Feel It", [[Die Ärzte]] since "[[Geräusch]]", [[Skillet (band)|Skillet]] on "A Little More", [[Diamond Head (English band)|Diamond Head]] on most songs from ''[[Lightning to the Nations]] 2020'', [[Sue Saad and the Next]] on the album version of "Looker", [[Vertical Horizon]], [[Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown|Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown]], Finding September on "History" and "Inhibitions", [[Breaking Benjamin]] on "Ladybug" and many of their live cover songs, and [[Royal Blood (band)|Royal Blood]] on songs like Typhoons and the B-side off "[[How Did We Get So Dark?]]", "Cheap Affection". ''[[Collective Soul]]'' has used this tuning and the Drop Db variant on many official recordings of songs and all live performances circa 1997 onward. [[Lovejoy (band)|Lovejoy]] has used this tuning in most of their songs since 2021. *'''[[D tuning]]''' – D-G-C-F-A-D One full step down from standard tuning. Used by bands/artists such as [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Nightwish]], [[Pantera]] (425 Hz), [[Fu Manchu (band)|Fu Manchu]], [[P.O.D.]], [[Sepultura]], [[Dimmu Borgir]], [[Cradle of Filth]], [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]], [[Insomnium]], [[Watain]], [[In Solitude]], [[Agalloch]], [[Inquisition (metal band)|Inquisition]], [[Drive-By Truckers]], [[Soulfly]], [[Holocaust (band)|Holocaust]], [[Children of Bodom]] since 1999, [[Symphony X]], [[Oceansize]], [[Death (metal band)|Death]], [[Decrepit Birth]], [[Dream Theater]], [[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]], [[Baroness (band)|Baroness]], [[Napalm Death]], [[Volbeat]], [[Seether]] on [[Country Song (Seether song)|"Country Song"]], [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]], [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]], [[Hammerfall]] since 2009, [[John Prine]] on "Grandpa Was a Carpenter" and some other songs from 1998 to 2020, [[Shadows Fall]], [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]], [[Lordi]], [[Killswitch Engage]], and [[Kreator]]. Used in a vast majority of songs by musician [[Elliott Smith]], and also in some songs by [[Johnny Cash]] including "[[Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire]]" and his covers of "[[Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down]]" and "[[Cat's in the Cradle]]". Also used in [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s songs "[[Come as You Are (Nirvana song)|Come as You Are]]", "[[Lithium (Nirvana song)|Lithium]]" and "[[Drain You]]", [[Metallica]] in their songs "[[Sad but True]]", "Devil's Dance", "Sabbra Cadabra", "It's Electric", and "[[Whiskey in the Jar]]", as well as "The Small Hours" and "Crash Course in Brain Surgery" from ''[[The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited]]'', "Dream No More", "[[Master of Puppets|The Thing That Should Not Be]]" and live performances of "[[Jump in the Fire]]", "[[The God That Failed]]", and "[[Seek & Destroy]]", [[Bullet for My Valentine]] on several songs on ''[[Scream Aim Fire]]'', [[John Lennon]] in "[[Working Class Hero]]", [[Bob Dylan]] in live performances of "[[All Along the Watchtower]]" in the style of [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]] on their cover of "[[White Rabbit (song)|White Rabbit]]", [[Blink-182]] on "[[Adam's Song]]", [[Doug Anthony All Stars]] in live performances, [[Diamond Head (English band)|Diamond Head]] on their 2020 re-recording of "It's Electric", [[John Fogerty]], [[FireHouse|Firehouse]] on the re-recorded acoustic version of "[[Love of a Lifetime (FireHouse song)|Love of a Lifetime]]" and live performances since 2010, [[Stryper]] on the album ''The Final Battle'' and live performances since 2021, [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] on live performances of the song "[[More Than Words]]", [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]] on most of ''[[Point No. 1|Point #1]]''. [[Megadeth]] used this tuning for "Prince of Darkness" and would switch to this tuning from E standard during concerts featuring this song in 1999 & 2000. They have also used it for all concerts from circa Fall 2012 during the Countdown to Extinction 20th Anniversary tour to 2026's farewell tour and would go on to record all new albums since 2013's ''[[Super Collider (Megadeth album)|Super Collider]]'' using this tuning. *'''C{{music|sharp}}/[[D♭ tuning|D{{music|flat}} tuning]]''' – C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-G{{sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}} / D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B-E-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}} One and a half steps down. Famously used by [[Black Sabbath]]'s Tony Iommi in the 1970s, as well as [[Carrie Brownstein]], [[Pantera]] (425 Hz), [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]], [[Eyehategod]], [[Decapitated (band)|Decapitated]], [[Architects (British band)|Architects]], [[Dying Fetus]], [[Anata (band)|Anata]], [[Corin Tucker]] of [[Sleater-Kinney]], [[Between the Buried and Me]], [[Limp Bizkit]], [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] (tuned 40 cents sharp), [[Down (band)|Down]], [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]], [[Venom (band)|Venom]], [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]] on their EP [[Deathcrush]] (445hz), [[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]], [[Bolt Thrower]], [[Pete Loeffler]] of [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]] on [[Wonder What's Next]], [[Billy Howerdel]] of [[A Perfect Circle]] and [[Ashes Divide]], [[Guns N' Roses]] on "Heartbreak Hotel" and "I Don't Care About You", [[Attila (metalcore band)|Attila]], [[Slayer]] on "Gemini" from ''[[Undisputed Attitude]]'', ''[[Diabolus In Musica]]'', the majority of ''[[God Hates Us All]]'' as well as "Cult" and "Black Serenade" from ''[[Christ Illusion]]'', [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] on "Snuff", "Child of Burning Time" and "'Til We Die", and [[Stone Sour]]. Also used by [[Kyuss]] on the [[Sons of Kyuss (EP)|''Sons of Kyuss'' EP]] and on the songs "Isolation", "Big Bikes" and "Stage III" from ''[[Wretch (album)|Wretch]]''. [[John Prine]] downtuned most of his songs to this tuning for the rest of his life following a bout with throat cancer that took a toll on his voice. Used by [[Metallica]] on the song "[[Reload (Metallica album)|Bad Seed]]" from the album ''[[Reload (Metallica album)|Reload]]'' and live performances of "The Thing That Should Not Be", [[blink-182]] in "Obvious", [[Woods of Ypres]] and [[Gorguts]] on ''[[Considered Dead]]'' and ''[[The Erosion of Sanity]]''. *'''[[C tuning (guitar)|C tuning]]''' – C-F-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-G-C / C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G-C Two full steps down from normal tuning. Used by bands such as [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Kyuss]], [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]], [[Electric Wizard]] on their [[Electric Wizard (album)|first album]], [[Black Sabbath]] on [[The End Tour]] for songs originally in C♯ Standard, [[Spiritual Beggars]], [[In Flames]] until ''[[Clayman]]'', [[The Black Dahlia Murder (band)|the Black Dahlia Murder]], [[Cradle of Filth]], [[Hatebreed]], [[Bring Me the Horizon]], [[First Signs of Frost]], [[Dismember (band)|Dismember]], [[Dethklok]], [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]] on [[Effigy of the Forgotten]], [[Immolation (band)|Immolation]], [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] from 1992 to 1997, [[High on Fire]], [[Cold (band)|Cold]], [[Dream Theater]], [[Arch Enemy]] since the [[Angela Gossow]] era, [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]], [[Amaranthe]], [[Nails (band)|Nails]], Nekrofilth, [[Cataract]], [[Porcupine Tree]] on the songs "Anesthetize", "[[Way Out of Here|Way Out of Here"]] and "Cheating the Polygraph", and [[the Smashing Pumpkins]]. *'''B tuning''' – B-E-A-D-G{{music|flat}}-B / B-E-A-D-F{{music|sharp}}-B Two and a half steps down from standard tuning. Used by bands such as, [[At The Gates]], [[Dismember (band)|Dismember]], [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] from 1994 to 2004, [[Edge of Sanity]], [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]] on ''Left Hand Path'', [[Grave (band)|Grave]], [[Amon Amarth]], and [[Arch Enemy]] during the [[Johan Liiva]] era, as well as [[Fear Factory]] on the first two albums before [[Dino Cazares]] switched to 7-string guitars, [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]], [[Type O Negative]], [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]], [[Pungent Stench]] from 1988 to 1990 including [[For God Your Soul... For Me Your Flesh]], [[John Prine]] on live performance of "Fish and Whistle" from 1998 to 2020, [[Seventh Void]], [[Five Finger Death Punch]], [[Fleshgod Apocalypse]], [[Sepultura]], [[Soulfly]], [[Within Temptation]], [[Hatebreed]], Winterfylleth, [[Triptykon]] as well as [[Celtic Frost]]'s last album ''[[Monotheist (album)|Monotheist]]'', and guitarist [[Kirk Windstein]] of [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]], [[Kingdom of Sorrow]]. *'''A{{music|sharp}}/[[B♭ tuning|B{{music|flat}} tuning]]''' – A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}} / B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-F-B{{music|flat}} Three full steps from standard tuning. Used by [[Electric Wizard]] on ''[[Dopethrone]]'', [[Adema]], [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] since ''[[Virus (Hypocrisy album)|Virus]]'', [[Dream Theater]] on some songs with baritone guitars, [[Arch Enemy]] on some songs, [[The Black (American band)|the Black]], [[Boris (band)|Boris]], [[Cannibal Corpse]], [[Linkin Park]] (A♯-D♯-G♯-C♯-F♯-A♯) on the songs "[[Somewhere I Belong]]" and "Easier to Run" from [[Meteora (album)|Meteora]] (both songs performed live in Eb standard), [[Morbid Angel]] on several songs starting with their album ''[[Covenant (Morbid Angel album)|Covenant]]'', Father Befouled, [[Sepultura]], [[Esoteric (band)|Esoteric]], [[Jeff Hanneman]] of [[Slayer]] on "War Zone" and "Here Comes the Pain" from ''[[God Hates Us All]]'' and "Not of This God" from ''[[World Painted Blood]]'' (Kerry King used a 7-string for those songs), [[American Head Charge]], [[Nickelback]] on "[[This Means War (Nickelback song)|This Means War]]" and "Gotta Get Me Some" from [[Here and Now (Nickelback album)|Here and Now]] and [[Nevermore]] when band switched to seven strings, though a six-string acoustic in this tuning was used on the song "A Future Uncertain". *'''A tuning''' – A-D-G-C-E-A Three and a half steps down from standard tuning. Used by [[Demilich (band)|Demilich]], [[Soulfly]], Themes, [[Taproot (band)|Taproot]], [[Xibalba (band)|Xibalba]], [[Yob (band)|Yob]], [[Wind Rose (band)|Wind Rose]], [[John Prine]] on live performances of "Quiet Man" from 1998 to 2020, [[Dream Theater]] on some songs with baritone guitars, [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] on ''[[Osculum Obscenum]]'' and the song "Buried", [[Bolt Thrower]] on [[Realm of Chaos (album)|Realm of Chaos]] album, [[Dystopia (band)|Dystopia]], [[Arch Enemy]] on a few songs and on live performances of A{{music|sharp}} tuned songs and their cover of "[[Symphony of Destruction]]". *'''G{{music|sharp}}/A{{music|flat}} tuning''' – G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}} / A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}} Four full steps down from standard tuning. Utilized by [[Cannibal Corpse]] on some songs. Used by death/doom metal band Encoffination. Also used by [[Mark Tremonti]] on the song "In the Deep" (Myles Kennedy uses a 6-string guitar tuned to Drop Db in the song). Used by the brutal death metal band Putridity.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3s-KXte_ZU |title=sodomize epileptic chunks |date=2010-07-27 |last=Putridity Official |access-date=2025-04-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> *'''G tuning''' – G-C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D-G / G-C-F-B{{music|flat}}-D-G Four and a half steps down from standard tuning. Used by the doom metal band [[Warhorse (American band)|Warhorse]] and the brutal death metal band [[Mortician (band)|Mortician]] and the sludge metal project Foreigns. *'''F{{music|sharp}}/G{{music|flat}} tuning''' – F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}} / G{{music|flat}}-B-E-A-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}} Five full steps from standard tuning. Used by the death metal band Disfiguring the Goddess. *'''F tuning''' – F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C-F / F-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-C-F Five and a half steps down from standard tuning. Used by the deathgrind band Maruta and the instrumental doom metal band [[Bongripper]]. *'''Octave tuning''' – E-A-D-G-B-E Six full steps (one octave) down from standard tuning. The Low E has the same fundamental frequency as a bass guitar, essentially the same standard tuning as a bass guitar but with a high B and E added to mimic a regular guitar. This tuning is used on the [[Fender Bass VI]] and similar instruments. Notably used by [[John Lennon]] and [[George Harrison]] with [[the Beatles]], [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[the Cure]], [[Jack Bruce]] of [[Cream (band)|Cream]], and [[Deftones]] bassist [[Sergio Vega (bassist)|Sergio Vega]] on their album ''[[Gore (Deftones album)|Gore]]''. In his early days with [[Ronnie Hawkins]], future [[The Band|Band]] bassist [[Rick Danko]] was also seen with a Fender Bass VI. This is the tuning [[Earth (American band)|Earth]] used on their seminal drone doom album, ''[[Earth 2 (album)|Earth 2]]''. Also used in some [[doom metal]] and [[sludge metal]] bands such as Wetlands and [[Thou (American band)|Thou]].

===Raised=== [[File:Terz tuning for guitar.png|thumb|right|[[Terz guitar|Terz tuning]].]]

From standard E-A-D-G-B-E, all the strings are tuned up by the same interval. String tension will be higher. Typically requires thinner gauge strings, particularly the first string which could be as thin as six thousandths of an inch (about the thickness of a single human hair). A [[Capo (musical device)|capo]] is typically preferred over these tunings, as they do not increase neck strain, etc. The advantage of these tunings is that they allow an extended upper note range versus a capo used with standard tuning which limits the number of notes that can be played; in some cases, instruo B{{music|flat}} or E{{music|flat}} (such as [[saxophone]]s, which were frequently encountered in early rock and roll music) are more easily played when the accompanying guitar plays chords in the higher tuning. If standard gauge strings are used, the result is often a "brighter" or "tighter" sound; this was a common practice for some bluegrass bands in the 1950s, notably Flatt & Scruggs.

*'''F tuning''' – F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C-F / F-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-C-F Half a step up from standard tuning. Used in most of the music of [[Harry Chapin]], [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]], and [[Johnny Cash]], for "Love Buzz" on Nirvana's ''Bleach'' album – apparently by mistake (according to Come As You Are – Michael Azerrad), [[3 Doors Down]] on "[[Here Without You]]" (a capo was probably used), [[Vektor (band)|Vektor]], [[Soundgarden]]'s "[[Black Hole Sun]]" (The low E string was tuned to Eb/D♯ for a drop Eb/D♯ tuning), [[Nickelback]] on their song "[[When We Stand Together]]", [[Burzum]] on his first 3 albums, [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]] on [[Pure Holocaust]], John Fedowitz in his solo project "Ceremony", [[The Bangles]] on "[[Hazy Shade of Winter]]", [[Social Distortion]] on "[[Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire]]", and [[AC/DC]] on "[[It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)]]". *'''F{{music|sharp}}/G{{music|flat}} tuning''' – F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}} / G{{music|flat}}-B-E-A-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}} One full step up from standard. Primary tuning for the band [[The Chameleons]]. [[Johnny Marr]] also used this tuning extensively with [[The Smiths]]. British singer-songwriter [[Dave Mason]] also plays in F♯. [[Alex Lifeson]] of [[Rush (band)|Rush]] used this tuning on the song "[[The Big Money]]". [[Tremonti (band)|Tremonti]] uses a variation of this tuning where only the 6th string is raised to F♯ while the rest of the guitar stays in standard tuning, and then tuning down the whole guitar one and a half steps, on the song "Trust". *'''G tuning''' also known as '''[[Terz guitar|Terz tuning]]''' – G-C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D-G / G-C-F-B{{music|flat}}-D-G One and a half steps up from standard. *'''G{{music|sharp}}/A{{music|flat}} tuning''' – G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}} / A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}} Two full steps up from standard. *'''A tuning''' – A-D-G-C-E-A Two and a half steps up from standard. This is the standard tuning for the Mexican [[Requinto guitar]] and the [[Lapstick]] travel guitar. *'''A{{music|sharp}}/B{{music|flat}}''' – A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}} / B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-F-B{{music|flat}} Three full steps up from standard.

===Double-dropped=== [[File:Double drop D tuning.png|thumb|right|Double drop D tuning]] [[File:Guitar Double Drop-D Tuning.ogg|right|thumb|Double drop D tuning (listen)]] Similar to the dropped tunings, except that both the 1st and 6th strings are dropped one full step. *'''[[Double drop D tuning|Double Drop D]]''' – D-A-D-G-B-D Standard tuning but with the 1st and 6th strings dropped one full step. Favored by Neil Young. Has also been used by Lamb of God on some of their earlier songs. [[America (band)|America]] used a variation for "[[Horse with No Name]]" in which the 5th string is also dropped, to E. It was also used on Led Zeppelin's "[[Going to California]]" *'''Double Drop C{{music|sharp}}/Drop D{{music|flat}}''' – C{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}} / D{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}} Same as Double Drop D, but every string is dropped one half step. Used by the acoustic rock band [[Days of the New]]. Also used by [[Our Lady Peace]] on the song "[[Starseed (song)|Starseed]]", as well as Los Angeles based Alternative band Failure on several songs. Also used by [[Tremonti (band)|Tremonti]] on the song "Fall Again", as well as [[Myles Kennedy]] on the song "Cry a River" (Mark is tuned to Drop C♯) *'''Double Drop C''' – C-G-C-F-A-C One full step down from Double Drop D. Used by [[End (band)|End]] and [[Sevendust]] on the song "Seasons". *'''Double Drop B''' – B-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-G{{music|sharp}}-B / B-G{{music|flat}}-B-E-A{{music|flat}}-B One and one half steps down from Double Drop D. Used by [[Aaron Turner]] of [[Isis (band)|Isis]] and used by [[Sevendust]] on the song "Separate". *'''Double Drop A{{music|sharp}}/Drop B{{music|flat}}''' – A{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G-A{{music|sharp}} / B{{music|flat}}-F-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-G-B{{music|flat}} Two full steps down from Double Drop D. *'''Double Drop A''' – A-E-A-D-F{{music|sharp}}-A / A-E-A-D-G{{music|flat}}-A Two and one half steps down from Double Drop D. *'''Double Drop G{{music|sharp}}/Drop A{{music|flat}}''' – G{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F-G{{music|sharp}} / A{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-F-A{{music|flat}} Three full steps down from Double Drop D. *'''Double Drop G''' – G-D-G-C-E-G Three and one half steps down from Double Drop D. *'''Double Drop F{{music|sharp}}/Drop G{{music|flat}}''' – F{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-D{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}} / G{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B-E{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}} Four full steps down from Double Drop D, or two full steps up from Double Drop D1. *'''Double Drop F''' – F-C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D-F / F-C-F-B{{music|flat}}-D-F Four and one half steps down from Double Drop D, or one and a half steps up from Double Drop D1. *'''Double Drop E''' – E-B-E-A-C{{music|sharp}}-E / E-B-E-A-D{{music|flat}}-E Five full steps down from Double Drop D, or one full step up from Double Drop D1. *'''Double Drop D{{music|sharp}}/Double Drop E{{music|flat}}''' – D{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C-D{{music|sharp}} / E{{music|flat}}-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-C-E{{music|flat}} Five and one half steps down from Double Drop D, or one half step up from Double Drop D1. *'''Double Drop D1 Tuning''' – D-A-D-G-B-D Six full steps (one octave) down from Double Drop D.

==Miscellaneous== {{More citations needed section|date=July 2012}}

===Dad-Gad=== {{main|DADGAD}} [[File:Guitar DADGAD Tuning.ogg|right|thumb|DADGAD tuning (listen)]] :D-A-d-g-a-d' DADGAD was developed by [[Davey Graham]] in the early 1960s when he was travelling in Morocco, to more easily play along with [[Oud]] music. Among the first to use this tuning were the folk-blues guitarists of the '60s like Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Martin Carthy, and John Martyn. It was many years later in the 1970s that it became established for accompanists of traditional music, predominantly Scottish and Irish. Due to this popularity it is sometimes referred to as "Celtic" tuning, although this is misleading given its origin and its primary early use in a quite different field of music. Often vocalized as "Dad-Gad", [[DADGAD]] it is now common in [[Celtic music]]. In rock music, has been used in [[Led Zeppelin]]'s "[[Kashmir (song)|Kashmir]]".<ref name="Gordie"/> [[Pierre Bensusan]] is another noted exponent of this tuning. The [[post-metal]] group [[Russian Circles]] also employ this tuning, and also plays it tuned a half-step down: D{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-d{{music|flat}}-g{{music|flat}}-a{{music|flat}}-d{{music|flat}}'. Four down-tuned variations are used by the band [[Sevendust]]: A Drop C♯ variation, or C{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}}-f{{music|sharp}}-g{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}}', Also uses a variation where the lowest string is dropped to G{{music|sharp}} on the song "Chop", A Drop C variation, or 'C-G-c-f-g-c'. (used on the song "[[Unraveling (song)|Unraveling]]". Also uses a variation where the lowest string is dropped to G, used on some songs from [[Kill the Flaw]] and the song "Life Deceives You"), a Drop B variation, or B'-F{{music|sharp}}-B-e-f{{music|sharp}}-b, and a Drop A♯ variation, or A{{music|sharp}}'-F-A{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}}-f-a{{music|sharp}}. Neighboring tunings D-A-d-e-a-e' and C-G-c-d-g-a have been used by [[Martin Carthy]], and D-A-d-a-a-d' was used by [[Dave Wakeling]] on the [[English Beat]]'s 1983 "[[Save It For Later]]" and by [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] on the song "[[Sometimes (My Bloody Valentine song)|Sometimes]]" from [[Loveless (album)|''Loveless'']] (1991).

===Dad-Dad=== [[File:Guitar DADDAD Tuning.ogg|right|thumb|DADDAD tuning (listen)]] :D-A-d-d-a-d' Nicknamed - "Papa-Papa". DADDAD is common in folk music (Irish, Scottish), and for the execution of a rhythm guitar in "heavy" (alternative music) on 6th on the third string at the same time. To reach the tuning from DADGAD, Open D or Open D Minor, the G string is dropped to D so that the 3rd and 4th strings are tuned to the same pitch. DADDAD tuning is sometimes used on Dobro guitars for rock and blues. Notable users of this tuning include [[Billy McLaughlin]] and [[John Butler (musician)|John Butler]]. The tuning was also used in the title track of [[King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard|King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's]] third album, [[Float Along – Fill Your Lungs|''Float Along - Fill Your Lungs''.]]

===Cello/Standard guitar=== :C-G-d-a-b-e' Essentially a cello tuning with the deeper four strings in fifths and the two highest strings in standard guitar tuning. Used on numerous [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] songs (including [[Cut Your Hair]]) and by [[Foo Fighters]] on the song "[[Foo Fighters (album)|Weenie Beenie]]".

==="Karnivool" tuning=== :B-F{{music|sharp}}-b-g-b-e' Hybrid tuning between drop B-tuning and E-standard. Used by the band [[Karnivool]] for many of their songs.

*Variation: :B-F{{music|sharp}}-b-f{{music|sharp}}-b-e' The hybrid tuning with the 3rd string lowered a half-step to create a larger power chord, Also used by [[Karnivool]].

===Mi-composé=== :E-A-d'-g-b-e' [[Mi-composé]] is a tuning commonly used for rhythm guitar in [[African popular music]] forms such as [[soukous]] and [[makossa]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Steward|first=Gary|title=Rumba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos|year=2004|publisher=Verso|isbn=978-1-85984-368-0|page=34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gKEHO1z413EC&pg=PA34|access-date=2016-09-10|archive-date=2018-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703112901/https://books.google.com/books?id=gKEHO1z413EC&pg=PA34|url-status=live}}</ref> It is similar to the standard guitar tuning, except that the d string is raised an entire octave. This is accomplished by replacing the d string with an e' string and tuning it to d'.

==="Iris" Tuning=== :B-D-D-D-d-d Tuning used by [[Johnny Rzeznik]] of the [[Goo Goo Dolls]] on the song [[Iris (song)|"Iris"]].

=== E-A-C♯-F♯-A-C♯ ("Sleeping Ute") === Tuning used by [[Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear]] guitarist [[Daniel Rossen]] in "[[Sleeping Ute (song)|Sleeping Ute]]", the opening song of their album ''[[Shields (album)|Shields]]''. Creates an F♯m7/E chord when strummed open.

=== José González tuning === :D-A-D-G{{music|flat}}-B-E This is a tuning favored by the Swedish singer-songwriter [[José González (singer)|José González]]. He uses this on such songs as "Crosses", "Heartbeats" and "Cycling Trivialities" (capo on second fret). It is similar to the standard guitar tuning, but the low E string is dropped to D and the G string is dropped a half step to F{{music|sharp}}/G{{music|flat}}. Also used by artists such as [[M. Ward]], [[Stephen Malkmus]], and [[Day Wave]].

===Dadd9 tuning=== :D-A-D-F♯-A-E This tuning is used by [[Tonic (band)|Tonic]] in their song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj-webKdFr8 Soldier's Daughter] with a capo on the 4th fret, [[Periphery (band)|Periphery]] uses this tuning a full step down on the song "Scarlet".

=== Mr.Tom tuning === :D-F♯-A-E-F♯-A This tuning was made by songwriter/composer Mr.Tom (Rawding) during the creation of an original indie folk instrumental "When You Stand By Me".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://drooble.com/song/2567930|title = Listen to when You Stand by Me by Mr Tom on Drooble}}</ref> The tuning is based on the Open D tuning.

===Liberty tuning=== :E-A-D-g-c'-e' Promoted by [[Harvey Reid]] for use in combination with a partial capo, as a system which is easier for children to learn.

===The Day I Tried To Live tuning=== :E-E-B-B-B-b Used on the track from American grunge band [[Soundgarden]], titled [[The Day I Tried to Live]].

===Converge tuning=== :C-G-C-F-G{{music|sharp}}-C Used on the majority of [[Converge (band)|Converge]] songs since [[Jane Doe (album)|Jane Doe]]

*Variation: :C-F{{music|sharp}}-C-F{{music|sharp}}-A-C Another tuning used by [[Converge (band)|Converge]], notably used on the title track from [[Axe to Fall]]

===El Ten Eleven tuning=== :E-A-D-G♯-B-E Used on the Kristian Dunn of [[El Ten Eleven]]

===Staind tuning=== :A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G♭-B{{music|flat}} / G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}} A combination of Drop A♭and Drop D♭. Used by Mike Mushok on many songs, especially from [[Dysfunction (album)|Dysfunction]] and [[Break the Cycle]].

*Variation: :G♭-D♭-A♭-D♭-G♭-B♭ / F{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}} The previous tuning with the 6th string an additional step down, used on the song "[[Price to Play]]" and for all but one song on the [[Staind (album)|Self-Titled]] album, these songs are played live on a 7-string with a high E{{music|flat}} due to some leads being tracked in a higher tuning.

===Microtonal tuning===

{{See also|Microtonal music}} The open strings of a guitar can be tuned to microtonal intervals, however microtonal scales cannot easily be played on a conventional guitar because the frets only allow for a chromatic scale of twelve equally spaced pitches, each a semitone apart. (Certain microtonal scales, particularly [[quarter tone]]s, can be played on a standard guitar solely by adjusting tunings, but the distance between notes on the scale makes it somewhat impractical.) It is possible to play microtonal scales on a [[fretless guitar]], to convert a fretted guitar into a fretless, or to make a custom neck with a specific microtonal fret spacing.

Guitars can also be refretted to a microtonal scale.<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=Bart Hopkin |author2=Mark Rankin |title=Alternative tunings on Fretted Instruments–Refretting and Other Approaches |journal=Experimental Musical Instruments Journal |volume=3 |issue=6 |pages=3–6 |date=April 1988}}</ref> On many refretted microtonal guitars, the frets are split, so that the tuning of each string is independent from the others. To enable an adjustable microtonal tuning, there exist guitars with frets that can be moved across the fingerboard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.google.nl/patents/US4981064 |title=US Patent for individually adjustable frets |access-date=2012-09-23 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111530/http://www.google.nl/patents/US4981064 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.microtonalguitar.org/ |title=Adjustable Microtonal Guitar |access-date=2020-06-12 |archive-date=2013-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818015919/https://www.microtonalguitar.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Extended techniques such as the [[3rd bridge]] technique, slide guitar and [[prepared guitar]] techniques can be used to produce microtonality without severe modification to the instrument.

=== Guitar tunings inspired by other Instruments === In his on-line guide to alternative tunings for six-string guitars, [[William Sethares]] mentions several that are inspired by instruments other than guitars, for example: *[[balalaika]] tuning: E-A-D-E-E-A *[[cittern]] tuning: C-G-C-G-C-G, *[[Dobro]] tuning: G-B-D-G-B-D.

* '''Renaissance [[lute]] tuning:''' E-A-d-f{{music|sharp}}-b-e'

This tuning may also be used with a [[Capo (musical device)|capo]] at the third fret to match the common lute pitch: G-c-f-a-d'-g'. This tuning also matches standard [[vihuela]] tuning and is often employed in classical guitar transcriptions of music written for those instruments, such as, for instance, "La Canción Del Emperador" and "Diferencias Sobre Guardame Las Vacas" by Renaissance composer [[Luis de Narváez]], or music inspired by this style, such as "Pavanna" and "Bicycle Tune" by [[John Renbourn]].

==Five-string guitar tunings== When the guitar evolved from the [[lute|renaissance lute]] in the 18th century it was a five-string instrument ([[baroque guitar]]). Today, five-string guitars are common in Brazil, where they are known as [[guitarra baiana]] and are typically tuned in 5ths. Schecter Guitar Research produced a production model five-string guitar called the ''Celloblaster'' in 1998.<ref>Schecter Guitar Research (1999) ''Diamond Series''. Schecter Guitar Research Catalogs. Los Angeles, CA</ref> A five-string tuning may be necessary in a pinch when a string breaks on a standard six-string (usually the high E) and no replacement is immediately available.

Some basic five-string tunings include: *'''Standard''' – E-A-d-g-b The standard tuning, without the top E string attached. Alternative variants are easy from this tuning, but because several chords inherently omit the lowest string, it may leave some chords relatively thin or incomplete with the top string missing (the D chord, for instance, must be fretted 5-4-3-2-3 to include F♯, the tone a major third above D). *'''Baroque guitar standard tuning''' – a–D–g–b–e The predecessor of today's six-string classical guitar was the five-string [[baroque guitar]] tuned as the five high strings of a six-string guitar with the A raised one octave. *'''High C''' – E-A-d-g-c' Standard tuning with the B tuned a half step higher to C to emulate a six-string bass guitar, minus the low B. This is an [[all fourths tuning]]. *'''Celloblaster''' or '''Guitello''' – C-G-d-a-e' An [[all fifths tuning]] as used on [[cello]] or [[mandolin]], extended to five strings. Used by the noise-rock band [[Lightning Bolt (band)|Lightning Bolt]], and by Jeffrey McFarland-Johnson on his ''Bach Cello Suites'' album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://johnsong.com/johnsong/music/guitello |first=Jeffrey |last=McFarland-Johnson |work=johnsong.com |title=GUITELLO |year=2013 |access-date=2013-06-16 |archive-date=2015-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621033657/http://johnsong.com/johnsong/music/guitello |url-status=live}}</ref> *'''Baritone''' – E-A-d-f{{music|sharp}}-b In this tuning, the fourth (G) string is lowered a half-step, thus recreating the intervals between the ''top'' five strings, lowered a perfect fourth. Though chords can easily and more fully be played from this tuning, it sometimes results in awkward [[Inverted chord|inversions]], a relatively minor problem if the five-string is played in an ensemble with a bass guitar. * Alternatively, E-A-c{{music|sharp}}-f{{music|sharp}}-b Simulates the top four strings, followed by the second-from-bottom string on top, raised a whole step (the F{{music|sharp}} representing both the top and bottom E). It makes playing in the key of A major easier, though chord fingerings have to be altered unless the strings are rearranged to F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-C{{music|sharp}}. *'''Open G tuning''' – G-d-g-b-d' Some slide/bottleneck guitarists omit the bottom E string when playing in open G to have the root note as the tonic. This tuning is used by [[Keith Richards]]. *'''Open E{{music|b}}5 tuning''' – E{{music|b}}-B{{music|b}}-e{{music|b}}-b{{music|b}}-e{{music|b}}' This is achieved by removing the fourth (G) string, tuning both Es and the B down a half step, and the A and D strings up a half-step. This creates a five-string [[power chord]]. *'''Jacob Collier's "mirrored" tuning''' – D-A-e-a-d' As explained to the guitarist Paul Davids in a YouTube video<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WknTbYOet4c&t=247s |title=How Jacob Collier Reinvented The Guitar |date=13 March 2024 |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>. [[Jacob Collier]] can be seen and heard playing a custom made acoustic or electric five-string (almost?) any time he plays guitar. He claims that this tuning allows beginners easier access to guitar playing.

==Extended-range guitar tunings== {{More citations needed section|date=July 2012}}

===Seven-string=== Similar to five-string bass guitar tuning, seven-string tuning allows for the extra string a fourth lower than the original sixth string. This allows for the note range of B standard tuning without transposing E standard guitar chords down two and a half steps down. Baritone 7-string guitars are available which features a longer scale-length allowing it to be tuned to a lower range. *'''Standard 7-string tuning''' – B'-E-A-d-g-b-e' Standard tuning for a seven-string guitar. Used by [[Fear Factory]], [[In This Moment]], [[Animals as Leaders]], [[Unearth]], [[Nickelback]] on the song "Burn It To The Ground" and more recent material, [[Decapitated (band)|Decapitated]], [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] on much of [[Shogun (Trivium album)|Shogun]], and [[The Crusade (album)|The Crusade]], [[Dream Theater]], [[Linkin Park]] on the songs "With You" and "Runaway" when [[Brad Delson]] used to play a 7-string before switching to a 6-string, [[Crossfade (American band)|Crossfade]] on some songs, [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]], [[Lacuna Coil]], [[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]] on some songs, and [[Wormed]]. *'''Standard Choro tuning''' – C-E-A-d-g-b-e' Standard seven-string tuning for Brazilian [[choro]]. *'''Thirds tuning''' – E-G{{music|sharp}}-c-e-g{{music|sharp}}-c'-e' Same range as standard six-string. Allows over two full chromatic octaves without changing position, slides or bends. *'''All fourths tuning''' – B'-E-A-d-g-c'-f' Expands the major third between the second and third strings, extending range a half step higher. *'''Russian Tuning''' – D-G-B-D-g-b-d 6-string Open G tuning with an additional 5th B-string. Was a standard tuning for classic 7-string guitars in Russia in the 19th to 20th centuries. *'''Open C Tuning''' – G-C-G-C-g-c-e 6-string Open C tuning with an additional 7th G-string. This was [[Devin Townsend]]'s preferred tuning for the extreme metal band [[Strapping Young Lad]], used on their last two albums. Also used on most of [[Synchestra]] and [[Ziltoid the Omniscient]], "Planet of the Apes" from [[Deconstruction (Devin Townsend Project album)|Deconstruction]], "War Princess" from [[Z²]], "Failure" from [[Transcendence (Devin Townsend Project album)|Transcendence]] and "Monuments of Glitch" from [[The Puzzle (Devin Townsend album)|The Puzzle]].

====Lower==== *'''A{{music|sharp}}/B{{music|flat}} tuning''' – A{{music|sharp}}'-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}}-f{{music|sharp}} -a{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}}' / B{{music|flat}}'-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-d{{music|flat}}-g{{music|flat}} -b{{music|flat}}-e{{music|flat}}' Half a step down from standard. Used by bands such as [[Meshuggah]] in their earlier days, [[Jeff Loomis]] of [[Nevermore]], [[Cannibal Corpse]] mid-career, [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]], [[Adema]], [[American Head Charge]], [[Sonata Arctica]] since [[Winterheart's Guild]], [[Mushroomhead]], [[Korn]] on the ''[[Neidermeyer's Mind]]'' demo album as well as on some songs from ''[[Issues (Korn album)|Issues]]'' and ''[[Take a Look in the Mirror]]'', [[Revocation (band)|Revocation]], [[Dir En Grey]] since "[[Dum Spiro Spero (album)|Dum Spiro Spero]]," [[After The Burial]], [[Chad Kroeger]] of [[Nickelback]] on the song "[[This Means War (Nickelback song)|This Means War]]" (Ryan Peake used a six-string), [[Slayer]] on "War Zone" and "Here Comes the Pain" from [[God Hates Us All]], also "Not of This God" from [[World Painted Blood]], [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] since [[Silence in the Snow]] and all live performances of songs previously written on standard tuned seven string guitars. *'''A tuning''' – A'-D-G-c-f-a-d' A full step down from standard. Used by bands such as [[Korn]], [[Delain]], [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]], [[Dream Theater]] on "False Awakening Suite" and "[[Illumination Theory]]" from [[Dream Theater (album)|the self-titled album]], [[VUUR]], [[Obscura (band)|Obscura]], [[ReVamp]], [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] on much of their [[Hypocrisy (album)|self titled album]], [[Job for a Cowboy]] on [[Sun Eater (album)|"Sun Eater"]], [[Knocked Loose]] from [[A Different Shade of Blue]] onwards and [[Fear Factory]]. *'''G{{music|sharp}}/A{{music|flat}} tuning''' – G{{music|sharp}}'-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-e-g{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}}' / A{{music|flat}}'-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B-e-a{{music|flat}}-d{{music|flat}}' One and one half steps down from standard. Used by bands such as [[Deftones]] on their [[Deftones (album)|self-titled album]] and "Beware", [[Korn]] on the song "[[Alone I Break]]", but on 14-string guitars. Also used by [[Mark Tremonti]] on the song "Show Me A Leader" (Myles uses a 6-String guitar tuned to D♯ Standard) and Spiritbox on "Electric Cross". *'''G tuning''' – G'-C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}}-g-c' / G'-C-F-B{{music|flat}}-e{{music|flat}}-g-c' Two full steps down from standard tuning. Used by [[Fear Factory]] on some songs, [[Vildhjarta]] (G-C-F-A♯-D♯-G♯-c) and Luc Lemay of [[Gorguts]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Rigged: Luc Lemay of Gorguts|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/10/04/rigged-luc-lemay-gorguts/|website=MetalSucks.net|date=4 October 2013|publisher=MetalSucks|access-date=24 October 2016|archive-date=25 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125121807/http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/10/04/rigged-luc-lemay-gorguts/|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''F{{music|sharp}}/G{{music|flat}} tuning''' – F{{music|sharp}}'-B'-E-A-d-f{{music|sharp}}-b / G{{music|flat}}'-B'-E-A-d-g{{music|flat}}-b Two and one half steps down from standard. Used by Danish band [[Mnemic]] in the albums [[Passenger (Mnemic album)|Passenger]], [[Sons of the System]], and [[Mnemesis]]. [[Fear Factory]] also used this tuning for their cover of [[Wiseblood (band)|Wiseblood]]'s "0-0 (Where Evil Dwells)", while all their other songs tuned in F{{music|sharp}}/G{{music|flat}} were played with eight-string guitars. *'''F tuning''' – F'-A{{music|sharp}}'-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}}-f-a{{music|sharp}} / F'-B{{music|flat}}'-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-d{{music|flat}}-f-b{{music|flat}} Three full steps down from standard. Used by [[Suicide Silence]] on the song "Witness The Addiction", [[Crystal Lake (band)|Crystal Lake]] and [[Meshuggah]] on "Rational Gaze", "Closed Eye Visuals", and "Straws Pulled at Random" from the original recording of ''[[Nothing (Meshuggah album)|Nothing]]'' (F-A♯-D♯-G♯-c♯-f♯-a♯). *'''E tuning''' – E'-A'-D-G-c-e-a Three and a half steps down from standard. Used by [[Meshuggah]] on "Stengah", "Perpetual Black Second", "Glints Collide", and "Organic Shadows" from the original recording of [[Nothing (Meshuggah album)|''Nothing'']] (E-A-D-G-c-f-a). *'''D{{music|sharp}}/E♭ tuning''' – D{{music|sharp}}'-G{{music|sharp}}'-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-d{{music|sharp}}-g{{music|sharp}} / E{{music|flat}}'-A{{music|flat}}'-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B-e{{music|flat}}-a{{music|flat}} Four full steps down from standard. Used by [[Meshuggah]] on the song "Nebulous" from the original recording of [[Nothing (Meshuggah album)|''Nothing'']] (D♯-G♯-C♯-F♯-B-e-g♯). *'''D tuning''' – D'-G'-C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-d-g / D'-G'-C-F-B{{music|flat}}-d-g Four and one half steps down from standard. *'''C{{music|sharp}}/D{{music|flat}} tuning''' – C{{music|sharp}}'-F{{music|sharp}}'-B'-E-A-c{{music|sharp}}-f{{music|sharp}} / D{{music|flat}}'-G{{music|flat}}'-B'-E-A-d{{music|flat}}-g{{music|flat}} Five full steps down from standard. *'''C tuning''' – C'-F'-A{{music|sharp}}'-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-c-f / C'-F'-B{{music|flat}}'-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-c-f Five and one half steps down from standard. *'''Octave Tuning''' – B"-E'-A'-D-G-B-e Six full steps (one octave) down from standard tuning.

====Higher==== *'''High A''' – E-A-d-g-b-e'-a' Standard tuning with a high 'A' instead of a low 'B'. Because of the high pitch of the 'A' string, guitars set up for this tuning usually require an exceptionally light top string and a short scale length (as used by [[Lenny Breau]]) or else a [[Fret#Variations|multi-scale fingerboard (fanned frets)]] to provide sufficient string tension. *'''C tuning''' – C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}}-g-c'-f' / C-F-B{{music|flat}}-e{{music|flat}}-g-c'-f' Half a step up from standard, used by [[Darwin's Waiting Room|Eddie Rendini]] during his time in [[Cold (band)|Cold]]. *'''C{{music|sharp}} tuning''' – C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-e-a-c{{music|sharp}}-f{{music|sharp}} The whole step up from standard. This tuning was used by [[Wes Borland]] with high E-string being lowered to C{{music|sharp}} (C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-e-g♯-c{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}}) during early live [[Limp Bizkit]] performances. *'''Drop B variations''' – B-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}} / B-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}} / B-G{{music|flat}}-B-E-A-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}A tuning which imitates the standard drop B tuning of a 6 string electric guitar, but with a high F{{music|sharp}} for soloing. Used by bands such as [[All Shall Perish]], [[Decapitated (band)|Decapitated]], [[Unearth]], and [[Assemble the Chariots]]. *'''Drop A♯/Drop Bb variations''' – A{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C-F / A{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G-C-F A tuning combining 6-string Drop A{{music|sharp}}, with a high F string, half-step above Drop A, Used by [[TesseracT (band)|TesseracT]] and [[Monuments (metal band)|Monuments]] (A{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}).

====Dropped==== These tunings have the lowest string (or other strings) tuned one full step lower allowing for chord structures similar to six-string drop tunings. *'''Drop A''' – A-E-A-D-G-B-E A combination of standard 6 string tuning and a 7th string dropped one full step for power chords, used by [[Suicide Silence]], [[Oceano (band)|Oceano]], [[Thy Art Is Murder]], [[Fit For An Autopsy]], [[Chelsea Grin]], [[Carnifex (band)|Carnifex]], and [[Whitechapel (band)|Whitechapel]], [[Lacuna Coil]], [[Emmure]], [[Nile (band)|Nile]], [[Light the Torch]], [[Betraying the Martyrs]], [[Ice Nine Kills]], Devin Holt of [[Pallbearer (band)|Pallbearer]] (Brett Campbell uses a 6-string), [[Blotted Science]], [[New Years Day (band)|New Years Day]], [[In This Moment]], [[Chimaira]] on [[Pass Out of Existence]] and [[Crown of Phantoms]], and occasionally [[Scar Symmetry]], [[King 810]], [[Dry Kill Logic]], Eldest 11, December In Red, A Fall To Break, and [[CFO$]] on some songs. Also used by [[Nickelback]] on "[[Edge of a Revolution]]", "[[Get 'Em Up (Nickelback song)|Get 'Em Up]]", and "For The River", [[DragonForce]] on their song "Three Hammers" from their album [[Maximum Overload]], [[Dream Theater]] on the song "Viper King" from [[Distance Over Time]], [[Tallah]], and [[Tesseract (band)|TesseracT]] (A-E-A-D-E-A-D). *Alternatively, A-E-A-D-F♯-B-E The same as drop A tuning for a 6-string on the low strings while retaining a high E. In effect converts a 7-string into a drop A baritone guitar, but with standard tuning's soloing capability. Used by [[Lorna Shore]], [[Volumes (band)|Volumes]], and [[Whitechapel (band)|Whitechapel]] on the song "This Is Exile". *'''Drop G{{music|sharp}}/Drop A{{music|flat}}'''– G{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}} / A{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}} One half step down from standard Drop A. Used by bands such as [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] on some songs from [[Silence in the Snow]], [[The Sin and the Sentence]] and [[What the Dead Men Say (album)]], [[Destrophy]], [[3TEETH]], [[After The Burial]], [[I Declare War (band)|I Declare War]], [[Impending Doom]], [[Within the Ruins]], [[In Hearts Wake]], Shokran, Currents, [[Erra (band)|Erra]], [[Meshuggah]] on "The Abysmal Eye" and "Kaleidoscope", [[Thy Art Is Murder]] on the song "Slaves Beyond Death", [[Emmure]] on the song "Flag Of The Beast" (Pitch Shifted from Drop A), [[Periphery (band)|Periphery]], [[Invent Animate]], [[Jim Johnston (composer)|Jim Johnston]] on the song "I Bring the Darkness (End of Days)", [[Tallah]] on "Overconfidence", [[Tesseract (band)|TesseracT]] (G{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}) or (G{{music|sharp}}-E-A-D-E-A-D), and [[Monuments (metal band)|Monuments]] (G{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}). *'''Drop G''' – G-D-G-C-F-A-D A full step from standard Drop A, used by such bands as [[Molotov Solution]], [[Impending Doom (American band)|Impending Doom]], Hollow Front, [[Within the Ruins]], Time, the Valuator, Alphawolf, InVisions, Annisokay, [[Emmure]] on the song "Protoman", [[Chelsea Grin]], [[Attack Attack! (American band)|Attack Attack!]] on their album [[This Means War (Attack Attack! Album)|This Means War]], [[Any Given Day]], [[Fit for an Autopsy]], [[Chimaira]] on some songs from "[[Pass Out of Existence]]", [[Knocked Loose]], [[Whitechapel (band)|Whitechapel]], [[Thy Art Is Murder]] on the song "Human Target" and "Eternal Suffering", and [[Born of Osiris]] since their album [[The Discovery (album)|The Discovery]]. *'''Drop F{{music|sharp}}/Drop G{{music|flat}}''' – F{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}} / G{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B-E-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}} One and one half steps down from standard Drop A. Used by [[Deftones]] on their [[Saturday Night Wrist]] album, [[Rivers of Nihil]], Shokran, [[Spiritbox]], [[Erra (band)|Erra]] on some songs from Neon and ERRA, Thornhill, and [[Monuments (metal band)|Monuments]] on "I, The Destroyer" (F♯-D♯-G♯-C♯-D♯-G♯-C♯). *'''Drop F''' – F-C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G-C / F-C-F-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-G-C Two full steps down from standard Drop A. This tuning is used by [[Attack Attack! (American band)|Attack Attack!]] on "The Hopeless," "The Abduction," and "The Wretched," [[DVSR]], [[Northlane]] (F-B{{music|flat}}-F-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-G-C), [[3TEETH]] on "[[Metawar]]", [[Vildhjarta]] (F-C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C), [[Monuments (metal band)|Monuments]] on "Admit Defeat" (F-F-A♯-D♯-F-A♯-D♯), [[Reflections (Minnesota band)|Reflections]], Conan, Opal In Sky on most of their music <ref>{{cite web |title=OPAL IN SKY "Dream Shift Album" Guitar TAB |url=https://opalinsky.ca/products/opal-in-sky-dream-shift-album-guitar-tab |website=Opal In Sky Merch Store |publisher=OPAL IN SKY |access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=OPAL IN SKY "Original Opal Singles" Guitar TAB |url=https://opalinsky.ca/products/opal-in-sky-the-blight-guitar-tab-copy |website=Opal In Sky Merch Store |publisher=OPAL IN SKY |access-date=7 March 2026}}</ref>, and Triumphant Return (F-C-G-C-F-A-D). *'''Drop E1''' – E-B-E-A-D-F{{music|sharp}}-B / E-B-E-A-D-G{{music|flat}}-B Two and one half steps down from standard Drop A. Used by [[Oceano (band)|Oceano]], Currents and [[Erra (band)|Erra]] on their most recent singles and [[Invent, Animate]] since their album "Heavener". A variant of this tuning is used by [[Vildhjarta]] (E-C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C) on their album "[[Måsstaden under vatten]]" a Pitch Shifter is heavily utilized. Northlane on "Vultures" and "Paradigm" on Alien and "Abomination" and "Inamorata" on Obsidian (E-A-E-A-D-F{{music|sharp}}-B). *'''Drop D1{{music|sharp}}/Drop E1{{music|flat}}''' – D{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}} / E{{music|flat}}-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-F-B{{music|flat}} Three full steps down from standard Drop A. A variation of this tuning is used by [[Northlane]] since the Alien album (E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-F-B{{music|flat}}) and also used by [[Invent, Animate]] on the song "Absence Persistent", as well as regular Drop D{{music|sharp}} on the majority of their album "Heavener". *'''Drop D1''' – D-A-D-G-C-E-A Three and one half steps down from standard Drop A. Used by Black Tongue, [[Northlane]] on "Eclipse" and "Dark Solitaire" (D-G-D-G-C-E-A), [[Spiritbox]] on "Yellowjacket" and [[Invent, Animate]] on their song "Elysium" from their album "Heavener", and [[Meshuggah]] on the song "Obsidian" from the original recording of ''[[Nothing (Meshuggah album)|Nothing]]'' (D-A-D-G-c-f-a). *'''Drop C1{{music|sharp}}/Drop D1{{music|flat}}''' – D{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}} / C{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}} Four full steps down from standard Drop A. *'''Drop C1''' – C-G-C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D-G / C-G-C-F-B{{music|flat}}-D-G Four and one half steps down from standard Drop A. Used by [[Within the Ruins]] on the album ''[[Phenomena (Within the Ruins album)|Phenomena]]'' (C-F-c-f-A♯-D-G). *'''Drop B0''' – B-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}} / B-G{{music|flat}}-B-E-A-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}} Five full steps down from standard Drop A. One octave down from a baritone Drop B guitar. *'''Drop A{{music|sharp}}/Drop B{{music|flat}}''' – A{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C-F / B{{music|flat}}-F-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-C-F Five and one half steps down from standard Drop A. *'''Drop A0 tuning''' – A-E-A-D-G-B-E Six full steps (one octave) down from standard Drop A. *'''Drop G♯0 tuning''' – G♯-D♯-G♯-C♯-F♯-A♯-D♯ (One octave below drop G♯). Used by deathcore band Anzu. *'''Drop D 7-string tuning''' – D-D-A-d-g-b-e' This is the standard seven-string tuning with the low B string raised to D and lower E string dropped to D. The Drop C variation of this tuning (C-C-G-C-F-A-D) was used by James Hetfield of [[Metallica]] on a 7-String Guitar for "Some Kind Of Monster" from the album ''[[St. Anger]].'' *'''Drop D + B 7-string tuning''' – B'-D-A-d-g-b-e' Standard seven-string tuning with the low E dropped to D, which results in a minor 3rd interval between the two lowest strings of B and D. Used by Ed Sloan of [[Crossfade (American band)|Crossfade]]. Also used by [[Animals as Leaders]] on the song "CAFO". [[Periphery (band)|Periphery]] uses this tuning half a step down on the song "Racecar". *'''Drop D + A 7-string tuning''' – A'-D-A-d-g-b-e' Seven-string tuning with the low E string dropped to D and a low A added below. Used extensively by [[Dir En Grey]] since the album "[[Dum Spiro Spero (album)|Dum Spiro Spero]]" as well as the song "Obscure" from the album ''Vulgar''. Also used by [[Stam1na]]. *'''G + A♯ Standard''' – G-A♯-D♯-G♯-C♯-F-A♯ 6 string A♯ Standard tuning with a low G on the bottom. Used by [[Crystal Lake (band)|Crystal Lake]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.evertune.com/testimonials/featured_artist/crystal_lake/profile.php | title=Crystal Lake • EverTune Featured Artists }}</ref> since 2015. *'''F♯ + D♯ Standard''' – F{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}} 6 string D♯ Standard tuning with a low F♯ on the bottom. Used by [[Periphery (band)|Periphery]] on "Ragnarok". *'''Alternate Drop A0 Tuning''' - A-D-A-D-G-E-E 6 string Drop D with an low A but an octave lower with the high B string tuned to the same E as the 1st string. Used by Admiral Angry where they took 5 string bass guitars and converted them into 7 string guitars.

===Eight-string=== A continuation of the seven-string guitar, the [[eight-string guitar]] adds another string a perfect fourth lower than the low B of the seven-string guitar. This additional low F{{music|sharp}} string is only a whole step up from a bass guitar's low E string.

* '''Standard 8-string tuning''' F{{music|sharp}}'-B'-E-A-D-G-B-E' Standard eight-string tuning. Used by [[Scar Symmetry]] on the song "The Three-Dimensional Shadow" from the album [[Holographic Universe (album)]] and "Mechanical Soul Cybernetics" from the album [[Dark Matter Dimensions]], [[Deftones]] on [[Diamond Eyes]] and some songs from [[Ohms (album)|Ohms]], [[Periphery (band)|Periphery]], [[Dream Theater]] on "Awaken the Master" and "In the Arms of Morpheus", [[The Acacia Strain]] on the song "Unabomber", [[Volumes (band)]], [[Fear Factory]] on some songs and by [[Devil You Know (band)|Devil You Know]] on some songs.

====Lower==== *'''F tuning''' – F'-B{{music|flat}}'-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-d{{music|flat}}-g{{music|flat}}-b{{music|flat}}-e{{music|flat}}' Half a step down from standard tuning. Used famously by [[Meshuggah]], as well as [[After The Burial]], [[Butcher Babies]], and [[Carnifex (band)|Carnifex]] on some songs. *'''F + Drop A{{music|flat}}'''– F'-A{{music|flat}}'-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-d{{music|flat}}-g{{music|flat}}-b{{music|flat}}-e{{music|flat}}' F Standard with the low B{{music|flat}}string dropped to A{{music|flat}}. Used by Galactic Pegasus (mostly on the "Pariah" EP), and [[After the Burial]] occasionally in the studio and live while playing songs in Drop A{{music|flat}}. *'''E tuning''' – E'-A'-D-G-c-f-a-d' One full step down from standard tuning. Used by [[Meshuggah]] on some songs and [[James Shaffer|Munky]] of [[Korn]] on some songs from their ''[[Untitled Korn album|Untitled]]'' and ''[[The Path of Totality]]'' albums. *'''E{{music|flat}} tuning'''- E{{music|flat}}'-A{{music|flat}}'-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B-e-a{{music|flat}}-d{{music|flat}}' One and a half steps down from standard tuning. Used by [[Meshuggah]] on "Nebulous" from the re-recording of ''[[Nothing (Meshuggah album)|Nothing]],'' and Dissipate on their Tectonics EP. *'''D tuning''' – D'-G'-C-F-a{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}}-g-c' Two full steps down from standard tuning. *'''D{{music|flat}} tuning''' – D{{music|flat}}'-G{{music|flat}}'-B-E-a-d-g{{music|flat}}-b' Two and a half steps down from standard tuning.

====Higher==== *'''High A tuning''' – B'-E-A-d-g-b-e'-a' Standard seven string tuning with a 'high a'. First used by classical guitarist [[Paul Galbraith]] as the tuning for his experimental [[Brahms guitar]]. Later adopted for electric guitar use by [[Rusty Cooley]]. *'''All fourths tuning''' – F{{music|sharp}}'-B'-E-A-d-g-c'-f' Regular tuning which extends range a half step higher. *'''Drop F♯ 8-string tuning''' – F'''♯'''-C'''♯'''-F'''♯'''-B-E-A-C'''♯'''-F'''♯''' A tuning which imitates 7-string Drop F♯ tuning, but with an additional high F{{music|sharp}}. Used by bands such as [[Volumes (band)|Volumes]] (F'''♯'''-C'''♯'''-F'''♯'''-B-E-G'''♯'''-C'''♯'''-F'''♯)'''. *'''Drop F 8-string tuning''' – F-C-F-A'''♯'''-D'''♯'''-G'''♯'''-C-F A tuning combining 7-string Drop F, with a high F string. Used by bands such as [[The Acacia Strain]], [[Carnifex (band)|Carnifex]], [[Aversions Crown]], and [[Monuments (metal band)|Monuments]] (F-A'''♯'''-F-A'''♯'''-D'''♯'''-F-A'''♯'''-D'''♯''').

====Dropped==== *'''Drop E 8-string tuning''' – E-B-E-A-D-G-B-E A combination of standard 7-string tuning and the 8th string dropped one full step from F{{music|sharp}} to E. Allows to play in the range of a standard bass, as well as one-finger [[power chords]]. Used by [[Animals as Leaders]] on most songs,<ref>Guitar Player: [http://www.guitarplayer.com/miscellaneous/1139/tosin-abasi-and-javier-reyes/14033 Interview with Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616032207/http://www.guitarplayer.com/miscellaneous/1139/tosin-abasi-and-javier-reyes/14033 |date=2017-06-16 }}</ref> [[Whitechapel (band)|Whitechapel]] on the songs "Devolver" and "Breeding Violence" from ''[[A New Era of Corruption]],'' [[Deftones]] on [[Koi No Yokan]] and [[Gore (Deftones album)|Gore]], [[Allegaeon]], and Emmure on the song "N.I.A. (News in Arizona)". An open variation of this tuning is used by [[Hacktivist (band)|Hacktivist]] with 3rd and 4th strings tuned a whole step up to A and E respectively (E-B-E-A-E-A-B-E). Also used by [[Born of Osiris]] on the songs "Silence the Echo" and "Crossface", [[Chelsea Grin]] on more recent material and by Carcosa. Fractalize also used this tuning on "Visions" from the Phophet Of Despair EP and "Sightless" from the Immersion album. *'''Drop A + E 8-string tuning''' – E-A-E-A-D-G-B-E A combination of 7-string drop A tuning and an 8th string dropped one full step from F{{music|sharp}} to E, allowing both power chords rooted on A, and easy fingering with the E a fourth below. This is the tuning of the lowest two strings of a bass, along with all strings of a standard 6-string guitar in standard tuning. It is used by [[Rings of Saturn (band)|Rings of Saturn]] on the album [[Lugal Ki En]] and [[Mick Gordon (composer)|Mick Gordon]] on much of his work on the [[DOOM]] and [[DOOM Eternal]] soundtracks, notably Rip And Tear, BFG Division and Meathook. *Alternatively, E-A-E-A-D-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E A variation on Drop E, A with the G flattened one half step to F{{music|sharp}}; this tuning is identical to 6-string Drop A, with two E strings added: one above, and one below. Like Drop E + A; this tuning allows easy fingering on the E since it is a standard fourth interval below the A. It also provides three high strings a fourth apart instead of the usual two. The tuning is used by [[Infant Annihilator]] on their albums ''[[The Elysian Grandeval Galèriarch]]'' and ''[[The Battle of Yaldabaoth]]''. *'''Drop E{{music|flat}}/D{{music|sharp}} 8-string tuning''' – E{{music|flat}}-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}} Half a step down from drop E tuning. Used by [[Meshuggah]] on "Shed" from the album ''[[Catch Thirtythree]].'' Also used by [[Emmure]] in the album ''[[Speaker of the Dead]]'' in the song "Word of Intulo". [[After the Burial]] used this tuning on the songs "To Carry You Away", the remastered version of "Fingers Like Daggers", and "To Challenge Existence". The band [[Ion Dissonance]] used a variation of this tuning (D♯-G♯-C♯-F♯-C♯-F♯-A♯-D♯)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9PJC66pVQA&t=2s |title=7Heaven Interview: Ion Dissonance |date=26 April 2011 |publisher=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> from Cursed onwards. The slam/brutal death metal band [[Devourment]] uses the tuning starting from the album Obscene Majesty. *'''Drop E{{music|flat}}/D{{music|sharp}}''' '''+ A{{music|flat}}/G{{music|sharp}}''' – E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}-A{{music|flat}}-D{{music|flat}}-G{{music|flat}}-B{{music|flat}}-E{{music|flat}}A combination of 7-string drop A{{music|flat}}/ G{{music|sharp}} tuning and an 8th string dropped one full step from F to E{{music|flat}}/ D{{music|sharp}}. Used by [[Meshuggah]] on some songs from ''[[Immutable (album)|Immutable]].'' *'''Drop D 8-string tuning''' – D-A-D-G-C-F-A-D One full step down from drop E. Used by [[Issues (band)|Issues]] in the song "[[Tapping Out (song)|Tapping Out]]", [[Reflections (Minnesota band)|Reflections]] on the "Willow" album, [[Enterprise Earth]], [[Meshuggah]] on the song "Obsidian" from the re-recording of ''[[Nothing (Meshuggah album)|Nothing]],'' along with some altered variations of the tuning and Mick Gordon on few tracks of the DOOM Eternal soundtrack. *'''Drop D + G (variation) ''' D-G-D-G-C-E-A-D Combination of 6-string Drop G, with two D strings added: one above, and one below. Used by industrial and djent composer E.M.M.P. *'''Drop C{{music|sharp}} 8-string tuning''' – C{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}} One and a half steps down from drop E. Used by [[Enox]], [[Issues (band)|Issues]] on the song "Downfall", Fractalize on "Prophet Of Despair", "Void" and most of the Immersion album. Although they use an altered version of the tuning to utilize the dissonant voicings (C♯-G♯-C♯-F♯-B-E-G♯-A). Galactic Pegasus on "Rhetoric". A variant of this tuning is also used by Distinguisher on most of their songs, as well as IAMONE (C♯-F♯-C♯-F♯-B-E-G♯-C♯). *'''Drop C 8-string tuning''' – C-G-C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G-C Two full steps down from Drop E. Used by bands like Bound In Fear, Distant on some songs from the Aeons of Oblivion album, False Images, Black Tongue on their album Nadir, Skyburial, Vyletongue, Terror District, Lowlife, and Instill Terror. *'''Drop C{{music|sharp}} + A 8-string tuning''' – C{{music|sharp}}-A-E-A-D-G-B-E Standard 8-string tuning with the 8th string dropped 5 half steps from F{{music|sharp}} to C{{music|sharp}} and the 7th string dropped one full step from B to A. this tuning is used by [[Animals as Leaders]] on the songs "New Eden" and "Physical Education" using a guitar with two extra frets on the 8th and the 7th string. Also used by Kevin Sherwood on his songs Pareidolia and Coming Home. *'''Drop C{{music|sharp}} + B 8-string tuning''' – C{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-D-G-B-E Standard 8-string tuning with the 8th string dropped 5 half steps to C{{music|sharp}}, Used by [[Periphery (band)|Periphery]] on "Hell Below." *'''Drop E/Open Tuning -''' E-B-E-B-E-F♯-B-E 3rd string half a step down. 4th & 5th strings a whole step up. Used by [[The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza]] in [[Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events|Danza III]] and [[Danza IIII: The Alpha – The Omega|IIII]]. *'''Drop A{{music|sharp}} + A♯ 8-string tuning''' – A{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}F Standard 8-String tuning with the 8th string dropped another 7 half steps. Used by [[Meshuggah]] on "Spasm" from the re-recording of the album ''[[Nothing (Meshuggah album)|Nothing]].'' The song was originally recorded on 7-string guitars tuned to A♯-A♯-D♯-G♯-c♯-f♯-a♯. *'''Open D Tuning -''' D-A-D-A-D-F♯-A-D 3rd string half a step down. The eighth and seventh string is tuned down two full steps, the sixth string is tuned down a full step. The fifth and fourth strings are left alone and the two highest strings are tuned down a full step. This tuning has been used by Dean Murphy in some of his songs.

===Nine-string=== A continuation of the eight-string guitar, the [[nine-string guitar]] adds a string lower or higher.

*'''Standard 9-string tuning''' – C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-d-g-b-e'. Used by [[Mick Gordon (composer)|Mick Gordon]] for the [[Doom (2016 video game)|Doom]] soundtrack, [[Animals As Leaders]] for ''Private Visions of the World'', and [[Deftones]] on some songs from [[Ohms (album)|Ohms]].

====Lower==== *'''C1 tuning''' – C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}}-f{{music|sharp}}-a{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}} One half step from standard tuning. *'''B0 tuning''' – B-E-A-D-G-c-f-a-d One full step from standard tuning. Gives the range of a five-string electric bass as well as a 6-string guitar in D tuning. *'''A♯0 Tuning''' -A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-b-e-g{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}} A step and a half step from standard tuning. *'''A0 Tuning''' — A-D-G-C-F-a{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}}-g-c Two whole steps down from standard 9-String tuning.

====Higher==== *'''High A''' – F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-d-g-b-e'-a'

====Dropped==== *'''Drop E + B 9-string tuning''' – B-E-B-E-A-d-g-b-e Gives the range of a five-string electric bass as well as a seven-string electric guitar in standard tuning. Used by [[Rings of Saturn]] for their song ''The Husk'' and Andrew Baena on "How to Sink". *'''Drop B 9-string tuning''' – B-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-d-g-b-e 9-string guitar in standard tuning with the lowest string dropped two half steps down to B0, the same note as on the lowest string of a 5-string electric bass. Used by [[Rob Scallon]] for his song ''Rogue'' and Andrew Baena on some songs such as "Massassi". Fractalize used this tuning on "Fault Lines" from the Immersion album, although they recorded it on 8-String Guitars. *'''Double Drop A♯''' - A♯-F-A♯-D♯-G♯-c♯-f♯-a♯-d♯ 9 String Standard down a half step and then drop tuned from C to A♯0. A variation of this tuning is used by Fractalize on the song "Instant" from the Immersion, but they use 8-String Guitars. The tuning used on the song is A♯-E-A♯-D♯-G♯-c♯-f-f♯. *'''Double Drop A''' – A-E-A-E-A-d-g-b-e This is the 7-string drop A tuning with another E and A string added one octave lower. Used by [[Rings of Saturn (band)|Rings of Saturn]], and "Akuma" by Galactic Pegasus. This tuning is also used by Fractalize on the songs "Suneater" on the Prophets Of Despair EP and on "Fragment" on the Immersion album. They use 8-String Guitars. *'''Drop A 9-string tuning''' – A-E-A-D-G-c-f-a-d Standard 9-string tuning tuned one whole step down, and the lowest string dropped another whole step. A variant of this tuning is used by Josh Travis of [[Emmure]] (A-D-A-D-C(+16♯)-C-G-G♯-E). Mick Gordon also uses this tuning on the DOOM 2016 soundtrack for a couple tracks, notably "Flesh and Metal" (A-D-A-D-A-D-G-B-E).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.prog-sphere.com/interviews/mick-gordon-interview/ |title=Interview with MICK GORDON, Composer of DOOM 2k16 Soundtrack |newspaper=Prog Sphere |date=28 May 2016}}</ref> also a variation used by deathcore band nitheful (A-E-A-D-A-D-G-B-E) on their most recent album release ''creation ov god''. Also used by Andrew Baena on his video "What If Djent 2019 Tuned Down" (A-D-A-D-G-C-F-A-D). *'''Double Drop G{{music|sharp}}''' - G{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-b-e-g{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}} Used by the band Carthage on their song "Years And Darkness", from their 2012 album "Salt The Earth". *'''Double Drop G''' — G-D-G-C-F-a{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}}-g-c An alternate version was used by Andrew Baena on the video "What If Djent 2019 Tuned Down" (G-C-G-C-F-a{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}}-g-c.) He used a pitch shifter on his 9-String Guitar which was tuned to A-D-A-D-G-C-F-A-D. *'''Drop F 9-string tuning''' – F-C-F-A♯-D♯-g♯-c♯-f-a♯ Used by deathcore band Anzu.<ref>{{Citation|title=Quarandjent [Instrumental]| date=13 April 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu6d4MXhVvY|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13|archive-date=2020-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613112019/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu6d4MXhVvY&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> *'''Drop F Variation''' — F-C-F-C-F-a{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}}-g-c This tuning is exactly like the previously mentioned A-E-A-E-A-D-G-B-E tuning but 2 whole steps lower. Used by the Vocaloid metal band One Minute Winter.

====Other==== *'''After The Burial 9-string tuning''' – C{{music|sharp}}-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}}-f{{music|sharp}}-a{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}} Standard 9-string tuning with the top 8 strings down a half step, Used by [[After The Burial]] on some songs. *'''Joshua Travis 9-string tuning''' – A-D-A-D-C(+16{{music|sharp}})-C-G-Ab-Eb Used by [[Glass Cloud]] on ''[[The Royal Thousand]]'' and by [[Emmure]] on various songs from ''[[Look at Yourself (Emmure album)|Look at Yourself]]'' and ''[[Hindsight (Emmure album)|Hindsight]]''.

===Ten-string=== As a classical instrument introduced by Narciso Yepes ([[ten-string classical guitar of Yepes]]), the ten-string guitar adds four [[sympathetic strings]] to the classical guitar.

*'''Yepes standard tuning''' – F{{music|sharp}}–G{{music|sharp}}–A{{music|sharp}}–C–E–A–d–g–b–e'

As a continuation of the nine-string guitar, the [[ten-string guitar]] adds another lower or higher string to the standard tuning.

*'''Standard (continued 4ths)''' – G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-d-g-b-e' *'''G0 tuning''' – G-C-F-A{{music|sharp}}-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-c{{music|sharp}}-f{{music|sharp}}-a{{music|sharp}}-d{{music|sharp}} One half step down from standard tuning. *'''High A''' – C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-d-g-b-e'-a' *'''Drop F{{music|sharp}} 10-string tuning''' – F{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-d-g-b-e' 10-string guitar in standard tuning with the lowest string dropped two steps from G{{music|sharp}} to F{{music|sharp}}, which is a fourth lower than the low B string on a five-string bass. *'''Double Drop B''' – B-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-G{{music|sharp}}-e-a-d-g-b This tuning was used by the [[deathcore]] band When Blood Falls Down. *'''Triple Drop C''' - C-G-C-B-E-A-d-g-b-e Also known as C0 tuning / Drop C0 tuning, it uses the standard tuning of a 7-string guitar with the 8th, 9th and 10th string dropped by 4 steps from double drop E. Due the very low tuning the bottom strings require very heavy strings. *'''Standard bass plus standard guitar''' – Standard E-A-D-g-b-e tuning for the top six strings and standard E'-A'-G-D bass tuning for the bottom four strings. It is set as a factory tuning for the Agile Septor 1030. *'''Coma Cluster Void tuning''' – C-F{{music|sharp}}-G-E-F-B-C-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-D' An extremely dissonant tuning used by the band Coma Cluster Void.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sevenstring.org/threads/coma-cluster-void.264556/page-2 |title=Coma Cluster Void |date=5 March 2014}}</ref>

===Eighteen-string=== A special extended range electric guitar made by Ormsby Guitars for Jared Dines for the Djent 2018 event, as of today it is the only guitar of its kind.

*'''Jared Dines tuning''' – E-D{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-D{{music|sharp}}-G{{music|sharp}}-C{{music|sharp}}-F{{music|sharp}}-B-E-A-d-g-b-e'-a' The first bottom strings use the regular standard tuning of a 10 strings guitar starting from the 2nd string to the 11th, with the first string tuned to A

===Steel guitar=== On [[pedal steel guitar]], the most common tunings on double-neck instruments are the extended-chord [[C6 tuning]] and [[E9 tuning]], sometimes known as the ''Texas'' and ''Nashville'' tunings respectively.<ref name="making-magazine">{{cite web|last1=Borisoff|first1=Jason|title=How Pedal Steel Guitar Works|url=https://makingmusicmag.com/how-pedal-steel-guitar-works/|website=makingmusicmagazine.com|publisher=Making Music Magazine|access-date=September 1, 2017|date=September 27, 2010|archive-date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902091134/https://makingmusicmag.com/how-pedal-steel-guitar-works/|url-status=live}}</ref> On a double-neck instrument, the neck nearest the player will normally be some form of C6, and the furthest neck E9.<ref name="making-magazine" />

Necks with 12 or more strings can be used with ''universal'' tunings which combine the features of C6 and E9. On a 12-string pedal steel guitar, all 12 strings are tuned and played individually, not as six double courses as on the [[12-string guitar]].

On a [[lap steel guitar]] there may be up to four necks, each tuned differently. The [[C6 tuning]] was a common tuning for a six-string lap steel in the 1920s and 1930s.<ref name="cundellthesis">{{cite web |last1=Cundell |first1=R. Guy S. |title=Across the South: The origins and development of the steel guitar in western swing |url=https://b0b.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Across-the-South.pdf |website=b0b.com |publisher=University of Adelaide |access-date=November 29, 2020 |ref=PhD Thesis, Elder Conservatorium of Music |location=Adelaide, Australia |date=July 1, 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209013137/https://b0b.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Across-the-South.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|131}} Tunings with a sixth interval are popular in Western swing and jazz, while tunings containing [[Dominant seventh chord|sevenths]] are often chosen for blues and rock music.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Helms |first1=Johnie |title=The Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method |date=2009 |publisher=Hal Leonard |location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin |isbn=978-1-4950-3181-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xu4fDAAAQBAJ&q=most+common+tunings+for+lap+steel+guitar |access-date=January 30, 2021 |format=ebook |archive-date=October 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017164130/https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Hal_Leonard_Lap_Steel_Guitar_Method/Xu4fDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=most+common+tunings+for+lap+steel+guitar&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live}}</ref>

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===Sources=== * {{Cite book | title = The guitar handbook | first = Ralph | last = Denyer | pages =65–160 | chapter=Playing the guitar ('How the guitar is tuned', pp. 68–69, and 'Alternative tunings', pp. 158–159) | isbn = 0-330-32750-X | location = London and Sydney | others=[[Robert Fripp]] (foreword); Special contributors [[Isaac Guillory]] and Alastair M. Crawford | publisher = Pan Books | edition= Fully revised and updated | year = 1992 }} * {{cite book|last=Grossman|first=Stefan|author-link=Stefan Grossman|title=The book of guitar tunings|year=1972|publisher=Amsco Publishing Company|location=New York|isbn=0-8256-2806-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=It6wOwAACAAJ|lccn=74-170119 }} * {{cite book|title=The complete book of alternate tunings |last=Hanson |first=Mark |isbn=978-0-936799-13-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eLIFNAAACAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Accent on Music}} * {{cite book|year=2001|chapter=Regular tunings|title=Alternate tuning guide|first=Bill|last=Sethares|author-link=William Sethares|pages=52–67 |url=http://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/alternatetunings/regulartunings.pdf |publisher=University of Wisconsin; Department of Electrical Engineering|location=Madison, Wisconsin|access-date=19 May 2012}} * {{cite book|date=10 January 2009|title=Alternate tuning guide|first=Bill|last=Sethares|author-link=William Sethares|url=http://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/alternatetunings/alltunings.pdf|orig-year=2001|publisher=University of Wisconsin; Department of Electrical Engineering|location=Madison, Wisconsin|access-date=19 May 2012}} * {{cite web|title=Alternate tuning guide|first=William A.|last=Sethares|author-link=William Sethares|year=2011|url=http://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/alternatetunings/alternatetunings.html|publisher=University of Wisconsin; Department of Electrical Engineering|location=Madison, Wisconsin|access-date=19 May 2012|id=[http://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/alternatetunings/alltunings.pdf 2010 PDF version by Bill Sethares]}} * {{cite book|title=Guitar tunings: A comprehensive guide|first=Dick|last=Weissman|author-link=Dick Weissman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-rRf8x53|publisher=Routledge|year=2006|isbn=978-0-415-97441-7}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65644&page=2#:~:text=Also%2C%20if%20you%20like%20Wilco,if%20want%20these%20tabs%2Fchords. https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65644&page=2#:~:text=Also%2C%20if%20you%20like%20Wilco,if%20want%20these%20tabs%2Fchords.] * https://viachicago.org/topic/749-tabs-to-alot-of-wilco-songs/ * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkWEXEU3lSc At 0:55 to 0:58, John Hull of Devourment shows something on his pedalboard which is Devourment's current 8-string guitar tuning upside down. The video is in June 1, 2023.

==Further reading== *{{cite book|last=Anonymous|title=Alternate tunings guitar essentials|series=''Acoustic Guitar'' Magazine's private lessons|others=String Letter Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GOoDAAAACAAJ|publisher=Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation|year=2000|isbn=978-1-890490-24-9}} * {{cite book|title=Alternate tunings picture chords|first=Mark|last=Hanson|publisher=Accent on Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XZ8DAAAACAAJ|year=1997|isbn=978-0-936799-14-8}} * {{cite book|title=Mastering alternate tunings: A revolutionary system of fretboard navigation for fingerstyle guitarists|first=Danny|last=Heines|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dlIqAQAAIAAJ|publisher=Hal Leonard|year=2007|isbn=978-0-634-06569-9}} * {{cite book|title=Alternate tuning chord dictionary |last=Johnson|first=Chad |isbn=978-0-634-03857-0 |lccn=2005561612 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PskMAAAACAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Hal Leonard}} *{{cite book|title=Alternate tunings for guitar|first=Richard|last=Maloof|publisher=Cherry Lane Music Company|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=StgYAAAACAAJ|isbn=978-1-57560-578-4}} * {{cite book|title=The tao of tunings: A map to the world of alternate tunings|first=Mark|last=Shark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cYfzdF0TQm4C|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4234-3087-2}}

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