charts for all-fifths tuning may be used for guitars strung with left-handed all-fourths tuning. The class of regular tunings has been named and described...
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(high E4). Standard tuning is used by most guitarists, and frequently used tunings can be understood as variations on standard tuning. To aid in memorising...
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conventional "standard tuning" consists of perfect fourths and a single major third between the g and b strings: E-A-d-g-b-e' All-fifths tuning has the set of...
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A regular diatonic tuning is any musical scale consisting of "tones" (T) and "semitones" (S) arranged in any rotation of the sequence TTSTTTS which adds...
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minor-thirds tuning beginning with C, the open strings contain the notes (C, D♯, F♯) of the diminished C chord. Major-thirds tuning is a regular tuning in which...
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abbreviation). Other names for major-thirds tuning include major-third tuning, M3 tuning, all-thirds tuning, and augmented tuning. By definition, a major-third interval...
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Among alternative tunings for the guitar, all-fourths tuning is a regular tuning. In contrast, the standard tuning has one irregularity—a major third between...
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Cross tuning or cross-tuning (aka scordatura) is an alternative tuning used for the open strings of a string instrument. The term refers to the practice...
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Guitar chord (section Regular tunings)
strings. Regular tunings include major-thirds tuning, all-fourths, and all-fifths tunings. For each regular tuning, chord patterns may be diagonally shifted...
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Ostrich guitar (redirect from Ostrich tuning)
alternative tunings for the guitar, the trivial tuning is a regular and repetitive tuning. It is its own left-handed tuning. To create a trivial D tuning from...
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New standard tuning (NST) is an alternative tuning for the guitar that approximates all-fifths tuning. The guitar's strings are assigned the notes C2-G2-D3-A3-E4-G4...
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Open C tuning is an open tuning for guitar. The open-string notes form a C major chord, which is the triad (C,E,G) having the root note C, the major third...
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Scordatura (redirect from Fiddle tuning)
for "discord", or "mistuning") is a tuning of a string instrument that is different from the normal, standard tuning. It typically attempts to allow special...
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tuning, major-thirds tuning, and augmented-fourths tuning (but not major seconds tuning, which is not repetitive on six strings). Among open tunings,...
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Double bass (section Regular tuning)
usually tuned a whole tone higher (F♯1–B1–E2–A2). This higher tuning is called "solo tuning", whereas the regular tuning is known as "orchestral tuning". Solo...
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Look up regular or regularity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Regular may refer to: "Regular" (Badfinger song) Regular tunings of stringed instruments...
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Among alternative tunings for guitar, each augmented-fourths tuning is a regular tuning in which the musical intervals between successive open-string...
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C tuning is a type of guitar tuning. The strings of the guitar are tuned two whole steps lower than standard tuning. The resulting notes can be described...
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a guitar tuning that would facilitate jazz improvisation, Ralph Patt invented major-thirds tuning in 1963. Patt's tuning is a regular tuning, in the sense...
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Remapping may increase the temperature of exhaust fumes. Performance tuning is the tuning of an engine for motorsports. Many such automobiles may never compete...
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Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical tuning in which the frequency ratios of all intervals are determined by choosing a sequence of fifths which are...
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A regular temperament is any tempered system of musical tuning such that each frequency ratio is obtainable as a product of powers of a finite number of...
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Open D tuning is an open tuning for the acoustic or electric guitar. The open string notes in this tuning are (from lowest to highest): D A D F♯ A D. It...
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List of fifth intervals (section Tuning of instruments)
perfect fifth. All-fifths tuning is the standard tuning for mandolin and violin and it is an alternative tuning for guitars. All-fifths tuning is also called fifths...
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Hubble sequence (redirect from Galactic tuning fork)
colloquially known as the Hubble tuning-fork diagram because the shape in which it is traditionally represented resembles a tuning fork. It was invented by John...
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Chapman Stick (section Tuning)
Tuning configurations may change depending on the player's style: a player playing as a lead instrument will choose an overall higher pitch tuning, with...
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Ralph Patt (category Inventors of musical tunings)
2010) was an American jazz guitarist who introduced major-thirds tuning. Patt's tuning simplified the learning of the fretboard and chords by beginners...
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Seven-string guitar (section Tuning)
Ralph Patt after he began exploring major-thirds tuning in 1964. Patt's tuning is a regular tuning, in the sense that all of the intervals between its...
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techniques for accurately tuning the strings of an electric bass. Bass method or lesson books introduce one or more tuning techniques, such as: By ear...
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