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Guitar tuning · 6 string
Standard Tuning
The tuning almost every guitar ships in, and the one nearly all chord shapes assume.
The strings
Low to high, the way you would say it out loud.
E6th
A5th
D4th
G3rd
B2nd
E1st
Getting there from standard
This is standard tuning — nothing to change.
Why players use it
Standard tuning is a compromise, and a good one. Fourths between most strings keep scale shapes consistent, while the major third between G and B is what lets a hand reach common chord voicings at all.
What it buys you
Every chord chart, scale diagram and lesson you will ever find is written for it.
Everything