Guitar Tunings

The tuning almost every guitar ships in, and the one nearly all chord shapes assume.

Standard with the lowest string dropped a whole step, putting a one-finger power chord under your hand.

The Celtic tuning — an open Dsus4 that refuses to commit to major or minor.

Every string down one semitone. Same shapes, slightly darker, and easier on the voice.

Every string down a whole tone — the same guitar, a whole step heavier.

Strum the open strings and a G major chord comes out. The slide and Stones tuning.

Open D moved up a whole step — the same shapes with more brightness and bite.

The open strings sound a D major chord — darker and deeper than Open G.

Everything down a whole step, then the lowest string dropped again — Drop D moved down one more step.

Standard tuning with a low B added below it — five extra semitones of range.

Seven-string standard with the low B dropped to A — Drop D logic on a seven.

Seven-string standard with a low F♯ underneath — into bass territory.

Eight-string standard with the lowest string dropped to E — one octave below a standard low E.