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Intervallic (a.k.a. ‘regular’) tunings: all adjacent strings are separated by the same number of semitones [6 tunings]
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—All Minor 3rds (‘Diminished’)—
• G-Bb-Db-E-G-Bb •
Jumping in narrow threes will clarify your octave-slicing abilities…
—All Major 3rds (‘Augmented’)—
• E-Ab-C-E-Ab-C •
Splitting the octave up into three jumps of four frets each…
—All Perfect 4ths (‘Regular’)—
• E-A-D-G-C-F •
Simplify the fretboard’s geometry by eradicating the 3>2str ‘kink’…
—All Tritones (‘Symmetric’)—
• C-Gb-C-Gb-C-Gb •
No, it was never banned as ‘the Devil’s interval’ – listen to why…
—All Perfect 5ths (‘Quintal’)—
• A-E-B-F#-C#-G# •
Walk upwards through the first half of the cycle of 5ths…
—All Minor 6ths (‘Aug. Flip’)—
• F-Db-A-F-Db-A •
Go ‘inverse augmented’ with ultra-wide eight-fret jumps…
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