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Tones | Twists | Geometries | Harmonies | Contexts

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• Tones •

How many notes do the open strings offer?

—2-note—

Criteria: Tunings made up of exactly two different notes

—3-note—

Criteria: Tunings made up of exactly three different notes

—4-note—

Criteria: Tunings made up of exactly four different notes

—5-note—

Criteria: Tunings made up of exactly five different notes

—6-note—

Criteria: Tunings made up of exactly six different notes

• Twists •

How many strings differ from Standard tuning?

—Twists: 1—

Criteria: Tunings with one string changed from EADGBE Standard

—Twists: 2—

Criteria: Tunings with two strings changed from EADGBE Standard

—Twists: 3—

Criteria: Tunings with three strings changed from EADGBE Standard

—Twists: 4—

Criteria: Tunings with four strings changed from EADGBE Standard

—Twists: 5—

Criteria: Tunings with five strings changed from EADGBE Standard

—Twists: 6—

Criteria: Tunings with all six strings changed from EADGBE Standard

• Geometries •

What is distinctive about the tuning’s shape?

—Alliterative—

Criteria: Tunings with same-toned adjacent notes (e.g. ‘A-A…’)

—Drop—

Criteria: Tunings primarily focused on lowering the 6str (and/or 1str) only

—Interval—

Criteria: Tunings which repeat a single interval throughout (a.k.a. ‘regular’)

—Narrow—

Criteria: Tunings which span 19 frets or fewer (=Octave + Perf. 5th)

—Drone—

Criteria: Tunings of two notes, separated by a perfect 5th (up or down)

—Odd Jumps—

Criteria: Tunings with all odd-semitoned intervals (3, 5, 7, 9…)

—Power Bass—

Criteria: Tunings with 6-5-4str set to a power chord (1-5-1)

—Re-entrant—

Criteria: Tunings which break the ‘each string higher than the last’ pattern

—Superlow—

Criteria: Tunings which go lower than C2 (=6str down by ≥5 frets)

—Standard—

Criteria: Tunings which transpose EADGBE’s ‘5-5-5-4-5’ sequence

—Wide—

Criteria: Tunings which span at least 28 semitones (= 2 octaves + a major 3rd)

• Harmonies •

Which chords do the open strings sketch?

—Maj. 7th—

Criteria: Tunings with Major 7th open harmony (1-3-5-7)

—Maj. triad—

Criteria: Tunings with Major triad open harmony (1-3-5)

—Min. 7th—

Criteria: Tunings with Minor 7th open harmony (1-b3-5-b7)

—Dom. 7th—

Criteria: Tunings with Dominant 7th open harmony (1-3-5-b7+)

—Min. triad—

Criteria: Tunings with Minor triad open harmony (1-b3-5)

—Sus.—

Criteria: Tunings with Suspended open harmony (sus4/sus2: 1-4-5/1-2-5)

• Contexts •

Where do the tuning’s origins lie?

—ALL—

Criteria: Full list of all 100+ tunings on the Menu

—A-Listers—

Criteria: The modern guitarosphere’s most prominent altered tunings

—Global—

Criteria: Tunings from around the world – Mali, Hawaii, Madagascar, Peru, Syria, Indonesia, Turkey, Papua, & more

—Instrument—

Criteria: Tunings based on a specific non-guitar instrument

—Non-taut—

Criteria: Tunings with no string raised more than a single semitone

—Oddball—

Criteria: Strange tuning concepts to shuffle up your head…

—Slack-key—

Criteria: Tunings used by Hawaii’s amazing kī-hō’aula (‘slack-key’) guitarists

—Slide—

Criteria: Open tunings often used by classic slide guitar masters

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