Tuning

Why isn't the guitar tuned EADGCE?

Why isn't the guitar tuned EADGCE?

Now, you might notice that in EADGCE, you have four strings that are part of a single chord: C major. Thus, it results in an easily moveable C-shape chord. But this voicing is inferior, plus it makes the major third an open string so you can't easily convert this shape to minor.

  1. What tuning is Eadgce?
  2. Why is guitar not tuned in fourths?
  3. Why is the G string tuned differently?

What tuning is Eadgce?

Among all regular tunings, all-fourths tuning E-A-D-G-C-F is the best approximation of standard tuning, which is more popular. An advantage of standard tuning is that it has many six-string chords, unlike all-fourths tuning.

Why is guitar not tuned in fourths?

The guitar is tuned in fourths, except for the “b” string. This gap creates a major difficulty for learners who must always remember that every guitar pattern they learn will have a different shape if it crosses that string.

Why is the G string tuned differently?

The reason? It's simultaneously musically convenient and physically comfortable, a conclusion players came to a few hundred years ago. The aim was to create a tuning that would ease the transition between fingering simple chords and playing common scales, minimizing fret-hand movement.

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