Alternate tuning for the guitar are tunings with an open note arrangement other than that of standard tuning (EADGBA).
Check out different alternate tunings with our online GuitarCodex fretboard applet.
| Alternate Tuning Table | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Notes | Description |
| Dropped D | D-A-D-G-B-E’ | Makes it easier to play power chords, with a single finger on the lowest three strings |
| Dropped C♯ or D♭ | C♯-G♯-C♯-F♯-A♯-D♯’ | same as dropped D, one semitone lower |
| Dropped C | C-G-C-F-A-D’ | same as dropped D, two semitones lower |
| Dropped B | B-F♯-B-E-G♯-C♯’ | same as dropped D, 3 semitones lower |
| D Tuning | D-G-C-F-A-D’ | 1 whole steps below standard tuning |
| C♯ Tuning | C♯-F♯-B-E-G#-C♯ | 3 semitones below standard tuning |
| C Tuning | C-F-B♭-E♭-G-C’ | 2 whole steps below standard tuning |
| B Tuning | B-E-A-D-G-B-E | standard tuning for seven-string guitars |
| B Tuning | B-E-A-D-F♯-B | |
| B♭ Tuning | B♭-F-B♭-E♭-G-C | or B♭-E♭-A♭-D♭-F-B♭ |
| Half Open B | B-F♯-B-E-B-E | |
| Dropped A | A-E-A-D-F♯-B’ | or A-A-D-G-B-E |
| Hardcore Tuning | C-G-C-F-A-B♭’ | |
| E♭ Tuning | E♭-A♭-D♭-G♭-B♭-E♭’ | |
| DADGAD | D-A-d-g-a-d’ | |
| All Minor Third | C-D♯-F♯-A-C-D♯ | |
| All Major Third | C-E-G♯-C-E-G♯ | |
| All fourths | E-A-d-g-c’-f’ | |
| All Augmented Fourths | C-F♯-C-F♯-C-F♯ | |
| All fifths | C-G-d-a-e’-b’ | |
| New Standard Tuning | C-G-d-a-e’-g’ | |
| All Minor Sixth | C-G♯-E-C-G♯-E | |
| All Major Sixth | C-A-F♯-D♯-C-A | |