Guitar tunings
Each tuning has a chart of every note on the fretboard and steps to retune from standard. The interactive fretboard can show scales, chord shapes and triads in any of them.
- StandardE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4The default guitar tuning used in most songs, lessons and tabs.
- E♭ StandardE♭2 A♭2 C♯3 F♯3 B♭3 E♭4Every string a half step down — warmer sound and easier bends; used by Hendrix, SRV, Guns N' Roses.
- D StandardD2 G2 C3 F3 A3 D4Every string a whole step down — heavy rock, metal and grunge.
- Drop DD2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4Only the low E is lowered to D — one-finger power chords and a deeper low end.
- Drop CC2 G2 C3 F3 A3 D4Drop D shape one whole step lower — modern metal and hard rock.
- Drop BB1 F♯2 B2 E3 A♭3 C♯4Very low drop tuning for heavy metal and djent.
- DADGADD2 A2 D3 G3 A3 D4Open, modal tuning popular in Celtic, folk and fingerstyle music.
- Open GD2 G2 D3 G3 B3 D4Strumming the open strings gives a G major chord — slide guitar and Keith Richards' riffs.
- Open DD2 A2 D3 F♯3 A3 D4Open strings form a D major chord — slide, blues and folk.
- Open EE2 B2 E3 A♭3 B3 E4Open strings form an E major chord — slide blues and rock.
- Open CC2 G2 C3 G3 C4 E4Open strings form a C major chord — deep, resonant acoustic sound.
- All fourthsE2 A2 D3 G3 C4 F4Every string a perfect fourth apart — fully symmetric fretboard patterns.
- 7 strun / 7-stringB1 E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4Standard 7-string guitar: an extra low B below standard tuning.
- 8 strun / 8-stringF♯1 B1 E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4Standard 8-string guitar: low F♯ and B below standard tuning.