Every tuning we know
33 tunings with songs, 2 waiting for their first. Yellow strings are the pegs you touch from standard.
Standard, shifted
6 tunings Half step down Same shapes, darker voice, easier bends. Hendrix, Slash, Van Halen, half of the blues. Sweet Child o' Mine · November Rain · Little Wing D standard A whole step down across the board. Thrash, doom, Sabbath on a bad day. Come as You Are · Crystal Mountain · Walk C♯ standard Three frets down. Where metalcore lives when it isn't in drop tunings. Floods · Into the Void · 10's C standard Four frets down. Sludge and stoner territory. Needs a proper setup. Only For The Weak · As I Am · Dragonaut B standard A fourth below standard. Baritone guitars live here by design, regular guitars with heavy strings and a long scale. I Don't Wanna Be Me · Slaughter Of The Soul · Planets Collide Standard The one your guitar came in. Everything else on this site is measured from here. Parabola · Guerrilla Radio · Bombtrack
Dropped
7 tunings Drop D One peg. Low E down a whole step. Open chords still work, power chords become one flat finger. Nightmare · Unholy Confessions · Killing in the Name Drop C D standard with the low string dropped again. System of a Down, Killswitch Engage, a decade of metalcore. Aerials · My Curse · Are You Dead Yet? Drop C♯ Drop D with everything a half step lower. Alice in Chains, early Slipknot on some tracks. My Own Summer (Shove It) · No More Tears · Hail To The King Drop B Drop C a half step lower. Slipknot, Bullet for My Valentine. Strings go floppy without a heavier set. Duality · Pray For Plagues · Carrion Drop A♯ Drop C a whole step down. Deathcore and modern metal on six strings. Chelsea Smile · Shadow Moses · The Diary Of Jane Drop A B standard with the low string dropped. Baritone scale or very heavy strings, otherwise it won't hold pitch. Psychosocial · The Devil In I · REPULSIVE IN ITS SPLENDID BEAUTY Drop C (low string only) Standard with the 6th string two whole steps down. John Mayer's "Neon". The low string flaps unless it's heavy. Neon · i think about you all the time · Moon River
Double dropped
1 tuningOpen
10 tunings Open D A D major chord with nothing fretted. Slide heaven, fingerstyle too. Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi". Velvet Ring · Hana · I Lied To You Open G Strum nothing, get a G. Keith Richards took the 6th string off entirely. Delta and Chicago slide. Can't You Hear Me Knocking · Honky Tonk Women · Bad to the Bone Open C Huge low C, ringing high E. Devin Townsend's home tuning, John Butler, Ben Howard. Deadhead · Ocean · Love? Open E Open D two frets up, three strings raised. Duane Allman's slide tuning. Mind the extra tension. She Talks to Angels · Little Martha · You Can't Always Get What You Want Open D minor Open D with the third flattened. Skip James and the Bentonia blues sound. Crow · Hard Time Killing Floor Blues · Without Wings Open G minor Open G with a flattened third. Rarer, darker, same slide logic. Alors On Danse · The End Will Show Us How · Paganini's Caprice no. 24 Open A Open G two frets up, three strings raised. Jimmy Page's slide tuning on "In My Time of Dying". In My Time of Dying · 7 nation army (David Edit) · More Things Change C6 Open C with an A on the 5th string. Jimmy Page on "Friends" and "Bron-Yr-Aur". Bron-Yr-Aur · Friends · Little Lion Man Open E minor Open E with a natural third. Two strings raised, one lowered. High Hopes · One Of These Days · Hellhound on My Trail Open F (low) An F chord with the whole guitar pulled down. "When the Levee Breaks". When the Levee Breaks · Blue Fairy
Modal
2 tuningsRegular
1 tuningOne-offs
6 tunings FACGCE The emo and math rock tuning. American Football built a whole sound on it. Never Meant · No Way... · Parachute DGDGBE Open G but the high string stays E. Soundgarden used it on "Superunknown". The Great Gig In The Sky · Tango · Sueno En La Floresta CGDGBE Richard Thompson's tuning for "1952 Vincent Black Lightning". Open G shapes on top, standard high E. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning · Limo Wreck · Mailman Nashville Standard pitches, but the four low strings are an octave up (the high set of a 12-string). Shimmer for overdubs. Same shapes, different strings. Dust in the Wind · Hey You · Barefoot Blue Jean Night DGCGCD Jimmy Page's tuning for "The Rain Song". Suspended, cello-like. The Rain Song · The Rain Song (Led Zepplin) · Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song CGCFCE Nick Drake's tuning on most of "Pink Moon". Low and open, with a suspended ring. Pink Moon · Parasite · Hazey Jane I