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Printable Guitar Tunings Chart

Changing the tuning opens up new sounds, easy riffs and slide guitar. This chart starts with standard tuning (string numbers, notes and pitches) and then lists eleven popular alternate tunings, with exactly how many half steps to turn each string up or down.

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What’s inside

Standard tuning: string numbers, notes, pitches and a mnemonic
11 alternate tunings, including Drop D, DADGAD and open G
How far to turn each string, in half steps
What each tuning is used for

How to use it

Print it and keep it with your practice notes.
Read one section at a time and try each idea on the guitar straight away.
Use it as a quick reference whenever you learn a new song.

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Questions

What are the notes of standard guitar tuning?

From the thickest string to the thinnest: E A D G B E. Remember it with "Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie".

Will alternate tunings damage my guitar?

No. Tuning down a few half steps is completely safe. Tuning strings up (as in open E or open A) adds tension, so go slowly and do not go higher than shown.

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