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Guide To Alternate Tuning
Standard tuning according to historical sources has existed
since the 17th century. One of the popular guitars was the
five string guitar, which came in much before the standard six
string guitar. The five string guitar required multiple
tunings and the most popular tuning was ADGBE. ADGBE is almost
identical to the current standard tuning except it doesn’t
have the lowest string. ADGBE tuning went on to become EADGBE
after the introduction and induction of low E to the five
strings. Soon the guitar became a six string instrument.
Although EADGBE is called standard tuning, there have always
been alternative and what we call alternate tuning. There are
different types of alternate tuning for a six string guitar
and they are:
Open Tunings
People, who use open tunings, tune the six strings of their
guitar to form one simple chord. Open tunings makes it easier
to play any kind of unusual or alternate chord combination as
well as innovative tonal clusters. This is made possible by
using the sustained and drone strings. The best part of open
tuning is that it enhances harmonics and bottleneck slide as a
result of which you will be able to play full 6 string chords.
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