Tunings

Custom Tunings

Create custom guitar tunings, save your favorites, and explore popular alternate tunings.

Tuning Editor

String 6
String 5
String 4
String 3
String 2
String 1
E
6
A
5
D
4
G
3
B
2
E
1

Popular Alternate Tunings

Standard

All Genres

The standard guitar tuning used worldwide.

E
A
D
G
B
E

Drop D

Rock/Metal

Heavy riffs and power chords with one finger.

D
A
D
G
B
E

Open G

Blues/Rock

Keith Richards' favorite. Open G chord when strummed open.

D
G
D
G
B
D

DADGAD

Celtic/Folk

Unresolved suspended chord. Beautiful for fingerpicking.

D
A
D
G
A
D

Open D

Folk/Blues

Open D major chord. Great for slide guitar.

D
A
D
F#
A
D

Open E

Blues/Rock

Open E major. Slide guitar favorite.

E
B
E
G#
B
E

Half-Step Down

Rock/Metal

All strings down one half step. Hendrix, SRV style.

D#
G#
C#
F#
A#
D#

Whole-Step Down

Metal/Rock

All strings down two half steps. Lower and heavier.

D
G
C
F
A
D

Open C

Folk

Rich open C major chord. Great for fingerpicking.

C
G
C
G
C
E

New Standard (CGDAEB)

Progressive

Robert Fripp's New Standard Tuning. All 5ths.

C
G
D
A
E
B