Regular tuning

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rdf:langString The C major chord and its first and second inversions. In the first inversion, the C note has been raised 3 strings on the same fret. In the second inversion, both the C note and the E note have been raised 3 strings on the same fret.

rdf:langString The C major chord on the bass and tenor strings of M3 tuning, on frets. The C note and the E note have been raised 3 strings on the same fret.

rdf:langString Chords vertically shift.

rdf:langString In major-thirds tuning, chords are inverted by raising notes by three strings on the same frets. The inversions of a C major chord are shown.

rdf:langString Major-thirds tuning repeats its notes after three strings.

rdf:langString First and second inversions of C-major chord on six-string guitar with major-thirds tuning.png

rdf:langString Shift C-major chord three strings in major thirds tuning on six-string guitar.png

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rdf:langString Among alternative guitar-tunings, regular tunings have equal musical intervals between the paired notes of their successive open strings. Guitar tunings assign pitches to the open strings of guitars. Tunings can be described by the particular pitches that are denoted by notes in Western music. By convention, the notes are ordered from lowest to highest. The standard tuning defines the string pitches as E, A, D, G, B, and E. Between the open-strings of the standard tuning are three perfect-fourths (E–A, A–D, D–G), then the major third G–B, and the fourth perfect-fourth B–E. In contrast, regular tunings have constant intervals between their successive open-strings: * 3 semitones (minor third): * 4 semitones (major third): Major-thirds or Augmented tuning, * 5 semitones (perfect fourth): All-fourths tuning, * 6 semitones (augmented fourth, tritone, or diminished fifth): Augmented-fourths tuning, * 7 semitones (perfect fifth): All-fifths tuning For the regular tunings, chords may be moved diagonally around the fretboard, as well as vertically for the repetitive regular tunings (minor thirds, major thirds, and augmented fourths). Regular tunings thus often appeal to new guitarists and also to jazz-guitarists, as they facilitate key transpositions without requiring a completely new set of fingerings for the new key. On the other hand, some conventional major/minor system chords are easier to play in standard tuning than in regular tuning. Left-handed guitarists may use the chord charts from one class of regular tunings for its left-handed tuning; for example, the chord charts for all-fifths tuning may be used for guitars strung with left-handed all-fourths tuning. The class of regular tunings has been named and described by Professor William Sethares. Sethares's 2001 chapter Regular tunings (in his revised 2010–2011 Alternate tuning guide) is the leading source for this article. This article's descriptions of particular regular-tunings use other sources also.

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rdf:langString Provides new material for improvisation by advanced guitarists

rdf:langString For regular guitar-tunings, the distance between consecutive open-strings is a constant musical-interval, measured by semitones on the chromatic circle. The chromatic circle lists the twelve notes of the octave.

rdf:langString Makes it difficult to play music written for standard tuning.

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