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Regular tuning among guitars
alternative tunings for guitar, a major-thirds tuning is a regular tuning in which each interval between successive open strings is a major third (abbreviated
Major_thirds_tuning
Set of alternative guitar tunings
open-strings: 3 semitones (minor third): Minor-thirds, or Diminished tuning 4 semitones (major third): Major-thirds or Augmented tuning, 5 semitones (perfect fourth):
Regular_tuning
Set of notes played on a guitar
highest); in standard tuning, the intervals present among adjacent strings are perfect fourths except for the major third (G,B). Standard tuning requires four
Guitar_chord
Adjusting pitches of guitar strings
chord. Scales and chords are simplified by major thirds tuning and all-fourths tuning, which are regular tunings maintaining the same musical interval between
Guitar_tunings
Musical interval
tuning, the major-thirds tuning, each of the intervals are major thirds. Minor thirds: Major thirds Ear training Ladder of thirds / chain of thirds List
Major_third
minor third. In the minor-thirds tuning beginning with C, the open strings contain the notes (C, D♯, F♯) of the diminished C chord. Major-thirds tuning is
List_of_guitar_tunings
tuning, major-thirds tuning, and augmented-fourths tuning (but not major seconds tuning, which is not repetitive on six strings). Among open tunings,
Repetitive_tuning
American jazz guitarist (1929–2010)
the same, major thirds; in contrast, the standard guitar tuning has one major third amid four perfect fourths. Patt used major-thirds tuning during all
Ralph_Patt
Type of guitar with 8 strings
are major thirds; in contrast, standard guitar tuning has one major-third amid four fourths. Seven-string guitars are needed for major-thirds tuning to
Eight-string_guitar
Alternative guitar tuning
New standard tuning (NST) is an alternative tuning for the guitar that approximates all-fifths tuning. The guitar's strings are assigned the notes C2–G2–D3–A3–E4–G4
New_standard_tuning
Method of tuning a musical instrument
Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical tuning in which the frequency ratios of all intervals are determined by choosing a sequence of fifths which are
Pythagorean_tuning
Guitar tuning
several open C tunings. The English guitar uses a repetitive open-C tuning C-E-G-C-E-G, which is approximately a major-thirds tuning, specifically
Open_C_tuning
Fretted string instrument
even in all-fourths and major-thirds tunings, which do not require more hand-stretching than standard tuning. In major-thirds tuning, the interval between
Guitar
Chord having a root, a major third, and a perfect fifth
the just perfect fifth, and the major third is 14 cents narrower than the just major third. Major and minor Musical tuning Minor chord Otonality and utonality
Major_chord
Fretted string instrument
open strings are major thirds; in contrast, the standard guitar-tuning has one major-third amid four fourths. Major-thirds tuning has a smaller scope than
Seven-string_guitar
Terms for tuning an instrument and a systems of pitches
meanings for tuning: Tuning practice, the act of tuning an instrument or voice. Tuning systems, the various systems of pitches used to tune an instrument
Musical_tuning
Visualization of string instrument fingering
of chords in a piece of music Weissman, Dick (September 2013), Guitar Tunings, Routledge, p. 1, doi:10.4324/9780203958995, ISBN 978-1-1354-8368-5 Richards
Chord_diagram_(music)
Musical interval encompassing three half steps
number). The minor third is one of two commonly occurring thirds. It is called minor because it is the smaller of the two: the major third spans an additional
Minor_third
Guitar Tuning
tunings for the guitar, all-fourths tuning is a regular tuning. In contrast, the standard tuning has one irregularity—a major third between the third
All_fourths_tuning
augmented-fourths tuning is also called tritone tuning or diminished-fifths tuning. The standard guitar-tuning E-A-d-g-b'-e' interjects exactly one major third amid
Augmented-fourths_tuning
Profession
meaning of the term 'in tune', in the context of piano tuning, is not simply a particular fixed set of pitches. Fine piano tuning requires an assessment
Piano_tuning
Tuning system for musical instruments
augmented tuning is a musical tuning system for musical instruments that is associated with augmented triads, that is a root note, a major third, and an
Augmented_tuning
Musical tuning system
is a musical tuning system. In meantone temperament the size of perfect fifths is reduced in order to improve the intonation of thirds. The system derives
Meantone_temperament
Tuning system for musical instruments
Five-limit tuning, 5-limit tuning, or 5-prime-limit tuning (not to be confused with 5-odd-limit tuning), is any system for tuning a musical instrument
Five-limit_tuning
Alternative tuning for the guitar
tunings for the guitar, an open G tuning is an open tuning that features the G-major chord; its open notes are selected from the notes of a G-major chord
Open_G_tuning
Musical interval
the 9:8 interval an epogdoon. In these tuning systems, a third kind of whole tone, even wider than the major tone, exists. This interval of two semitones
Major_second
Musical tuning system
closer to their just intonation than its thirds and sixths are. Equal temperament has been the predominant tuning system of Western music since the 18th
Equal_temperament
Difference in pitch between two notes
between the size of intervals in different tuning systems, see § Size of intervals used in different tuning systems. The standard system for comparing
Interval_(music)
Musical interval
meantone will give four septimal thirds among the twelve major thirds of the tuning; this entails that three septimal major triads appear along with one chord
Septimal_major_third
Musical interval
of 232.3 cents. In a twelve-note keyboard tuned in a meantone tuning from E♭ to G♯, the dimininished third appears between C♯ and E♭, and again between
Diminished_third
Interval in classical music
Diesis (128:125) demonstration The octave C-C′, the three justly tuned major thirds C-E-G♯-B♯ and the descending diesis C′-B♯ are played (see example)
Diesis
Dissonant musical interval
find varied tunings for the thirds: Major thirds must average 400 cents, and to each pair of thirds of size 400 ∓ 4 ε cents we have a third (or diminished
Wolf_interval
Musical interval
ISBN 0-393-95480-3. Octaves, perfect intervals, thirds, and sixths are classified as being 'consonant intervals', but thirds and sixths are qualified as 'imperfect
Perfect_fifth
Musical interval of 9 semitones
this file? See media help. Many intervals in a various tuning systems qualify to be called "major sixth", sometimes with additional qualifying words in
Major_sixth
Very small interval arising from discrepancies in tuning
notes produced in Pythagorean tuning were flattened or sharpened to produce just minor and major thirds. In Pythagorean tuning, the only highly consonant
Comma_(music)
American jazz guitarist and educator (1926–2026)
years he taught many students including Ralph Patt, the inventor of major-thirds tuning. Negri and Patt recorded together in 1989. In 2010 he recorded the
Joe_Negri
Musical tuning based on pure intervals
scale with the 5:4 major third is in 5-limit tuning. Modern composers expanded the limit to 7, which creates far more complex tuning solutions. Partch
Just_intonation
Method of tuning a guitar
Open D tuning is an open tuning for the acoustic or electric guitar. The open string notes in this tuning are (from lowest to highest): D A D F♯ A D. It
Open_D_tuning
Type of chord in music
In music, a major seventh chord is a seventh chord in which the third is a major third above the root and the seventh is a major seventh above the root
Major_seventh_chord
Topics referred to by the same term
the post-WWI period Major third (M3), a type of musical interval Major thirds tuning (M3 tuning), a regular tuning with major-third intervals between successive
M3
Tuning for a guitar
overtones-tuning, adjacent strings that differ by a third interval can be tuned in just intonation, resulting in greater consonance than thirds in equal
Overtones_tuning
Music notation software
musical notation. Its guitar facilities support alternative tunings, such as major-thirds tuning. LilyPond's primary goal is to produce output comparable
LilyPond
Numerical limit on the factors used in a musical tuning system
several valid tunings in just intonation, their harmonic limit may be ambiguous. 3-limit (Pythagorean) tuning Five-limit tuning 7-limit tuning Numerary nexus
Limit_(music)
1963 when he invented major-thirds tuning, which he implemented in 1964–1965. Seven-string guitars enabled major-thirds tuning to have the E-e' range
List of extended-range guitar players
List_of_extended-range_guitar_players
Guitar tuning
conventional "standard tuning" consists of perfect fourths and a single major third between the g and b strings: E-A-d-g-b-e' All-fifths tuning has the set of
All_fifths_tuning
Musical work by La Monte Young
407.8 cents. A tuning is a choice of pitches in a scale, which lets one judge the intonation of pitches, and a temperament is a tuning where compromises
The_Well-Tuned_Piano
Musical interval
multiple definitions of a minor sixth can exist: In 3-limit tuning, i.e. Pythagorean tuning, the minor sixth is the ratio 128:81, or 792.18 cents, i.e
Minor_sixth
Collection of keyboard music by J.S. Bach
Kirnberger was taught to tune in his lessons with Bach: Kirnberger's tuning allows all 24 keys to be played through without changing tuning nor unpleasant intervals
The_Well-Tempered_Clavier
Musical instrument
the minor third crossharp on the sixth drawn reed, which is normally the major second crossharp. There are books, toolkits and guides to tuning and harp
Richter-tuned_harmonica
Basic musical interval
two intervals, the interval from C to D, is a whole tone, or major second. The modern tuning system of 12-tone equal temperament divides the octave into
Semitone
Overview of and topical guide to guitars
tunings and List of guitar tunings. Standard tuning Alternate tunings Drop tunings Open tuning New standard tuning Regular tuning Major thirds tuning
Outline_of_guitars
Musical instrument
masters. He also said, however, that some of the major thirds in his other tuning were 'more perfectly tuned than those which we use', and this is hardly
Archicembalo
Class of music scales with seven notes
compositions and a tuning system. Despite the conjectural nature of reconstructions of the Hurrian songs, the diatonic nature of the tuning system is demonstrated
Diatonic_scale
Musical interval
notes produced in Pythagorean tuning were flattened or sharpened to produce just minor and major thirds. In Pythagorean tuning, the only highly consonant
Syntonic_comma
American luthier (1905-1964)
strings circa 1965; seven strings enabled Patt's major-thirds tuning to have the E-E range of Standard tuning, while the eighth string enabled the high A♭
John_D'Angelico
Interval in music
major third in Pythagorean tuning, which has an interval ratio of 81:64, which is 407.82 cents. The Pythagorean ditone is evenly divisible by two major tones
Ditone
Diatonic scale tuning sequence proposed by Ptolemy
Ptolemaic sequence, justly tuned major scale, Ptolemy's tense diatonic scale, or the syntonous (or syntonic) diatonic scale, is a tuning for the diatonic scale
Ptolemy's intense diatonic scale
Ptolemy's_intense_diatonic_scale
County in Oregon, United States
State Senator Ralph Patt (1929–2010), jazz-guitarist who invented major-thirds tuning; geological expert on groundwater contamination from the Hanford
Clackamas_County,_Oregon
Musical tuning system
adopting major and minor thirds (and their harmonic inversions, major and minor sixths) as consonances. However, the major third of Pythagorean tuning is rather
Musical_temperament
Musical tuning system
temperament. In Pythagorean tuning all notes are tuned as a number of perfect fifths (701.96 cents play). The major third above C, E, is considered four
Schismatic_temperament
Musical interval
ear. Neutral thirds are roughly a quarter tone sharp from 12 equal temperament minor thirds and a quarter tone flat from 12-ET major thirds. In just intonation
Neutral_third
City in Oregon, United States
Senator Ralph Patt (1929–2010), the jazz-guitarist who introduced major-thirds tuning, Griewank (2010) and also a geologist who consulted on groundwater
Canby,_Oregon
Seven-string acoustic guitar developed in Russia
G-major. While the Spanish guitar is tuned in fourths with one (major) third (G3–B3), the Russian guitar is tuned in thirds (G2–B2, B2–D3, G3–B3, and B3–D3)
Russian_guitar
Musical tuning system of 53 pitches
53 TET had become the most common form of tuning in Ottoman classical music, replacing its older, unequal tuning. Arabic music, which for the most part bases
53_equal_temperament
Relationship among tones of the chromatic scale
known as the Pythagorean comma. This leads to tuning issues when transposing or modulating, and tuning systems were developed to address these issues
Circle_of_fifths
Musical interval
three septimal minor thirds among the twelve minor thirds of the tuning; since the wolf fifth appears with an ordinary minor third, this entails there
Septimal_minor_third
Use in music of microtones (intervals smaller than a semitone)
behavior of all [of these] equal tunings..., devise a notation for each tuning, and write a composition in each tuning to illustrate good chord progressions
Microtonality
Harmonic progression
unusual root movement by major thirds (either up or down by a major third interval), creating an augmented triad. Root movement by thirds is unusual in jazz
Coltrane_changes
Three irregular temperaments developed by Johann Kirnberger
similarities to Pythagorean tuning, which stressed the importance of perfect fifths all throughout the spiral of fifths. His later tuning system(s), Kirnberger II
Kirnberger_temperament
Musical concepts
scales are described as major or minor when they contain the corresponding intervals, usually major or minor thirds. A major interval is one semitone
Major_and_minor
Combination of three or more notes
fifth above the root. There is a major third between the third and fifth. It is a tertian chord because it is built in thirds.A minor triad is represented
Minor_chord
perfect fifth. All-fifths tuning is the standard tuning for mandolin and violin and it is an alternative tuning for guitars. All-fifths tuning is also called fifths
List_of_fifth_intervals
Musical chord
constructed using a sequence of major thirds (spanning 4 semitones) and/or minor thirds (3 semitones). Since there are 3 third intervals in a seventh chord
Seventh_chord
Microtonal tuning system in music
1932) used this tuning system specifically because of its good matches to the 7th and 11th partials in the harmonic series. The tuning has poor matches
31_equal_temperament
Type of guitar chord
accentuated as most guitars are tuned based on equal temperament, with the result that minor thirds are narrower, and major thirds wider, than they would be
Power_chord
polyphonic tuning bends and dynamic tuning progressions. If one considers the syntonic temperament's tuning continuum as a string, and individual tunings as beads
Regular_diatonic_tuning
Typical tuning of a string instrument
standard tuning refers to the typical tuning of a string instrument. This notion is contrary to that of scordatura, i.e. an alternate tuning designated
Standard_tuning
Tunings for stringed musical instruments
instruments are easily re-tuned, the concept of a "standard tuning" is somewhat flexible. Some instruments: have a designated standard tuning (e.g., violin; guitar)
Stringed_instrument_tunings
Type of musical scale
gives the following Pythagorean tuning for the minor pentatonic scale: A minor pentatonic scale in Pythagorean tuning Problems playing this file? See
Pentatonic_scale
Tuning system described by Andreas Werckmeister
Werckmeister temperaments are the tuning systems described by Andreas Werckmeister in his writings. The tuning systems are numbered in two different ways:
Werckmeister_temperament
Harmonic structures constructed from intervals of thirds
also be analyzed as a succession of thirds. The meantone temperament, a system of tuning that emphasizes pure thirds, may be called "tertian". Chords built
Tertian
Guitar tuning scheme in which all strings are tuned to the same note
The ostrich guitar or ostrich tuning is a type of trivial tuning. It assigns one note to all strings, e.g. E-E-e-e-e'-e' or D-D-D-D-d'-d'. The term "ostrich
Ostrich_guitar
Hawaiian style of tuning and playing
standard tuning on a guitar from E-A-D-G-B-E, so that strumming across the open strings will then sound a harmonious chord, typically an open major. This
Slack-key_guitar
Musical interval
minor third of ratio 7:6 (Play). In pythagorean tuning and schismatic temperament, however, it closely approximates the classical minor third of ratio
Augmented_second
Small interval between musical notes
Pythagorean ditones (major thirds) and one octave. A just perfect fifth has a frequency ratio of 3:2. It is used in Pythagorean tuning, together with the
Pythagorean_comma
Distinct pitch classes sounding the same
has perfectly tuned ("just") major thirds, which means major thirds with a frequency ratio of exactly 5 / 4 . To form a just major third with the C above
Enharmonic_equivalence
In musical tuning, a lattice "is a way of modeling the tuning relationships of a just intonation system. It is an array of points in a periodic multidimensional
Lattice_(music)
Open B Tuning is an open tuning for guitar. The open string notes in this tuning are B-F♯-B-F♯-B-D♯. It uses the three notes that form the triad of a
Open_B_tuning
Musical interval
S3, S4 are semitones as defined in five-limit tuning#Size of intervals. Notice that for 5-limit tuning, 1⁄6-, 1⁄5-, 1⁄4-, and 1⁄3-comma meantone, the
Diminished_second
Musical interval
Pythagorean if they are tuned using the Pythagorean tuning system. However, some Pythagorean intervals are also used in other tuning systems. For instance
Pythagorean_interval
Series of four notes separated by three intervals
possible genres "dividing the tone in quarters, eighths, thirds, half thirds, quarter thirds, and combining them in diverse manners". Later, he presents
Tetrachord
Musical interval
intervals on keyboards and other fixed-tuning instruments would change slightly as different systems of tuning, such as meantone temperament, well temperament
Perfect_fourth
Musical interval
and a quarter tone flatter than major intervals. For example, the minor third is tuned at 300 ¢, while the major third is a semitone (100 ¢) sharper (400
Neutral_interval
Musical interval
examples." List of meantone intervals Leading tone Major seventh chord Minor seventh Musical tuning Haluska, Jan (2003). The Mathematical Theory of Tone
Major_seventh
Musical interval
meantone tuning, standard in the Baroque and earlier, the augmented sixth is 965.78 cents – only 3 cents below 7:4, well within normal tuning error and
Harmonic_seventh
generator is an approximation to the 5/4 just major third. In 12-tone equal temperament, three major thirds add up to an octave, since it tempers the interval
Magic_temperament
Real-time changes of tuning and timbre
"home" quarter-comma meantone tuning, temperament, and note-choices via the 12-TET pivot tuning. The fact that the Major Third and Diminished Fourth are enharmonic
Dynamic_tonality
Musical tuning system with 15 pitches equally-spaced on a logarithmic scale
which also has more in-tune fifths and major thirds. Although it contains a perfect fifth as well as major and minor thirds, the remainder of the harmonic
15_equal_temperament
Diagram of harmonic relations in music
In musical tuning and harmony, the Tonnetz (German for 'tone net') is a conceptual lattice diagram representing tonal space first described by Leonhard
Tonnetz
Musical tuning system with 19 pitches per octave
(Winter 2007). "Isomorphic controllers and dynamic tuning: Invariant fingerings across a tuning continuum". Computer Music Journal. 31 (4): 15–32. doi:10
19_equal_temperament
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