Instrument Tunings
This is a helpful if far from exhaustive list of instrument tunings for your reference!
Tuning is listed for each instrument in courses 1 - 6 (1 generally being the thinnest string with 6 the thickest )
Lower case is for octave tuning
| INSTRUMENT | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guitar Std Tuning | E | A | D | G | B | E |
| Guitar Drop D-Tuning | D | A | D | G | B | E |
| Guitar Open D | D | A | D | F# | A | D |
| 12 String Guitar | E-e | A-e | D-e | G-g | B-B | E-E |
| Bass Std Tuning | E | A | D | G | ||
| 5 String Bass | B | E | A | D | G | |
| 6 String Bass | B | E | A | D | G | C |
| Tenor Guitar Standard Tuning | C | G | D | A | ||
| Tenor Guitar Chicago Tuning | D | G | B | E | ||
| Tenor Guitar Octave Mandolin Tuning | G | D | A | E | ||
| Tenor Banjo Standard Tuning | C | G | D | A | ||
| Tenor Banjo Irish Banjo Tuning | G | D | A | E | ||
| Tenor Banjo Chicago Banjo Tuning | D | G | B | E | ||
| 5 String Banjo Std Tuning | G | D | G | B | D | |
| 5 String Banjo Double C | G | C | G | C | D | |
| 5 String Banjo C Tuning | G | C | G | B | D | |
| 5 String Banjo D Tuning | F# | D | F# | A | D | |
| 5 String Banjo G Modal | G | D | G | C | D | |
| Mandolin (unison courses) | G | D | A | E | ||
| Tenor Mandola | C | G | D | A | ||
| Mandola | G | D | A | E | ||
| Bouzouki | C | F | A | D | ||
| Bouzouki ALT | D | G | B | E | ||
| Bouzouki Irish Tuning | G | D | A | D | ||
| Bouzouki Irish Tuning ALT | A | D | A | D | ||
| Bouzouki Mandolin Tuning Octave Lower | G | D | A | E | ||
| Soprano Ukulele C-Tuning | G | C | E | A | ||
| Soprano Ukulele D-Tuning | A | D | F# | B | ||
| Concert Ukulele | G | C | E | A | ||
| Tenor Ukulele | G | C | E | A | ||
| Baritone Ukulele | D | G | B | E | ||
| Appalachian Dulcimer Reverse strung Bass/treble | D (23) | A (12) | D (10) | D (10) | ||
| Appalachian Dulcimer Alt tuning | D (22) | A (14 | A (12) | A (12) | ||
| 6 string Dulcimer Reverse string bass/treble 3 courses unison | 22 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| 6 string Dulcimer Reverse string 3 courses unison | D (22) | D (22) | A (14) | A (14) | D (12) | D (12) |