Graysons Tunetown – Since 1953

Guitar Family:

6 STRING GUITAR (Electric, Acoustic or Classical): E A D G B e
7 STRING GUITAR (Electric or Acoustic): B E A D G B e
12 STRING GUITAR (Electric or Acoustic): Ee Aa  Dd  Gg  Bb  Ee (The lower case denotes octave strings)
TENOR GUITAR: C G D A
PEDAL STEEL E9: B D E F# G# B E G# D# F#
PEDAL STEEL C6: C F A C E G A C E G
HAWAIIAN GUITAR: E A E A C# E
DOBRO TUNING A: E A E A C# E
DOBRO TUNING G: D G D G B D
DOBRO TUNING E: E B E G# B E

Bass Guitars:

4 STRING BASS GUITAR: E A D G
5 STRING BASS GUITAR: B E A D G
6 STRING BASS GUITAR: B E A D G C
7 STRING BASS GUITAR: B E A D G C F

Banjo/Ukelele/Mandolin

BANJO: G D G B D
6 STRING BANJO: E A D G B E
BANJOLIN: G D A E
BANJO UKE: A D F# B
TENOR BANJO: C G D A
UKULELE: A D F# B
UKULELE HAWAIIAN: G C E A
BARITONE UKULELE: D G B E
MANDOLIN: GG DD AA EE
MANDOLA: CC GG DD AA
OCTAVE MANDOLIN: G D A E (one octave lower than a Mandolin)
MANDO-CELLO: C G D A (one octave lower than a Mandola)
10 STRING TIPLE: AA DD DF# F#F# BB
DULCIMER IONIAN: G D D D
DULCIMER MIXOLYDIAN: D A D D

Violin Family:

VIOLIN, FIDDLE : G D A E
VIOLA, CELLO: C G D A
DOUBLE BASS: E A D G

Euro-Asian Tunings:

BALALAIKA: E E A
8 STRING BOUZOUKI: CC FF AA DD
SHAMISEN: D G D
GLISSINTAR: E AA DD GG BB EE
SITAR: EDCBAGFEEDCBCCCGCGCF

OUD: (Turkish style) D G A D G C
STANDARD EGYPTIAN/ARAB: D G A D G C
TURKISH/ARMENIAN: E A B E A D

LUTE: “new” tuning: 8-course E# B A D G C# E A (descant tuning: see below)
“new” tuning (Virdung ca. 1500): G C F A D G (the “viel accord”)(alto)
“old” tuning: 8-course E# B A D G C# E# A (descant tuning: see below)
“Sharp” tuning: G C F A C E
“Flat” tuning: G C F Ab C Eb “Accord Nouveau”: A D F A D F (17th Cent.)
SMALL OCTAVE LUTE: D or C
SMALL DESCANT LUTE: B
DESCANT LUTE: A
CHOIR OR ALTO LUTE: G
TENOR LUTE: E
BASS LUTE: D
LARGE OCTAVE BASS LUTE: G

GUITTERN: A D G B E (same as modern guitar, but without the low E string)
A D G B E (re-entrant: 4th string an octave high)
4-Course Guitar: Probably similarly to the 5-Course Guitar, but without the 5th string(s) (see below)
5-Course Guitar: ca. Mid-1500′s
D D G B E (4th and 5th, “D”, tuned in same octave as 1st, “E,” in a re-entrant tuning)
A D G B E (5th string one octave lower than 1st thru 4th)
A D G B E (same as first five of modern guitar)