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AEBGDA Guitar Tuner

AEBGDA Three Octave - Guitar tuning, chords & scales

Description - Three Octave

I use this on a 4-string electric Mandolin, low to high E B G D. From standard Mandolin GDAE drop the two wound strings (G,D) by 3 frets and the two unwound (A,E) by 2 frets. Or just drop G&D by 1 to F# & C# and leave A & E alone. The same idea on guitar is A2 E3 B3 G4 D5 A5 as above, which I have tried but found it didn't sound great and the string gauges were annoying. It's tough on guitar but easy from standard mandolin. I arrived at it after trying different open-chord tunings on mandolin. It must have been used before, but I found no information online - it's a fascinating tuning between mandolin and guitar, very like and unlike each of them.

A
E
B
G
D
A

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Capos for AEBGDA

Capo Tuning Name
0 AEBGDA Three Octave

Scales for AEBGDA

A A# B C C# D

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How to play 3 Octave Scales on the guitar (Harmonic minor, Melodic minor & Major)
How to play 3 Octave Scales on the guitar (Harmonic minor, Melodic minor & Major)
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Nina Burmi Mishra Bhairavi Thumri Indian Classical Music
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major scales in open position: c, f, g
Major scales in open position: c, f, g
675 views - 8 Sep 2018
Tonal Permutations
Tonal Permutations
14 views - 10 Mar 2023
"metal" riffs down an octave (double drop bb/a#, a)
"metal" riffs down an octave (double drop bb/a#, a)
380 views - 5 Jul 2018
3. Tetrachords (2-Octave) Phrygian
3. Tetrachords (2-Octave) Phrygian
5 views - 2 May 2023
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Tuning Map

  • Fret
  • S6
  • S5
  • S4
  • S3
  • S2
  • S1
  • -13
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • A#
  • D#
  • -12
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • B
  • E
  • -11
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C
  • F
  • -10
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • C#
  • F#
  • -9
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D
  • G
  • -8
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • D#
  • G#
  • -7
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • E
  • A
  • -6
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F
  • A#
  • -5
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • F#
  • B
  • -4
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G
  • C
  • -3
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • G#
  • C#
  • -2
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A
  • D
  • -1
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • A#
  • D#
  • 0
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • B
  • E
  • 1
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C
  • F
  • 2
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • C#
  • F#
  • 3
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D
  • G
  • 4
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • D#
  • G#
  • 5
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • E
  • A
  • 6
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F
  • A#
  • 7
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • F#
  • B
  • -7
  • -5
  • -3
  • 0
  • 3
  • 5
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