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DADABE Guitar Tuner

DADABE Slacker/Pavement - Guitar tuning, chords & scales

Description - Slacker/Pavement

Pavement are somewhat notorious for their use of alternate tunings but for the early material Malkmus only relied on two pretty simple alterations of standard tuning: DADABE and CGDGBE.

D
A
D
A
B
E

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Original Variation 1

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Capos for DADABE

Capo Tuning Name
-3 BF#BF#G#C# Tight B
-2 CGCGAD CGCGAD
-1 C#G#C#G#A#D# C#g#c#g#a#d#
0 DADABE Slacker/Pavement
1 D#A#D#A#CF F7sus4
3 FCFCDG G7sus4
5 GDGDEA Someone Like You A7sus4

Scales for DADABE

A A# B C C# D

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A Major

  • D3
  • E3
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4#
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5#
  • E5
  • B4
  • C5#
  • E5
  • E5
  • A5
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A Major 7

  • D3
  • E3
  • G3#
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4#
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • G4#
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5#
  • E5
  • B4
  • C5#
  • E5
  • E5
  • G5#
  • A5
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A Maj Min Tri

  • D3
  • A3
  • A3
  • A3#
  • C4#
  • D4
  • A4
  • A4
  • A4#
  • C5#
  • B4
  • C5#
  • E5
  • A5
  • A5#
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A Major Flat Five

  • D3
  • D3#
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4#
  • D4#
  • D4
  • D4#
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5#
  • D5#
  • B4
  • C5#
  • D5#
  • E5
  • A5
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A Major Seventh Interval

  • D3
  • G3#
  • A3
  • A3
  • D4
  • G4#
  • A4
  • A4
  • B4
  • E5
  • G5#
  • A5
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A Minor

  • D3
  • E3
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5
  • E5
  • B4
  • C5
  • E5
  • E5
  • A5
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A Minor 6

  • D3
  • E3
  • F3#
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • F4#
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5
  • E5
  • B4
  • C5
  • E5
  • F5#
  • E5
  • F5#
  • A5
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A Minor 7

  • D3
  • E3
  • G3
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • G4
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5
  • E5
  • B4
  • C5
  • E5
  • E5
  • G5
  • A5
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A Minor Two

  • D3
  • E3
  • A3
  • A3
  • B3
  • C4
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • A4
  • A4
  • B4
  • C5
  • E5
  • B4
  • C5
  • E5
  • E5
  • A5
  • B5
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A Harmonic Minor

  • D3
  • F3
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4#
  • D4
  • D4
  • F4
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5#
  • D5
  • B4
  • C5#
  • D5
  • F5
  • E5
  • F5
  • A5
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A Minor Major Chord

  • D3
  • E3
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4
  • C4#
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5
  • C5#
  • E5
  • B4
  • C5
  • C5#
  • E5
  • E5
  • A5
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A Minor Major Seventh

  • D3
  • E3
  • G3#
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • G4#
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5
  • E5
  • B4
  • C5
  • E5
  • E5
  • G5#
  • A5
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A Minor Pentatonic

  • D3
  • E3
  • G3
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4
  • D4
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • G4
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5
  • D5
  • E5
  • B4
  • C5
  • D5
  • E5
  • E5
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A 7

  • D3
  • E3
  • G3
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4#
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • G4
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5#
  • E5
  • B4
  • C5#
  • E5
  • E5
  • G5
  • A5
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A 7 sus 4

  • D3
  • E3
  • G3
  • A3
  • A3
  • D4
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • G4
  • A4
  • A4
  • D5
  • E5
  • B4
  • D5
  • E5
  • E5
  • G5
  • A5
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A Sus 4

  • D3
  • E3
  • A3
  • A3
  • D4
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • A4
  • A4
  • D5
  • E5
  • B4
  • D5
  • E5
  • E5
  • A5
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A 6

  • D3
  • E3
  • F3#
  • A3
  • A3
  • C4#
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • F4#
  • A4
  • A4
  • C5#
  • E5
  • B4
  • C5#
  • E5
  • F5#
  • E5
  • F5#
  • A5
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A Perfect Fifth

  • D3
  • E3
  • A3
  • A3
  • E4
  • D4
  • E4
  • A4
  • A4
  • E5
  • B4
  • E5
  • E5
  • A5
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A Perfect Union

  • D3
  • A3
  • A3
  • D4
  • A4
  • A4
  • B4
  • E5
  • A5
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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
  • -2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 2
  • 0
  • 0
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