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This online guitar tuning generator will generate a permanent guitar tuning along with access to hundreds of chords and scales. You can also generate new chord sheets with your new guitar tuning.

Experiment with the tuning map controller below to find tunings for your self or load current tunings from gtdb to make variations with. The possiblilties are almost endless.
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Middle C
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  • Fret
  • S9
  • S8
  • S7
  • S6
  • S5
  • S4
  • S3
  • S2
  • S1
  • -13
  • C1
  • F1
  • A1#
  • D2#
  • G2#
  • C3#
  • F3#
  • A3#
  • D4#
  • -12
  • C1#
  • F1#
  • B1
  • E2
  • A2
  • D3
  • G3
  • B3
  • E4
  • -11
  • D1
  • G1
  • C2
  • F2
  • A2#
  • D3#
  • G3#
  • C4
  • F4
  • -10
  • D1#
  • G1#
  • C2#
  • F2#
  • B2
  • E3
  • A3
  • C4#
  • F4#
  • -9
  • E1
  • A1
  • D2
  • G2
  • C3
  • F3
  • A3#
  • D4
  • G4
  • -8
  • F1
  • A1#
  • D2#
  • G2#
  • C3#
  • F3#
  • B3
  • D4#
  • G4#
  • -7
  • F1#
  • B1
  • E2
  • A2
  • D3
  • G3
  • C4
  • E4
  • A4
  • -6
  • G1
  • C2
  • F2
  • A2#
  • D3#
  • G3#
  • C4#
  • F4
  • A4#
  • -5
  • G1#
  • C2#
  • F2#
  • B2
  • E3
  • A3
  • D4
  • F4#
  • B4
  • -4
  • A1
  • D2
  • G2
  • C3
  • F3
  • A3#
  • D4#
  • G4
  • C5
  • -3
  • A1#
  • D2#
  • G2#
  • C3#
  • F3#
  • B3
  • E4
  • G4#
  • C5#
  • -2
  • B1
  • E2
  • A2
  • D3
  • G3
  • C4
  • F4
  • A4
  • D5
  • -1
  • C2
  • F2
  • A2#
  • D3#
  • G3#
  • C4#
  • F4#
  • A4#
  • D5#
  • 0
  • C2#
  • F2#
  • B2
  • E3
  • A3
  • D4
  • G4
  • B4
  • E5
  • 1
  • D2
  • G2
  • C3
  • F3
  • A3#
  • D4#
  • G4#
  • C5
  • F5
  • 2
  • D2#
  • G2#
  • C3#
  • F3#
  • B3
  • E4
  • A4
  • C5#
  • F5#
  • 3
  • E2
  • A2
  • D3
  • G3
  • C4
  • F4
  • A4#
  • D5
  • G5
  • 4
  • F2
  • A2#
  • D3#
  • G3#
  • C4#
  • F4#
  • B4
  • D5#
  • G5#
  • 5
  • F2#
  • B2
  • E3
  • A3
  • D4
  • G4
  • C5
  • E5
  • A5
  • 6
  • G2
  • C3
  • F3
  • A3#
  • D4#
  • G4#
  • C5#
  • F5
  • A5#
  • 7
  • G2#
  • C3#
  • F3#
  • B3
  • E4
  • A4
  • D5
  • F5#
  • B5

9 to 7 strings

Standard 6 string tuning

Click a note to play a sound & select a note.
Press Strum! to listen to the tuning.
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For each new tuning submitted, the following will be created
29 chords for each key = 348 chords
16 scales for each key + access to 500 more = 692 scales
Middle C
Notes on middle C

GTDB uses C5 as middle C. The ISO standard is C4 which makes the lowest C on a piano C0. Some keyboards, including Yamaha, use C3 as their middle C which would make the lowest C on a piano C-1.

The middle C on GTDB displays as C5 however the frequency is around 261.63 Hz as is what middle C is supposed to be since the pitch standard was widely adopted in 1939.

The lowest C on a piano according to GTDB is C1.

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