List of guitar tunings

This article contains a list of guitar tunings that supplements the article guitar tunings. In particular, this list contains more examples of open and regular tunings, which are discussed in the article on guitar tunings. In addition, this list also notes dropped tunings.

E-A-d-g-b-e'

Throughout, this list references standard tuning, i.e. E₂–A₂–D₃–G₃–B₃–E₄ . for comparison.

Major open-tunings give a major chord with the open strings.

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Used by Nickelback on "Should've Listened" and Big Wreck on "Albatross".^{[citation needed]}

This open C tuning is used by William Ackerman for his "Townsend Shuffle" and by John Fahey for his tribute to Mississippi John Hurt.^{[citation needed]} This tuning is also commonly used by John Butler on his 12-string guitar. This tuning is used on most work by Devin Townsend in his solo work as well as his work with Strapping Young Lad. When playing on a 7-string guitar, he would have a low G as the lowest string to complete the fifth.^{[citation needed]} David Wilcox also recorded his most songs, "Eye of the Hurricane" and "Rusty Old American Dream", both from How Did You Find Me Here, in this tuning, as well as "New World", "Show the Way", "Hold It Up to the Light", and his cover of "It's the Same Old Song" from Big Horizon, and "Mango" from East Asheville Hardware.^{[citation needed]}

The English guitar used a repetitive open-C tuning that approximated a major-thirds tuning.