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Standard Tuning History - Juan Carlos Amat - Chord Diagrams

History & Origins of the Standard Tuning for Guitar

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From ancient Chitara, to six-course Renaissance Lute which seems to have been tuned E-A-D-F#-B-E quite often, to Vihuela tuned similarly, to the five-string Guitarra settling on A-D-G-B-E, The Standard Tuning has a long history that evolved and has been handed …

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