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- Introduction to All Fourths Tuning - Unlock the Guitar
- Sixty Guitar Chords for All-Fourths Tuning - keith.bromley.name
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of an all-fourths guitar tuning?
- All Fourths ('Regular') | E-A-D-G-C-F | World of Guitar Tuning
- All Fourths Guitar Tuning | Is Worth It To Learn? - FaChords
- Why Is The Guitar Tuned The Way It Is? - The Guitar Journal
- [DISCUSSION]All Fourths Tuning : r/Guitar - Reddit
- Guitar Method in All Fourths - mothteeth.com
- [discussion] What do you think of the all fourths tuning? (EADGCF)
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Among alternative tunings for the guitar, all-fourths tuning is a regular tuning. In contrast, the standard tuning has one irregularity—a major third between the third and second strings—while having perfect fourths between the other successive strings. The standard tuning's irregular major-third is replaced by a perfect fourth in all-fourths tuning, which has the open notes E2-A2-D3-G3-C4-F4.
Among regular tunings, this all-fourths tuning best approximates the standard tuning.
In all guitar tunings, the higher-octave version of a chord can be found by translating a chord by twelve frets higher along the fretboard. In every regular tuning, for example in all-fourths tuning, chords and intervals can be moved also diagonally. For all-fourths tuning, all twelve major chords (in the first or open positions) are generated by two chords, the open F major chord and the D major chord. The regularity of chord-patterns reduces the number of finger positions that need to be memorized. Jazz musician Stanley Jordan plays guitar in all-fourths tuning; he has stated that all-fourths tuning "simplifies the fingerboard, making it logical".
Among all regular tunings, all-fourths tuning E-A-D-G-C-F is the best approximation of standard tuning, which is more popular. All-fourths tuning is traditionally used for the bass guitar; it is also used for the bajo sexto.
Allan Holdsworth stated that if he were to learn the guitar again he would tune it in all-fourths.
Relation with all-fifths tuning
All-fourths tuning is closely related to all-fifths tuning.
All-fourths tuning is based on the perfect fourth (five semitones), and all-fifths tuning is based on the perfect fifth (seven semitones). The perfect-fifth and perfect-fourth intervals are inversions of one another, and the chords of all-fourth and all-fifths are paired as inverted chords. Consequently, chord charts for all-fifths tunings may be used for left-handed all-fourths tuning.
See also
Scordatura, alternative tunings of stringed instruments
Laúd and bandurria, Spanish six-course plucked string instruments tuned in fourths
Puerto Rican cuatro, five-course plucked string instrument tuned in fourths
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References
Denyer, Ralph (1992). "Playing the guitar". The guitar handbook. Special contributors Isaac Guillory and Alastair M. Crawford (Fully revised and updated ed.). London and Sydney: Pan Books. pp. 65–160. ISBN 0-330-32750-X.
Nash, Paul (1 July 1997). "Guitar in fourths: Guitar tuning with all strings in perfect fourth intervals apart". Guitar Player. NewBay Media LLC. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2012 – via HighBeam Research.
Sethares, William A. (2011). "Alternate tuning guide". Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin; Department of Electrical Engineering. 2010 PDF version by Bill Sethares. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
Weissman, Dick (2006). "Other tunings: Fourths tuning". Guitar tunings: A comprehensive guide. Routledge. pp. 68–70. ISBN 9780415974417. LCCN 0415974410.
Yamaguchi, Masaya (2018). All Fourths: A Method For EADGCF Tuning On Guitar. New York: Masaya Music. pp. 1–152. ISBN 978-0-9998784-0-8.
Further reading
Bianco, Bob (1987) [1969]. Guitar in fourths: A manual for playing. New York City: Calliope Music. pp. 1–64. ISBN 0-9605912-2-2. OCLC 16526869. republication of A manual for playing the guitar in fourths (Catalona Enterprises, pp. 1–64)
Law, Ant (2011). 3rd Millennium Guitar: An Introduction to Perfect 4th Tuning. Pacific, MO: Mel Bay Publications. pp. 1–75. ISBN 978-1610659680.
External links
Bromley, Keith (May 2013). Sixty guitar chords for all-fourths tuning: An introductory tutorial about chords on a guitar tuned to all fourths (PDF). Retrieved 9 November 2013.
Zhille's guitar blog: Perfect fourths (P4) tuning–Basics and examples
Lessons and articles on fourths tuning using Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-B-E Archived 19 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Introduction to All Fourths Tuning + Free PDF Reference Guide
r/allfourthstuning sub-reddit for all fourths tuning
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All fourths tuning - Wikipedia
All-fourths tuning is based on the perfect fourth (five semitones), and all-fifths tuning is based on the perfect fifth (seven semitones). The perfect-fifth and perfect-fourth intervals are inversions …
Introduction to All Fourths Tuning - Unlock the Guitar
Jul 8, 2016 · There are a couple of ways you can tune to fourths. The first is simply to tune your B string up to C and then your E string up to F. If you (or your guitar) don’t like the added …
Sixty Guitar Chords for All-Fourths Tuning - keith.bromley.name
This tutorial discusses a novel tuning for a 6-string guitar called “all fourths”, or “perfect fourths (P4)”, or simply “fourths”. It discusses some pros and cons of this approach vis-a-vis …
What are the advantages and disadvantages of an all-fourths guitar tuning?
May 13, 2018 · All-fourths tuning does make the guitar more similar to bass tuning, though. (Note it may make more sense to tune bass - even 5-or-more string instruments - to all fourths if you …
All Fourths ('Regular') | E-A-D-G-C-F | World of Guitar Tuning
All Fourths is probably the best instant-freedom arrangement for bassists switching to the guitar – and also ideal for players of the Mexican bajo quinto, a resonant bass-like design that sets …
All Fourths Guitar Tuning | Is Worth It To Learn? - FaChords
This tutorial will show you the all-fourths guitar tuning, a way to tune a guitar that fixes the inconsistency between the G and B strings.
Why Is The Guitar Tuned The Way It Is? - The Guitar Journal
Jun 17, 2019 · The guitar is almost tuned 'all-fourths'... except for that gap between the G and B string, which is a major third. A major third is measured as two full tones apart, or 4 piano keys …
[DISCUSSION]All Fourths Tuning : r/Guitar - Reddit
Jun 7, 2020 · If you bar one fret, in all fourths tuning, only two or three notes are standard chord notes (1, b7, b3), depending on whether you use the seventh. In standard tuning, there are five …
Guitar Method in All Fourths - mothteeth.com
All-fourths tuning is an alternative guitar tuning, in which the top two strings of the guitar are tuned up a semitone. In this tuning the interval between all strings is a uniform fourth: E A D G C F. …
[discussion] What do you think of the all fourths tuning? (EADGCF)
Aug 18, 2016 · You know, in regular tuning the intervals between strings is a perfect fourth (five frets). Only the interval between the G and the B string is a major third (four frets). This makes …