This Chart is an excerpt from the Ry Cooder Easy Guitar Chord web site |
| Tenor Guitar String-Tuning & -Gauges Chart | |||||||
| Type of string will vary from maker to maker. Bronze, Steel, and Nickel will vary. | |||||||
| Most of the plain strings work about the same. But wound ones vary. | |||||||
| Gauges will very with scale and type of strings. | |||||||
| The trick is to get a nice even tension across the bridge without to much pull on the neck. | |||||||
| Standard Tuning | C | G | D | A | 23" Scale | ||
| According to Steve Pyott @ tenorguitar.com | 036 | 024 | 016 | 010 | |||
| La Bella 700T | 027 | 020 | 013 | 009 | x-Light | ||
| D'Addario J-66 | 032 | 022 | 014 | 010 | Light | ||
| GHS CU-BBTG | 032 | 024 | 013 | 010 | Light | ||
| 033 | 025 | 015 | 011 | Medium | |||
| Eddie Freeman Special guitar (EFS) | C | G | D | A |
25.5" Scale |
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David Hodson |
032 | 020 | 028 | 018 | (all wound) | ||
| Octave Mandolin Tuning | G | D | A | E | 23" Scale | ||
| 040 | 025 | 015 | 011 | x-Light | |||
| 042 | 027 | 017 | 012 | Light | |||
| 045 | 029 | 019 | 013 | Medium | |||
| Guitar Tuning | D | G | B | E | 23" Scale | ||
| 026 | 020 | 015 | 011 | x-Light | |||
| 029 | 022 | 017 | 013 | Light | |||
| 032 | 025 | 018 | 014 | Medium | |||
| Plectrum Tuning | C | G | B | D | 26" Scale | ||
| x-Light | |||||||
| 030 | 020 | 014 | 011 | Light | |||
| 032 | 022 | 014 | 012 | Medium | |||
| 042 | 027 | 018 | 016 | Heavy | |||
| Guitar Tuning, up fourth | G | C | E | A | 23" Scale | ||
| Uke Tuning, G=Minus 1 Octave | 010 | 017 | 012 | 009 | x-Light | ||
| 012 | 019 | 014 | 010 | Light | |||
| 012.5 | 020 | 015 | 011 | Medium | |||
| Slide Tuning | C | G | C | G | 23" Scale | ||
| 027 | 020 | 012 | 009 | x-Light | |||
| 032 | 027 | 015 | 010 | Light | |||
| 036 | 025 | 0017 | 012 | Medium | |||
| Slide Tuning | D | A | D | A | 23" Scale | ||
| 028 | 020 | 013 | 009 | x-Light | |||
| 030 | 022 | 014 | 010 | Light | |||
| 032 | 024 | 015 | 011 | Medium | |||
| Open G Tuning | D | G | B | D | 23" Scale | ||
| 020 | 013 | 010 | 009 | x-Light | |||
| 025 | 017 | 012 | 010 | Light | |||
| 029 | 020 | 015 | 012 | Medium | |||
| Thanks to Mike Soares. Most of this knowledge is his generous contribution. | |||||||