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Original message:272 days 12 hours 39 minutes ago
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I know that 6 strings are standard tuning, but how are the other 6 strings tuned?? I wonder!
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Reply:272 days 12 hours ago
Member: johnmarkh
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are you a tps'r or what?

i mean...this thread looks innocent, but really it just looks like a joke
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Reply:272 days 11 hours 43 minutes ago
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its EeAaDdGgBbEe, its just doubling the adjacent string.

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Reply:272 days 10 hours ago
Member: collisi0n
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its the same thing, tuned on octaves
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Reply:272 days 9 hours 42 minutes ago
Member: shanejohnson2002
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Not always in octaves.

The low strings (E, A, D, and G) are tuned in octaves. The B and E strings are tuned in unison to the same pitches.
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Reply:272 days 39 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG
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Or you can be creative and tune the extra strings to various intervals. You can get some cool sounds like that, but you sacrifice certain chord fingerings that won't sound right.
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Reply:271 days 15 hours 19 minutes ago
Member: RuiOlasBrandon 's
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Cool... Nice to know, and NO, I was NOT joking when i asked about 12 strings... It's very cool!!
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Reply:271 days 15 hours 2 minutes ago
Member: johnmarkh
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just for the record. i wasn't the person that -1'd.
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Reply:268 days 13 hours 42 minutes ago
Member: RuiOlasBrandon 's
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Ok. Hey, people share here how you tune your 12'strings!!!
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Reply:268 days 13 hours 28 minutes ago
Member: Xarkzila
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ALWAYS tuned a full step down.

DdGgCcFfAADD

or

CcGgCcFfGGCC

I rarely do any drop D type tunings and just deal with playing along with another guitar who has dropped the D or double dropped it. Pretty much all I play are 12 strings.
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Reply:268 days 13 hours 26 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG
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Straight tuning. Used to be E (eE aA dD gG bb ee), now it's C# ... I haven't decided where I'll keep it.

Really, any tuning that works on a 6 string works on 12 string too. There is no reason to ask for 12string tunings in particular...


Forget I mentioned you can tune the strings of a pair to different notes. It's not a popular thing to do. I dont' even do it.

Do you even have a 12string? If not, why do you care so much?
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Reply:264 days 11 minutes ago
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I dont even have a 12 string. That's right i dont need to care about it. But it's still cool to know.
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Reply:268 days 6 hours 31 minutes ago
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It's all on octaves except for e and B.
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