Nashville Tuning

[obee]

I've been playing guitar for 35+ years - this is really going to sound dumb - but I must have missed something - what are the strings tuned to for "Nashville Tuning"???

 

[Tom Hicks]

Nashville

Get a set of strings for a twelve string guitar.Use the little E ,A and D and the regular G B and E.Your familiar positions will now produce some interesting voicings.
Tom

 

[Emeric]

My understanding was that you used the little strings E A D G from the 12 string set, only cranked up an octave higher than normal tuning. B and E stay in standard pitch. This is the way I was tuning an old Harmony/CBS acoustic for awhile, sounded pretty cool doubled with a standard tuned guitar.

 

[Gidge]

http://www.alanhorvath.com/LSN3.html

 

[obee]

Thanks people! - a wealth of knowledge!

 

[Tonewoods]

On a rockin' tune, try a Nashville-tuned guitar tracked twice, then panned hard L/R...a great sound...

 

[Neptune]

OK, so is the G string regular or octave in Nashville tuning?

 

[obee]

It's my understanding that the G is an octave. I strung up an old Yamaha 6-string with the Nashville Tuning strings - it's really cool - a whole different sound! Try the website from the post above in Gidge's message - gives tunings and some chord charts.