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This month's newsletter brings you an inspirational quote and the origin of today's tuning method...
Quote:
"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without." - Confucius (551-479 B.C.) Chinese philosopher
Today's tuning method:
The standard tuning method in use today came about sometime during the Baroque period (1600-early 1700's). At that time, the 5-course (5 pairs of strings) guitar was commonly used among musicians. Therefore, the tuning method involved 5 pitches, ADGBE (one pitch was assigned to each pair of strings). Later, during the mid-1700's, there was a gradual move toward adding a lower string to the 5-course guitar. The new string was named (low) E. This resulted in a standard tuning of EADGBE to the 6 string guitar, the same method used today. 1
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References:
1. Chapman, Richard. Guitar (music, history, players)-1st American edition.
New York, NY: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Inc., 2003, pp. 15, 47.
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