Open B tuning - Misplaced Pages

Open B Tuning is an open tuning for guitar. The open string notes in this tuning are B-F♯-B-F♯-B-D♯. It uses the three notes that form the triad of a B major chord: B, the root note; F♯, the perfect fifth; and D♯, the major third.

When the guitar is strummed without fretting any of the strings, a B major chord is sounded. This means that any major chord can be easily created using one finger, fretting all the strings at once.

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Guitar tunings

General
Standard DADGAD Nashville

Open (Slide and slack-key guitar)

Tuning	Repetitive	Overtones	Other (often most popular)
Open A Open B Open C Open D Open E Open F Open G	A-C♯-E-A-C♯-E B-D♯-F♯-B-D♯-F♯ C-E-G-C-E-G D-F♯-A-D-F♯-A E-G♯-B-E-G♯-B F-A-C-F-A-C G-B-D-G-B-D	A-A-E-A-C♯-E B-B-F♯-B-D♯-F♯ C-C-G-C-E-G D-D-A-D-F♯-A E-E-B-E-G♯-B F-F-C-F-A-C G-G-D-G-B-D	E-A-C♯-E-A-E B-F♯-B-F♯-B-D♯ C-G-C-G-C-E D-A-D-F♯-A-D E-B-E-G♯-B-E C-F-C-F-A-F D-G-D-G-B-D

Regular (semitones)
Unison (0) Minor thirds (3) Major thirds (4) All fourths (5) Augmented fourths (6) New standard (7, 3) All fifths (7)

Repetitive (open pitches)
Trivial (1) Augmented fourths (2) Major thirds (3) English open-C (3) Russian open-G (3) Minor thirds (4)

Miscellaneous
Terz Bass guitar Steel guitar (C6, E9) Other instruments Musical tuning William Sethares

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Open tunings