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The '''New Standard Tuning''' (NST) is a ] ] with a greater range than traditional ("old standard") tuning. The strings are assigned the note sequence CGDAEG. The five lowest strings are tuned in ]s, the tuning used for ]s, violins, and for the four strings of a ]s.
⚫ The '''new standard tuning (NST)''' is a special type of ] ] (CGDAEG), introduced by ] of ], who has stated that the tuning "flew by" while he was sweating in a sauna in September 1983.<ref>Tom Mulhern (January 1986). , ''Guitar Player'' (Elephant Talk wiki).</ref><ref>Elizabeth Rose (August 1997). , ''Guitar for the Practicing Musician'' (Elephant Talk wiki).</ref> Fripp began using the tuning in 1985 after stepping out of the spotlight before beginning his ] seminars.<ref name="Heroes">Baldwin, Douglas (November 2007). "Guitar Heroes: How to Play Like 26 Guitar Gods from Atkins to Zappa", edited by Jude Gold and Matt Blackett, ''Guitar Player'', p.111.</ref> Although used by a small number of players in comparison to the ] (referred to as 'Old Standard Tuning' by NST players), it has gained some popularity among ] guitarists, and is the tuning taught at Fripp's ]. The tuning is (from low to high): CGDAEG, and can be remembered by the ] "California Guitarists Drop Acid Every Gig", according to the program booklet sold at the UK end of the Double Trio tour.

The highest string is a G. String sets for the traditional tuning have problems being adapted to the New Standard Tuning, because the low strings are too loose and the highest strings are too taught and may snap. The New Standard Tuning's high G requires less string tension than would the higher C; all-fifths tuning has been implemented on guitars with reinforced necks and with special strings, which can tolerate even higher tension.

NST was introduced by ], who is known as a lead guitarist for ]. Fripp taught the new standard tuning in ] courses beginning in 1985, and thousands of Guitar Craft students continue to use the tuning.

==History==
⚫ The new standard tuning (NST) is a special type of ] ] (CGDAEG), introduced by ] of ], who has stated that the tuning "flew by" while he was sweating in a sauna in September 1983.<ref>Tom Mulhern (January 1986). "On the Discipline of Craft & Art", ''Guitar Player''.</ref><ref>Elizabeth Rose (August 1997). "Robert Fripp Disciplined", ''Guitar for the Practicing Musician''.</ref><ref>{{harvtxt|Tamm|2003|p=148}}</ref> Fripp began using the tuning in 1985 after stepping out of the spotlight before beginning his ] seminars.<ref name="Heroes">Baldwin, Douglas (November 2007). "Guitar Heroes: How to Play Like 26 Guitar Gods from Atkins to Zappa", edited by Jude Gold and Matt Blackett, ''Guitar Player'', p.111.</ref> Although used by a small number of players in comparison to the ] (referred to as 'Old Standard Tuning' by NST players), it has gained some popularity among ] guitarists, and is the tuning taught at Fripp's ]. The tuning is (from low to high): CGDAEG, and can be remembered by the ] "California Guitarists Drop Acid Every Gig", according to the program booklet sold at the UK end of the Double Trio tour.


Robert Fripp has recently suggested the tuning be renamed to, "'''Guitar Craft Standard Tuning''' or '''C Pentatonic tuning'''".<ref>, ''Robert Fripp's Diary''.</ref> Robert Fripp has recently suggested the tuning be renamed to, "'''Guitar Craft Standard Tuning''' or '''C Pentatonic tuning'''".<ref>, ''Robert Fripp's Diary''.</ref>
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==Characteristics== ==Characteristics==
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The lowest four strings are tuned just like a ], i.e. in ] from a low C. The next-to-highest string is another fifth up from the A to an E, and the first string is a ] up from the E to a G. Since the lowest five strings are tuned in fifths, typical fingerings for chords and scales used on the ], cello, and ] are applicable here. The minor third between the top strings allow denser chords in the high range of the scale, and easier access to some elementary ]s (typically the ] for chords with the ] on the sixth string, and the ] and flat ninth for chords with the root note on the fifth string, see ]). NST has a greater range than the Old Standard Tuning, approximately a perfect fifth greater (a ] lower and a minor third higher). The lowest four strings are tuned just like a ], i.e. in ] from a low C. The next-to-highest string is another fifth up from the A to an E, and the first string is a ] up from the E to a G. Since the lowest five strings are tuned in fifths, typical fingerings for chords and scales used on the ], cello, and ] are applicable here. The minor third between the top strings allow denser chords in the high range of the scale, and easier access to some elementary ]s (typically the ] for chords with the ] on the sixth string, and the ] and flat ninth for chords with the root note on the fifth string, see ]). NST has a greater range than the Old Standard Tuning, approximately a perfect fifth greater (a ] lower and a minor third higher): The expanded range allows NST guitars to play music like ]'s "]", which is normally played on a piano and is beyond the reach of a traditional guitar.<ref>{{harvtxt|Zwerdling|1998}}</ref>


] across two strings in NST also line up nicely into coherent ]s or four-note patterns that have a visually rational relationship (] and ] relationships have a remarkable symmetry that can be easier to learn than the OST whose ] from 6 to 1 have the (inconsistent) major third thrown in the middle of the scale{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}. ] across two strings in NST also line up nicely into coherent ]s or four-note patterns that have a visually rational relationship (] and ] relationships have a remarkable symmetry that can be easier to learn than the OST whose ] from 6 to 1 have the (inconsistent) major third thrown in the middle of the scale{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}.


This fifths-based tuning does present a downside, however: wider ] intervals between consecutive strings make certain closely voiced ] impractical requiring an interpretive ] on the part of the guitarist. This fifths-based tuning does present a downside, however: wider ] intervals between consecutive strings make certain closely voiced ] impractical requiring an interpretive ] on the part of the guitarist.
==String gauges==
With traditional guitar strings, the low C may be loose and the high G may be too tight. Special ]s are therefore more suitable for NST. For steel-stringed acoustic-guitars, many Guitar-Craft participants use either an .011–.058 set <ref name="Heroes"/> or an .011–.059 set;<ref name="CGT">{{harvtxt|Barry|2004}}</ref> string-sets may be purchased as a set from a manufacturer or purchased singly and assembled by the guitarist.


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==Artists who use NST== ==Artists who use NST==
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Robert Fripp exclusively uses the New Standard Tuning in his guitar playing. He started using it in 1984 and has used it on all recordings since then, both as solo artist and within King Crimson, among others. Robert Fripp exclusively uses the New Standard Tuning in his guitar playing. He started using it in 1984 and has used it on all recordings since then, both as solo artist and within King Crimson, among others.{{cn|date=April 2012}}


Fripp has taught NST in his ] courses. In Guitar Craft and since 2010 in the successor ]s, students use only New Standard Tuning. Having to use a new tuning, the students are challenged to approach their playing with greater ], putting to rest their habitual use of automatic chords or licks. With the new tuning, guitarists have to find new ways of musical expression.<ref>{{harvtxt|Tamm|2003|pp=, }}</ref>
At Guitar Craft seminars and courses, students work exclusively in NST. The education is not completely centered around the tuning; however, it was originally used as a tool to push students to begin from scratch, renew themselves and approach their playing in a different way. The idea is that with a completely different guitar tuning than the one you're accustomed to, none of your regular chords or licks will work, and you will have to find new ways of musical expression with the guitar.


The tuning is used by students of Guitar Craft, of which there have been thousands. Guitar-Craft alumni who continue to practice NST are called "crafty guitarists" or "crafties".<ref>{{harvtxt|Fripp|2011|p=3}}</ref> Some crafty guitarists formed ] (LCG), which toured with Robert Fripp and released several albums.<ref>{{harvtxt|Tamm|2003|loc=}}</ref> The Guitar-Craft experience and the League of Crafty Guitarists trained guitarists who went on to form new bands, such as the ]<ref name="Zwerdling" >{{harvtxt|Zwerdling|1998}}</ref> and ]; the California Guitar Trio and Gunn toured with Fripp as ]. Other alumni of the League of Crafty Guitarists include members of Los Gauchos Alemanes, such as U.S. guitarist ];<ref>{{cite journal|title=Electric&nbsp;Gauchos' transcontinental alt-prog|section=RIFFS|journal=]|month=1 October|year=2005|last=Cleveland|first=Barry|ref=harv|format=html|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-136121009.html|id=(subscription required)}}</ref> Ball is associated with the Seattle Guitar&nbsp;Circle,<ref>{{cite news|last=Anonymous|first=''Yakima Herald-Republic''|title=Guitar performance slated for Unity Church|section=Body and soul: What's happening|newspaper=Yakima Herald-Republic|year=2000|accessdate=22 Apr. 2012|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18455535.html|id=(subscription required)|format=html|ref=harv}}</ref> along with LCG alumnus Curt&nbsp;Golden.<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Upchurch|title=Guitarists put listeners in the circle|series=Your Wednesday|paper=]|location=Seattle, Washington|month=6 October|year=2010|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-238796630.html|format=html|ref=harv|id=(subscription required)}}</ref>
The tuning is most notably used by Guitar Craft players including ], the ], ], ], ], ], ], the ], the ], ], ], ], Europa String Choir, Fabio Mittino, ], Tom McCarthy of Chicago's Luminance Ensemble, and thousands of Guitar Craft students around the world. In 1999, Fripp mentioned in his journal that King Crimson singer/guitarist ] had been experimenting with the NST for live and studio work centered around Crimson's then-current album, ]. ], Crimson's ] player from 1994 to 2003, as well as ] of ] use variants of this tuning on their 8- and 10-string instruments. Finnish musician ] exclusively uses a 7-string guitar tuned in NST with an additional low F.
The collection ''A Plague of Crafty Guitarists'' features the following Guitar-Craft alumni, who were listed by reviewer Barry&nbsp;Cleveland: Tobin Buttram, Nigel Gavin, Geary Street Quartet, Bill Hibbits, Janssen and Jensen, Sur Pacifico, Playmovil, and Santos Luminosos.<ref>{{harvtxt|Cleveland|2004a}}</ref><ref>{{Allmusic
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The following guitarists also use NST: ], ], ], the ], Europa String Choir, Fabio Mittino, ], Tom McCarthy of Chicago's Luminance Ensemble.{{cn|date=April 2012}}<!-- In 1999, Fripp mentioned in his journal that King Crimson singer/guitarist ] had been experimenting with the NST for live and studio work centered around Crimson's then-current album, ]. -->


NST has been adapted for instruments besides guitar. ] (Crimson's ] player from 1994 to 2003) and ] (TUNER with Crimson drummer ])<ref name="Prasad">{{cite journal|title=Markus&nbsp;Reuter|series=RIFFS: Outsider|journal=Guitar Player|month=1&nbsp;October|year=2007|last=Prasad|first=Anil|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-168361710.html|format=html|ref=harv|id=(subscription required)|accessdate=25&nbsp;March 2012}}</ref> have adapted NST for their 8- and 10-string instruments; in 2007, Reuter used a B, F, C, G, D, A, C, D tuning.<ref name="Prasad"/> Finnish musician ] uses a 7-string guitar tuned in NST with an additional low F when he is not playing drums.<ref>{{cite web|title=Heikki Malmberg—Exclusive OnlineDrummer.com Interview|first=Frank|last=Bender|year=2009|month=25 April|format=html|url=http://www.onlinedrummer.com/article.php?id=65|ref=harv|publisher=OnlineDrummer.com|accessdate=23 April 2012}}</ref>
⚫ ==References==

==Notes==
{{reflist}} {{reflist}}
⚫ ==References==
* {{cite journal|first=Barry|last=Cleveland|title=The Plague of Crafty Guitarists: Volume one|issue=|month=1&nbsp;August|year=2004a|accessdate=15 March 2012|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-119370162.html|format=html|journal=]|ref=harv|id=(subscription required)]}}
* {{cite journal|first=Barry|last=Cleveland|title=California Guitar Trio (Interview)|issue=Fall|month=1&nbsp;December|year=2004|accessdate=15 March 2012|url=http://www.sroartists.com/artists/californiaguitartrio/files/cgt-reviews.pdf|format=pdf|journal=Frets&nbsp;Magazine|ref=harv|id=}}
* {{cite book|last=Fripp|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Fripp|title=Seven Guitar&nbsp;Craft themes: Definitive scores for guitar ensemble|publisher=Partitas Music|year=2011|ref=harv|editor-first=Horacio|editor-last=Pozzo|url=http://partitasmusic.com/ |id=]&nbsp;979-0-9016791-7-7. ]&nbsp;]&nbsp;partitas001|edition=First limited|others="Original transcriptions by Curt Golden", "Layout scores and tablatures: Ariel Rzezak and Theo Morresi"}}
* {{citation|title=Robert&nbsp;Fripp: From crimson&nbsp;king to crafty&nbsp;master
|first=Eric|last=Tamm|authorlink=Eric Tamm (musicologist)
|url=http://www.progressiveears.com/frippbook/ch10.htm|format=html
|ref=harv|year=2003|origyear=1990|publisher=Faber and Faber (1990)|isbn=0571162894
|edition=Progressive Ears|id=
|accessdate=October 26, 2011}}
* {{cite journal|first=Daniel|last=Zwerdling|authorlink=Daniel Zwerdling|location=Washington DC|title=California Guitar Trio|edition=NPR Weekend Edition|journal=]|publisher=]|year=1998|accessdate=21 April 2012|ref=harv|month=5 September 5|year=1998|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-29111365.html|format=html|id=. }}

==Further reading==

* {{cite journal|last=Drozdowski|first=Ted|title=Robert Fripp: A plectral purist answers the dumb questions|journal=Musician|month=February|year=1989|pages=28+|ref=harv|id=Referenced in {{harvtxt|Tamm|2003}}}}


==External links== ==External links==
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New standard tuning.

The New Standard Tuning (NST) is a guitar tuning with a greater range than traditional ("old standard") tuning. The strings are assigned the note sequence CGDAEG. The five lowest strings are tuned in perfect fifths, the tuning used for mandolins, violins, and for the four strings of a bass guitars.

The highest string is a G. String sets for the traditional tuning have problems being adapted to the New Standard Tuning, because the low strings are too loose and the highest strings are too taught and may snap. The New Standard Tuning's high G requires less string tension than would the higher C; all-fifths tuning has been implemented on guitars with reinforced necks and with special strings, which can tolerate even higher tension.

NST was introduced by Robert Fripp, who is known as a lead guitarist for King Crimson. Fripp taught the new standard tuning in Guitar-Craft courses beginning in 1985, and thousands of Guitar Craft students continue to use the tuning.

History

The new standard tuning (NST) is a special type of guitar tuning (CGDAEG), introduced by Robert Fripp of King Crimson, who has stated that the tuning "flew by" while he was sweating in a sauna in September 1983. Fripp began using the tuning in 1985 after stepping out of the spotlight before beginning his Guitar Craft seminars. Although used by a small number of players in comparison to the standard guitar tuning (referred to as 'Old Standard Tuning' by NST players), it has gained some popularity among experimental guitarists, and is the tuning taught at Fripp's Guitar Craft. The tuning is (from low to high): CGDAEG, and can be remembered by the mnemonic "California Guitarists Drop Acid Every Gig", according to the program booklet sold at the UK end of the Double Trio tour.

Robert Fripp has recently suggested the tuning be renamed to, "Guitar Craft Standard Tuning or C Pentatonic tuning".

Characteristics

New standard tuning's range.

The lowest four strings are tuned just like a cello, i.e. in fifths from a low C. The next-to-highest string is another fifth up from the A to an E, and the first string is a minor third up from the E to a G. Since the lowest five strings are tuned in fifths, typical fingerings for chords and scales used on the violin, cello, and mandolin are applicable here. The minor third between the top strings allow denser chords in the high range of the scale, and easier access to some elementary chord tones (typically the thirteenth for chords with the root note on the sixth string, and the ninth and flat ninth for chords with the root note on the fifth string, see chord). NST has a greater range than the Old Standard Tuning, approximately a perfect fifth greater (a major third lower and a minor third higher): The expanded range allows NST guitars to play music like Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", which is normally played on a piano and is beyond the reach of a traditional guitar.

Scales across two strings in NST also line up nicely into coherent tetrachords or four-note patterns that have a visually rational relationship (whole and half-tone relationships have a remarkable symmetry that can be easier to learn than the OST whose intervals from 6 to 1 have the (inconsistent) major third thrown in the middle of the scale.

This fifths-based tuning does present a downside, however: wider harmonic intervals between consecutive strings make certain closely voiced jazz chords impractical requiring an interpretive voicing on the part of the guitarist.

String gauges

With traditional guitar strings, the low C may be loose and the high G may be too tight. Special gauges are therefore more suitable for NST. For steel-stringed acoustic-guitars, many Guitar-Craft participants use either an .011–.058 set or an .011–.059 set; string-sets may be purchased as a set from a manufacturer or purchased singly and assembled by the guitarist.

Steel-string gauges for acoustic guitars
G 1 E 2 A 3 D  4 G 5 C 6 Source
0.011 0.013 0.023 0.032 0.046 0.056 Guitar Craft Services (Unavailable in 2012)
0.012 0.015 0.023 0.032 0.046 0.060 Guitar Craft Services (Unavailable in 2012)
0.011 0.013 0.022 0.032 0.047 0.058 John Pearse Strings, manufacturer
0.011 0.013 0.022 0.032 0.047 0.059 D'Addario, manufacturer (available at Guitar-Circle courses)

Artists who use NST

New Standard Tuning was taught first by Fripp in the courses of Guitar Craft, whose knotwork symbol is pictured.

Robert Fripp exclusively uses the New Standard Tuning in his guitar playing. He started using it in 1984 and has used it on all recordings since then, both as solo artist and within King Crimson, among others.

Fripp has taught NST in his Guitar-Craft courses. In Guitar Craft and since 2010 in the successor Guitar Circles, students use only New Standard Tuning. Having to use a new tuning, the students are challenged to approach their playing with greater mindfulness, putting to rest their habitual use of automatic chords or licks. With the new tuning, guitarists have to find new ways of musical expression.

The tuning is used by students of Guitar Craft, of which there have been thousands. Guitar-Craft alumni who continue to practice NST are called "crafty guitarists" or "crafties". Some crafty guitarists formed The League of Crafty Guitarists (LCG), which toured with Robert Fripp and released several albums. The Guitar-Craft experience and the League of Crafty Guitarists trained guitarists who went on to form new bands, such as the California Guitar Trio and Trey Gunn; the California Guitar Trio and Gunn toured with Fripp as The Robert Fripp String Quintet. Other alumni of the League of Crafty Guitarists include members of Los Gauchos Alemanes, such as U.S. guitarist Steve Ball; Ball is associated with the Seattle Guitar Circle, along with LCG alumnus Curt Golden. The collection A Plague of Crafty Guitarists features the following Guitar-Craft alumni, who were listed by reviewer Barry Cleveland: Tobin Buttram, Nigel Gavin, Geary Street Quartet, Bill Hibbits, Janssen and Jensen, Sur Pacifico, Playmovil, and Santos Luminosos. The following guitarists also use NST: Gitbox Rebellion, BigTime Trio, Zum, the Atomic Chamber Ensemble, Europa String Choir, Fabio Mittino, Lost Pedro, Tom McCarthy of Chicago's Luminance Ensemble.

NST has been adapted for instruments besides guitar. Trey Gunn (Crimson's touch-guitar player from 1994 to 2003) and Markus Reuter (TUNER with Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto) have adapted NST for their 8- and 10-string instruments; in 2007, Reuter used a B, F, C, G, D, A, C, D tuning. Finnish musician Heikki Malmberg uses a 7-string guitar tuned in NST with an additional low F when he is not playing drums.

Notes

  1. Tom Mulhern (January 1986). "On the Discipline of Craft & Art", Guitar Player.
  2. Elizabeth Rose (August 1997). "Robert Fripp Disciplined", Guitar for the Practicing Musician.
  3. Tamm (2003, p. 148)
  4. ^ Baldwin, Douglas (November 2007). "Guitar Heroes: How to Play Like 26 Guitar Gods from Atkins to Zappa", edited by Jude Gold and Matt Blackett, Guitar Player, p.111.
  5. "Monday, 4th January 2010", Robert Fripp's Diary.
  6. Zwerdling (1998)
  7. ^ Barry (2004) harvtxt error: no target: CITEREFBarry2004 (help)
  8. ^ Tamm (2003, Chapter 10: Thursday)
  9. Pearse, John. "Six and twelve string acoustic guitar" (html). jpstrings.com. Retrieved 25 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  10. ^ Golden, Curt (2008). "Tunings" (html). Curt Golden—Guitar Instruction. Retrieved 25 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  11. Tamm (2003, pp. 134, 142, 148 (Chapter 10), c.f. pp. 160, 4)
  12. Fripp (2011, p. 3)
  13. Tamm (2003, Chapter 11)
  14. Zwerdling (1998)
  15. Cleveland, Barry (2005). "Electric Gauchos' transcontinental alt-prog" (html). Guitar Player. (subscription required). {{cite journal}}: |section= ignored (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  16. Anonymous, Yakima Herald-Republic (2000). "Guitar performance slated for Unity Church" (html). Yakima Herald-Republic. (subscription required). Retrieved 22 Apr. 2012. {{cite news}}: |section= ignored (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  17. Upchurch, Michael (2010). "Guitarists put listeners in the circle" (html). Your Wednesday. Seattle, Washington. (subscription required). {{cite news}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |paper= ignored (help)
  18. Cleveland (2004a)
  19. Plague of Crafty Guitarists, Volume 1 at AllMusic. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  20. ^ Prasad, Anil (2007). "Markus Reuter" (html). Guitar Player. RIFFS: Outsider. (subscription required). Retrieved 25 March 2012. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  21. Bender, Frank (2009). "Heikki Malmberg—Exclusive OnlineDrummer.com Interview" (html). OnlineDrummer.com. Retrieved 23 April 2012. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

References

Further reading

  • Drozdowski, Ted (1989). "Robert Fripp: A plectral purist answers the dumb questions". Musician: 28+. Referenced in Tamm (2003). {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

External links

  • Guitar Craft - Guitar education in New Standard Tuning, founded by Robert Fripp
  • - WebArchive.org wayback machine copy of old Guitar Craft website.
  • The FraKctured Zone - King Crimson fan resource with some notation and tabs to songs in NST.

See also

Robert Fripp
Studio albums
Collaborative albums
With Fripp & Eno
With The League of Gentlemen
With Andy Summers
With David Sylvian
Guest appearances
With King Crimson
With Sunday All Over the World
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  • D-F♯-A-D-F♯-A
  • E-G♯-B-E-G♯-B
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