Standard tuning strings. This is done to simplify fingering. A few guitarists, mostly those using tapping, play without this interval, instead tuning in all fourths; thus on a six-string guitar the top two strings become C and F instead of B and E. Other unusual tunings include all major thirds, all minor thirds, and various other choices. In standard notation, the guitar sounds one octave lower than it is written. This is to avoid switching between treble and bass clef, or using ledger lines or 8vb, since it is very common to play past the 12th fret on the E string (E)
Standard tuning and drop down to lower open string notes. This is also more practical for the whole playing range of E–C♯ (on a 21-fret guitar), as it can fit easily into the treble clef when written as E–C♯. Transposing by an octave may be explicitly indicated by a suboctave clef, where a treble clef has an '8' placed below it, or a normal treble clef may be used for simplicity. Other plucked string instruments and their respective standard tunings include: Standard tuning In music, standard tuning refers to the typical tuning of a string instrument. This notion is contrary to that