Instruments & Their Tunings

 

Musical instruments have historically evolved over time.  Did you ever wonder why your instrument is tuned the way it is?  The origin of what we know today as our guitar, for instance, can be considered an ancestor or the Lute.  Below I have diagrammed various instrument, including the banjo, guitar, mandolin, lute, guittern, and the cittern

 

 banjo tuning  Guitar Tuning  Mandolin Tuning
 lute 1 tuning Lute 2 Tuning   Guittern Tuning
 cittern tuning    

 

 

 

 

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