Music Theory Tools

Guitar tuning

C Standard Tuning

C standard lowers the guitar two whole steps from standard tuning for a heavier six-string range.

Notes low to high
CFBbEbGC
Strings
6
Default frets
24
Open pitch range
C2 to C4
24-fret pitch range
C2 to C6
Also called
Two Steps Down, CFBbEbGC

Common uses

Open this tuning in the fretboard tool

Start with c standard tuning loaded, then adjust root, scale, fret count, labels, colors, and orientation.

Open in interactive fretboard
C Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale core scale for this tuning's low-string root C Minor Blues Guitar Scale blues and rock vocabulary around the low-string root C Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale full minor-key reference pattern C Major (Ionian) Guitar Scale major-scale reference pattern

Scale diagrams in this tuning

C Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale C Standard Tuning C Minor Blues Guitar Scale C Standard Tuning C Natural Minor (Aeolian) Guitar Scale C Standard Tuning C Major (Ionian) Guitar Scale C Standard Tuning
C Minor Guitar Arpeggio core minor-triad outline around the tuning root C Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio minor seventh vocabulary around the tuning root C Major Guitar Arpeggio major-triad reference around the tuning root C Dominant 7 Guitar Arpeggio dominant seventh reference around the tuning root

Arpeggio diagrams in this tuning

C Minor Guitar Arpeggio C Standard Tuning C Minor 7 Guitar Arpeggio C Standard Tuning C Major Guitar Arpeggio C Standard Tuning C Dominant 7 Guitar Arpeggio C Standard Tuning