The Chapman Stick is an instrument with the same scale length as a bass guitar, and its bass strings are usually tuned in 5ths, such as C G D A E, like a cello one octave lower. Bass guitar …

This is exacerbated by using a 5-string bass tuned with more range, like a drop tuning. Multi-scale basses solve this by having different scales for each string.

Apr 28, 2020 · Excellent info on the various tunings used for bass. I have never heard of a bass player tuning a high string on a 5 string bass to a B personally. There is a rarely used …

Jul 1, 2024 · There are two main reasons for tuning down - playing a little lower (obvious), and having less tension in the strings. If the guitarist is going to play in 'E', in reality E♭, then with …

Sep 8, 2023 · The bass tabs I find show the tuning for a 5-string is (low to high) Bb - F - Bb - Eb - Ab . I'm wondering about the strings that have to be tuned up 1/2 step. I'll be playing it on an …

Jun 13, 2023 · @Tim Afaik this would be for 6 string E down an octave, the rest as usual in drop tunings, so E1-B1-E2-A2-C#3-F#3. Which kind of justifies the question, as in this case the …

Apr 26, 2017 · A 5-string bass guitar typically adds a low B, but I have heard of people using a high C instead. A 6-string bass guitar typically adds both a low B and a high C.

Oct 5, 2022 · However, a bass can come out in a six string variation. If I were to get a six string bass, would my technique from guitar be directly transferrable to the base? Once again, I am …

Sep 29, 2017 · 5 How can I change my bass guitar tuning? In this case I want to have a whole step down standard tuning (DGCFAD) (for 4 string bass it should be DGCF). How can I do it?

Nov 2, 2020 · The effect of string thickness on the piano causing inharmonic partial and that being compensated for by stretch tuning is a factor for both high and low notes on the piano. It could …