Nashville tuning

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Nashville tuning (also high-strung or high-string guitar) is the practice of replacing the heavy lower strings of a guitar with lighter ones that sound an octave higher. The six strings of a guitar are normally tuned to the notes E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4. The lowest four strings, numbers 6–3, are wound. On a high-strung guitar, these strings are replaced with lighter gauge strings, often from the higher string from each course of a twelve-string guitar set. Because the note names are the same, the chord shapes do not change, making high-strung guitars relatively easy to play for most guitarists. The resulting sound is bright and distinctive. It is common practice for sessions in Nashville to have a rhythm guitarist playing in Nashville tuning. The practice emerged in the 1950s. Ray Edenton is often mistakenly credited with inventing it after he broke a string. Edenton recalls that he merely adopted the practice from Chet Atkins. The high-strung sound became a signature in Edenton's prolific session...

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