The Jazz Piano Guitar tuning, as its name suggests and its 'Estilo jazz piano' description implies, is designed to evoke the rich, extended harmonies and open voicings characteristic of jazz piano. This tuning transforms your guitar into a powerful tool for exploring lush chord voicings and complex harmonic textures with surprising ease.

Technical Analysis:

The open strings are tuned to C2, G2, B2, D3, E3, G4. When played together, these notes form a beautiful and full C Major 9th (Cmaj9) chord. This chord includes the root (C), major 3rd (E), perfect 5th (G), major 7th (B), and major 9th (D), spread across a wide range, providing a resonant and harmonically rich foundation. The intervals are carefully chosen to allow for expansive open voicings, mimicking the spread of notes a pianist might play with both hands.

This tuning makes playing Cmaj9 and related chords incredibly accessible, often requiring minimal fretting. The open strings themselves constitute a Cmaj9, meaning you can strum all open strings for this rich chord. This encourages the use of open strings as drones and pedal tones, enhancing melodic lines and creating a broader harmonic palette. Other chords like Cmaj7 (by muting or avoiding the D string), G/C, or D/Cmaj7 are also immediately available or easily within reach. Experimentation with sliding shapes up the neck will reveal many inversions and related jazz chords, making this tuning ideal for comping, fingerstyle jazz, and creating atmospheric soundscapes.

How to Tune:

Please be aware that some string movements are significant and may require care or a different string gauge for optimal performance and string longevity. We recommend tuning slowly and carefully, especially for the larger string movements.

• String 6 (Low E): Tune down 4 semitones to C2. This is a moderate drop. Tuning down 4 semitones means taking care, but it is generally manageable.
• String 5 (A): Tune down 2 semitones to G2. This is a comfortable and safe adjustment.
• String 4 (D): Tune down 3 semitones to B2. This is a moderate drop. Take care during tuning.
• String 3 (G): Tune down 5 semitones to D3. Caution: This is a significant drop beyond 4 semitones. A lighter gauge string for this position is strongly advised to prevent excessive slack and potential buzzing, and for better intonation.
• String 2 (B): Tune down 7 semitones to E3. Extreme Caution: This is a very substantial drop. A significantly lighter gauge string is highly recommended to maintain proper tension and playability and to avoid string damage.
• String 1 (High E): Tune up 3 semitones to G4. This is an upward adjustment requiring care. Tuning up 3 semitones approaches the limit for standard string gauges; tune slowly and do not exceed this tension to avoid snapping the string.

Open String Notes:

• String 6: C2 (Lowest string on a guitar, usually E)
• String 5: G2 (Usually A)
• String 4: B2 (Usually D)
• String 3: D3 (Usually G)
• String 2: E3 (Usually B)
• String 1: G4 (Highest string on a guitar, usually E)