The "G# Baritone Tuning" is specifically designed for a 6-string baritone guitar, offering a deep and resonant sonic landscape. As described, it's a unique and powerful setup!

Verbal Analysis

This tuning plunges your guitar into extremely low registers, delivering a thick, dark, and powerful sound. It's perfectly suited for genres like metal, doom, hard rock, and industrial music where a heavy, authoritative presence is desired. The unique re-entrant nature of the 3rd string (tuned to B2, which is lower than the 6th string's G#2) adds an intriguing complexity, allowing for distinctive voicings and drone possibilities that can create a vast, atmospheric, or even dissonant texture. Despite its low pitch, the open strings collectively form a complete G# minor 7th chord, making it surprisingly musical and inspiring for creating dark, rich harmonies or simple, powerful chordal movements.

Technical Analysis

This tuning transforms the standard E-A-D-G-B-E configuration to:

• 6th String (Low E): G2#
• 5th String (A): D3#
• 4th String (D): F3#
• 3rd String (G): B2 (Re-entrant - this string is tuned lower than the 6th, 5th, and 4th strings)
• 2nd String (B): D4#
• 1st String (High E): G4#

The open strings G#2, D#3, F#3, B2, D#4, G#4 collectively spell out a G# Minor 7 (G#m7) chord (G# - B - D# - F#). This means a full G#m7 chord is instantly accessible by strumming all open strings. The intervals from the lowest G# (6th string) are:

• 6th String (G#2): Root
• 5th String (D#3): Perfect 5th
• 4th String (F#3): Minor 7th
• 3rd String (B2): Minor 3rd (re-entrant, B2 is lower than G#2)
• 2nd String (D#4): Octave of Perfect 5th
• 1st String (G4#): Octave of Root

This configuration makes power chords exceptionally easy to form, especially G#5 by barring strings 6 and 5, with the 1st string providing an octave root. Other minor chords and minor 7th voicings will also be highly intuitive, leveraging the inherent G#m7 structure. The re-entrant B string offers creative possibilities for arpeggios and unique drone effects. Due to the extreme down-tuning across all strings, using a heavier gauge string set is strongly recommended to maintain proper string tension and intonation, ensuring the best playability and tone.

Target Notes

Tune your 6-string baritone guitar to the following notes, from thickest (6th) to thinnest (1st) string:

• 6th String: G2#
• 5th String: D3#
• 4th String: F3#
• 3rd String: B2
• 2nd String: D4#
• 1st String: G4#

How to Tune

Based on the provided string movement data, here are the required adjustments for each string:

• 6th String (Low E): Tune down 8 semitones to G2#. Caution: Tuning down 8 semitones is a very significant change. A different gauge string is strongly advised for optimal playability, to prevent excessive string floppiness, and to maintain intonation.
• 5th String (A): Tune down 6 semitones to D3#. Caution: Tuning down 6 semitones is a significant change. A different gauge string is advised for better tension and tone.
• 4th String (D): Tune down 8 semitones to F3#. Caution: Tuning down 8 semitones is a very significant change. A different gauge string is strongly advised for optimal playability and intonation.
• 3rd String (G): Tune down 8 semitones to B2. Caution: Tuning down 8 semitones is a very significant change. A different gauge string is strongly advised for optimal playability and intonation. Note the re-entrant nature of this string.
• 2nd String (B): Tune down 8 semitones to D4#. Caution: Tuning down 8 semitones is a very significant change. A different gauge string is strongly advised for optimal playability and intonation.
• 1st String (High E): Tune down 8 semitones to G4#. Caution: Tuning down 8 semitones is a very significant change. A different gauge string is strongly advised for optimal playability and intonation.