The chromatic engine in TunerWear works with any tuning, because it shows you the exact note and cents instead of locking you to presets. Below are the common tunings for guitar and related string instruments, what they sound like, and the artists most associated with each.
The default tuning for 6-string guitar, used in virtually every genre. Each string is tuned a perfect fourth above the previous, except B which is a major third above G.
Standard tuning with the low E lowered a whole step to D. Enables a one-finger power chord on the bottom three strings and gives the low end a heavier, more open sound.
Drop D lowered another whole step. The lowest string sits at C, giving a heavier, darker timbre. Common with heavier string gauges.
Strumming the open strings produces a G major chord. Slide players and blues guitarists love it because barring across any fret yields a major chord at that pitch.
An open D major tuning. Like Open G, it's a slide-friendly and folk-friendly tuning that opens up easy droning and modal voicings.
A modal tuning popularized in Celtic and folk music. Strumming open gives a Dsus4 with no third, leaving harmony ambiguous between major and minor, which is why it suits modal music so well.
Standard tuning, lowered a semitone. Often used to ease string tension, fit a singer's vocal range, or get a slightly warmer tone.
Standard lowered a whole step. Heavier than half step down, often used in hard rock and metal for a thicker, darker sound without going to drop tunings.
Tune any of these with TunerWear. The chromatic engine reads any pitch directly, so any tuning works.
Download free on Google Play