2013/12/5 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org>

> What I meant was: what is required for the a minimal first useful
> user experience.  Would a hardcoded tuning do, so that we can
> implement a tuning choosing mechanism later?
>
>
yes, stringTunings = #guitar-tuning would be ok for most guitarists


> > It is quite common to have pieces in "lute tuning" (one string a
> > semitone off, don't remember which one right now) and also to turn the
> > lowest string one note down occasionally.
>
> So I take it that my guess that 90% of all guitar pieces have standard
> tuning was too optimistic?
>

It really depends on the music and kind of guitar.
Alternate tunings are used mostly on acoustic guitar and especially in
fingerstyle and flatpicking tecniques.
I know very few pieces for electric guitar which use alternate tunings
(usually 6th string dropped down to d or cis).
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