Re: Tuned in Fifth's
Originally Posted by
CarlM
I believe the reason the string bass and guitar are tuned in fourths and the others in fifths is scale length. If a bass were tuned in fifths it would be an immensely long distance to move up and down one string before you reached the next making playing difficult. Guitar fourth tuning leaves about a normal hand span to the next string just as a mandolin does with fifths tuning. The fourths tuning does make it easier to assign one finger per fret when playing scales though.
I have known bass players who have strung their bass in 5th's and said they would never go back. Play classical and jazz.
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