Brazilian DGBD
- Input
- D4 G4 B4 D5
- Expected output
- 293.66 / 392.00 / 493.88 / 587.33 Hz
Intervals: fourth, major third, minor third.
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online cavaquinho tuner
Select Cavaquinho and the Brazilian DGBD tuning. Pluck the thickest open string (D4) and work to the thinnest (D5). The tool shows the note, the deviation in cents and marks each string as in tune.
Intervals: fourth, major third, minor third.
Only the 1st string goes up a whole step, from D5 to E5.
Non-re-entrant tuning on C, common in Portugal.
293.66 Hz and 587.33 Hz, one octave.
Far more than the minimum, so the reading is quick.
Click Turn on microphone, allow access and pick Guitar. Pluck the open 6th string (the thickest): the tuner shows the note and the cents. If the needle goes left the string is flat and you tighten the tuning peg; if it goes right, you loosen it. Stop when the panel turns green and move on to the next string. When you finish, go back to the first one, because string tension redistributes along the neck.
In Brazil, D, G, B, D (DGBD), from the thickest string to the thinnest. DGBE is used for solo parts, and CGAD is common in Portugal. The tool includes all three.
Yes, both are in the instrument list. On the viola caipira the tuner compares only the note name, without the octave, because the course strings are paired in different octaves. For the 5-string banjo, Open G and Double C are available.
Yes. The speaker button next to each string plays the reference note (the microphone pauses while it sounds). One trick is to tune the 1st-string D5 against the 4th-string D4: the two notes must sound the same, an octave apart.
Turn on the microphone and pluck an open string.
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