Nashville or high-strung tuning refers to the practice of replacing the wound E, A, D and G strings on a six-string guitar with lighter gauge strings to allow tuning an octave higher than standard. ^[1] This is usually achieved by using one string from each of the six courses of a twelve-string set, using the higher string for those courses tuned in octaves.

The Pink Floyd song " Hey You" from the album The Wall and the Kansas song " Dust in the Wind" ^[2] from their Point of Know Return album use this form of guitar tuning. In "Hey You", David Gilmour replaced the low E string with a second high E (not a 12-string set, low E's octave string) such that it was two octaves up. The Rolling Stones' " Wild Horses" features a 12-string guitar played by Keith Richards and a guitar with Nashville tuning played by Mick Taylor. " Jumpin' Jack Flash" featured two acoustic guitars, one Nashville strung, overdriven through a cassette recorder. ^[3] James Williamson used Nashville tuning on "Gimme Danger" ^[4] on Raw Power by the Stooges. Elliott Smith used a variant of Nashville tuning with a twelve-string guitar on XO for the song "Tomorrow Tomorrow." ^[5] Pat Metheny is known for using Nashville tuning on several occasions, notably his song "Phase Dance" from his group's debut album. ^{[6] [7]} Similarly, Andy Fairweather Low used a high-strung guitar on his 1975 UK hit single " Wide Eyed and Legless", taken from his La Booga Rooga album. ^{[8] [9]}

Other songs featuring the tuning include:

• " William, It Was Really Nothing" and " The Headmaster Ritual" by The Smiths ^{[7] [10] [11]}

References

External links

• Directions for tuning a standard six string to Nashville tuning

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