Mitch Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 How many octaves lower is a bass to a guitar? Wikipedia says it's 1 but if it is then what is an e to e baritone guitar? Baritone guitars have a pitch imbetween a guitar and a bass or so ive read (read it in dan erlewine's how to make an electric guitar play great). But dan erlewine also says baritone guitar is another name for 6 string bass but a 6 string bass is the same pitch as a normal bass but with 2 extra strings right? Confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borge Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 1 octave lower. a six string bass is usually tuned B-E-A-D-G-C (all 4ths, for symmetry of patterns I guess), 5 strings loss the high C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Baritone guitars are tuned (normally) to B...sometimes they are in dropped A A baritone guitar is not a 6 string bass... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJE-Guitars Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 But dan erlewine also says baritone guitar is another name for 6 string bass but a 6 string bass is the same pitch as a normal bass but with 2 extra strings right? This is a confusion in relation of the baritone guitar and short scale bass - baritone guitars can/could be strung as a bass . . . examples commonly used in this subject are the Danelectro Baritone, Fender Bass IV and Jaguar. Apparently a rather contentious issue to bass players!? Dunno why! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Baritone is an octave above a 6-string bass, or a 4th below a normal guitar(like a 7-string without the high e) which is an octave above a 4-string bass. Hope that clears it up =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borge Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 to clear any possible ambiguity: standard guitar tuning E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 4 string bass E1 A1 D2 G2 5 string bass B0 E1 A1 D2 G2 6 string bass B0 E1 A1 D2 G2 C4 baritone guitar B1 A2 D3 F#3 B3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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