10-string Alto Stick 5+5 Custom Tuning Form

Please fill out the form below, which we will use to set up your instrument, keeping your custom tuning specs on file for future string orders.

Explanations are provided for each parameter in the paragraphs below.

String Identification

Stick strings are identified by their position on the fretboard as seen from the front. String #1 is on the right and #10 is on the left. For your tuning you have chosen a guitar scale 10-string Alto Stick with two groups of strings as shown to the right, numbered 1-5 and 6-10.

String Group Ranges: Accompaniment and Melody

In the table below, please identify each 5-string group as either an "accompaniment" or a "melody" group. On the Alto Stick tuning, strings 1-5 are a melody group and 6-10 are an accompaniment group. The lower of the two groups is the accompaniment group. If they are identical (like the Dual Guitar tuning) , they should both be labeled "melody".

String Group Pitch Direction

Next we need to specify which string in each group is highest in pitch and which is lowest. For example, a conventional bass or guitar tuning would be "highest to lowest". In the case of an Alto Stick tuning the melody strings (1-5) are "highest to lowest" and the accompaniment strings (6-10) are "lowest to highest".

Identifying the Individual String Pitches

Please provide the lettered note name for each string in your tuning. These would be the notes at the first playable fret, called the "X-fret" on our guitar-scale instruments. They would be the same lettered notes an octave higher at the 3rd inlay marker mid way up the fretboard.

On our guitar scale instruments the lowest note is the F just above guitar low E. The highest possible note is A above the guitars open high E string.

Choosing an Overall Gauge for Each String Group

To specify the gauge set for each string group, please select "light, medium or heavy". Usually, we recommend using the same gauge set for each group, but you can also mix them — medium bass and heavy melody, for example.

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String# "X-fret" pitch
1
2
3
4
5
group range group pitch direction group string gauge
1-5 1-5 1-5
   
6
7
8
9
10
6-10 6-10 6-10


Please feel free to provide any other essential tuning information about your tuning that might be helpful to us in selecting your string set, such as unusual intervals beween strings, common reference points on bass, guitar or piano, or if your tuning is a left-handed tuning.



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