Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stringed instrument tunings

This guideline is a part of the English Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Editors should generally follow it, though exceptions may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on this guideline's talk page.

Shortcuts WP:MOSTUNINGS MOS:TUNINGS

This page in a nutshell: When describing the tuning of a stringed instrument: Always list the closest (normally bass) string first. Always number the furthest (normally treble) string as "one". In other matters, be consistent within the article.

In articles on stringed instruments and related topics, information on the tuning of the strings is very often included. The formatting of this information raises some surprisingly tricky issues, as the conventions adopted elsewhere are not terribly consistent.