(Note: In this section, chords are followed by a letter and number that correspond to the individual chord's location in Section IVa: Chart of Recorded Tunings.)
An asterisk (*) indicates the two tunings listed together are the same except that the two lowest pitched strings are reversed in pitch and tuned up or down.
Related tunings are grouped together.
G Tunings
G Major Tunings - Tunings that are a Major chord or that contain a major chord on the top pitched strings.
1.
D-G-B-D-B-D
2.
D-G-B-G-B-D
3.
C-G-B-G-B-D
G Wahine Tunings - Tunings that are a Major 7th chord or that contain the Major 7th Note.
Can also be played effectively in the key of C, making this tuning the same as C Mauna Loa Tuning #1 (C-G-D-G-A-E). Sometimes tuned down as low as the key of F (and Bb), making it the same as F Mauna Loa Tuning #9 (Bb-F-C-F-G-D). This tuning is similar to Tuning #5 below, but with the two lowest pitched bass strings tuned down and reversed in pitch.
Can be played solo effectively also in the key of C. This is a common Hawaiian steel guitar tuning, usually tuned to B-D#-F#-A-C#-E, and called B9th Tuning by steel guitarists.
2.
D-G-D-E-G-G
Called Jacintho's 12 String Tuning.
3.
G-G-B-F-B-E (or G-G-D-F-B-E )
Could be called Moses' Unusual Tuning(s), since they were invented by slack key guitarist Moses Kahumoku.
C Tunings
C Major Tunings - Tunings that are a Major chord or that contain a major chord on the top pitched strings.
Sometimes tuned down to the key of Bb, which makes this tuning the same as Bb Major Tuning #1 (F-Bb-D-F-Bb-C). This tuning is similar to Tuning #2 above, but with the two lowest pitched bass strings tuned up and reversed in pitch.
Can also be played solo effectively in the key of G. This is the same as G Mauna Loa Tuning #4 (C-G-D-G-A-E), which makes this tuning related to G Mauna Loa Tuning #3 (D-G-D-G-A-E). Sometimes tuned down as low as the key of Bb (and F), which makes this tuning the same as F Mauna Loa Tuning #19 (Bb-F-C-F-G-D). This tuning is similar to Tuning #2 below, but with the two lowest pitched bass strings tuned down and reversed in pitch.
Can also be played solo effectively in the key of G. This is the same as G Mauna Loa Tuning #5 (G-C-D-G-A-E). Sometimes tuned down as low as the key of F, which makes this tuning the same as F Mauna Loa Tuning #10 (F-Bb-C-F-G-D). Also sometimes tuned down as low as the key of Bb, which makes this tuning the same as Bb Mauna Loa Tuning #1 (F-Bb-C-F-G-D). This tuning is similar to Tuning #1 above, but with the two lowest pitched bass strings tuned up and reversed in pitch.
C Ni'ihau/Old Mauna Loa Tunings - Tunings with 2 successive strings tuned a 4th interval apart, with the 6th note of the scale as the lower pitch, and the 2nd note as the higher pitch.
Sometimes tuned down to the key of Bb, which makes this tuning the same as Bb Ni'ihau/Old Mauna Loa Tuning #2 (F-Bb-D-F-G-C). This tuning is similar to Tuning #4 above, but with the two lowest pitched bass strings tuned up and reversed in pitch.
Sometimes tuned down to the key of Bb, which makes this tuning the same as Bb Miscellaneous Tuning #1 (F-Bb-C-F-Bb-C). This tuning is similar to Tuning #1 above, but with the two lowest pitched bass strings tuned up and reversed in pitch.
3.
F-C-D-G-C-D
4.
D-C-D-G-C-D
5.
C-G-C-G-A-C
D Tunings
D Major Tunings - Tunings that are a Major chord or that contain a Major chord on the top pitched strings.
D Ni'ihau/Old Mauna Loa Tunings - Tunings with 2 successive strings tuned a 4th interval apart, with the 6th note of the scale as the lower pitch and the 2nd note as the higher pitch.
Can also be tuned up the key of G, which makes this tuning the same as G Mauna Loa Tuning #2 (C-G-D-D-A-E). This tuning similar to Tuning #6 below, but with the two lowest pitched bass strings tuned down and reversed in pitch.
Similar to Tuning #5 in this section, but with the two lowest pitched bass strings tuned up and reversed in pitch.
7.
C-F-C-C-G-D
Can be tuned up as high as the key of G, which makes this tuning the same as G Mauna Loa Tuning #1 (D-G-D-D-A-E) with the guitar tuned down to the key of F.
Can be played solo effectively in the key of Bb. Can also be tuned up to the key of G, which makes this tuning the same as C Mauna Loa Tuning #1 (C-G-D-G-A-E). This tuning is similar to Tuning #10 below, but with the two lowest pitched bass strings tuned down and reversed in pitch.
Can be tuned up to the key of G, which makes this tuning the same as G Mauna Loa Tuning #5 (G-C-D-G-A-E) and C Mauna Loa Tuning #2. This tuning is similar to Tuning #9 above with the two lowest bass strings tuned up and reversed in pitch.
F Ni'ihau/Old Mauna Loa Tunings - Tunings with 2 successive strings tuned a 4th interval apart, with the 6th note of the scale as the lower pitch, and the 2nd note as the higher pitch.
Bb Ni'ihau/Old Mauna Loa Tunings - Tunings with 2 successive strings tuned a 4th interval apart, with the 6th note of the scale as the lower pitch, and the 2nd note as the higher pitch.