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Originally Posted by Jove d'Ark
That "KINK" as Kirk calls it, in the Tuning between the Open strings of a guitar.
I have long wanted to understand why the guitar has 4ths between all strings except that major 3rd between strings 3 and 2?
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One reason is to make the first string and sixth string both E. That makes it possible to play barre chords and move them all the way up the neck.
Tuning in fourths would be more logical for scales and single notes (like a bass guitar) but pretty useless for chord shapes.