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CHARACTERISTICS The lowest four strings are tuned just like a cello, i.e. in fifths from a low C. The second string is a fourth up from the B to an E, and the first string is a minor third up from the E to a G. Since the first five strings are tuned in fifths, typical fingerings for chords and scales used on the violin and cello are applicable here. The minor third between the top strings allow denser chords, and easier access to some elementary chord tones (typically the thirteenth for chords with the root note on the sixth string, and the ninth and flat ninth for chords with the root note on the fifth string, see Chord ). NST has a greater range than the Old Standard Tuning, approximately a perfect fifth (a major third lower and a minor third higher). SPREAD Robert Fripp exclusively uses the New Standard Tuning in his guitar playing. It was devised in 1984, and subsequently was used on all recordings since then, both as solo artist and within King Crimson, among others. At the Guitar Craft guitar seminars and courses, students are taught exclusively in NST. The education is not completely centered around the tuning however, it only uses it as a tool to teach the students to renew themselves and start approaching their playing in a different way. The idea is that with a completely different guitar tuning than the one you're accustomed to, none of your regular chords or licks will work, and you will have to find new ways of expressing yourself musically with the guitar. TRIVIA Robert Fripp has stated that he came up with the tuning whilst sweating in a sauna in the 70s. EXTERNAL LINKS
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