Nashville tuning

noun

The replacement of the heavy lower strings of a guitar with lighter ones that sound an octave higher.

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Meanings

nounNashville tuning (usually uncountable, plural Nashville tunings)

plural Nashville tunings

  1. uncountableusuallyentertainmentThe replacement of the heavy lower strings of a guitar with lighter ones that sound an octave higher.
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Nashville tuning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nashville%20tuning

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nashville tuning,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nashville%20tuning.

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