Baritone Guitar
Pick a baritone tuning — chords, scales, and progressions tailored to the most popular factory tunings for baritone guitar.
B Standard (B E A D F# B)
B standard sits a perfect fourth below standard guitar. It keeps six-string shapes familiar while lowering every chord and scale into baritone range.
A Standard (A D G C E A)
A perfect 5th below standard guitar. Favored in metal, doom, and drone styles for its deep, thick voicings without sacrificing tension.
C Standard (C F A# D# G C)
A major 3rd below standard guitar. Heard on classic surf, country, and Glen Campbell records — the original Danelectro baritone tuning.
Start with tuning and scale length
Baritone guitars use longer scale lengths and heavier strings so lower tunings stay clear instead of floppy. B standard is the balanced default for most players, A standard adds heavier doom and metal range, and C standard keeps a brighter surf, country, and spaghetti-western voice.
Use B standard chords when you want familiar shapes lower, compare A standard scales for deeper riffs, or read baritone gear basics for scale length, string gauge, and pickup context. The tuner helps check each tuning before practice.
Practice tools for baritone guitar
Free in-browser practice tools for baritone players: the tuner with reference tones and microphone pitch detection, a metronome with a speed trainer, the capo & transpose calculator for adapting standard-tuning songs, and the ear trainer. Learn the low neck with the fretboard note trainer, and jam over a real bass line with the song builder. Browse all practice tools.
Then drill with the guided baritone practice routines — timed chord-change sessions with daily streaks and badges.