Guitar tunings

Overview of different six-string guitar tunings, and how they relate: open minor (cross-note E or D), standard E, open E, open A, drop D, open G (spanish), standard D, open D (vestapol).

guitar_tunings

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% Author: Izaak Neutelings (June, 2018)
\documentclass[border=3pt,tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta} % to control arrow size
\tikzset{>={Latex[length=4,width=4]}} % for LaTeX arrow head
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usepackage{amsmath,bm}
\usepackage{relsize} % for fontsize
\usepackage{xcolor} % for colored text
\colorlet{mylightblue}{blue!5!white}
\colorlet{mydarkblue}{blue!30!black}
\colorlet{myblue}{blue!50!black}
\colorlet{myred}{red!50!black}
\colorlet{mydarkred}{red!30!black}
\colorlet{mydarkgreen}{green!30!black}
\newcommand{\sh}{\kern-0.08em$^\textbf{\#}$\hspace{-3pt}}
\renewcommand{\b}{\kern-0.06em$\flat$}
\renewcommand{\r}[1]{\textcolor{myred}{#1}}
\begin{document}
% FLOW CHART
\begin{tikzpicture}[xscale=1.3,yscale=1.3,
fscale/.style={font=\relsize{#1}},
arrow/.style={->,thick,mydarkblue,shorten <=2,shorten >=4},
sarrow/.style={->,thick,mydarkblue,shorten <=2,shorten >=6}]
\def\c{0.7}
\def\m{5}
\def\tuning(#1,#2,#3,#4,#5){
\node[draw=mydarkblue,thick,rounded corners=\c,inner sep=\m] (#1) at (#2,#3) [fscale=1.2,anchor=south] {#4};
\node[fill=white,inner sep=1] at (#1.north west) [fscale=-2,right=2,anchor=west,text=mydarkgreen] {#5};
}
% TUNINGS
% \tuning(E, 1, 5, EBEGBE, open minor/cross-note E)
% \tuning(D, 0, 4, EADGBE, standard E)
% \tuning(Dr, 2, 4, EBEG\sh\,BE, open E)
% \tuning(C, 0, 3, DADGBE, drop D)
 
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