Talk:Fifths tuning

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I wonder about the statement that fifths is mostly used by jazz bass players; I myself actually only know of two jazzers who use fifths. I was also questioned about the fact that most fifths players are in Canada (I know that Paul Brun's book mentions this). Do you guys think there is anyway to find any real statistics about this. Does anyone have Paul Brun's book handy so we might give some sort of citation for whatever we might find there? Indianmandolin 21:03, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

19th century France

I've added a 'citation needed' (actually the whole article needs citing) to the assertion that fifths tuning was the most common tuning in 19th century France. Any idea where this came from? I didn't think that basses in 19th century France even had four strings until fairly late on in the century. (Admittedly they could have had three strings tuned in fifths, but this wouldn't really be the same as modern fifths tuning.) TSP (talk) 02:29, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

The Corrette bass method does mention a 3-string fifths tuning, but yes it's not the same as the one described here. The article should probably be retitled to be specific to double bass. Do electric bass players ever tune like this? Symphing12 (talk) 01:49, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Scope of article

Why is this article titled "Fifths tuning," but only mentions a single instrument, the double bass (when many other instruments also use fifths tunings)? Badagnani (talk) 01:20, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Major tenth

"Mostly used by jazz players for the major tenth which can be played easily without a position shift."
Could someone elaborate on this? I know what a major tenth is, but what is the relevance for jazz bassists and what exactly is meant by "Major tenth" in this context? -- megA (talk) 14:36, 27 February 2010 (UTC)