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the edition that corrected some awful errors also changed the intended meaning of one word - although I must admit that the intended word was hard to get
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Other answers have already pointed that strings are named after the note they are tuned to. For the question "Why aren't guitars tuned to the notes A B C D E F in this order?", stated in comments, the reason is that a guitar is intended to produce the most common and beautiful chords as easily as possible. Guitarists can produce different chords by pressing a few strings and the usual tuning of strings require simpler finger positions to produce the most common chords. Therefore, the goal is not making it easy to remember the names of the notesstrings, it's making it easy to remember and play the chords.

In fact, often performers tune the strings to different notes to make it easier to play the set of chords for some songs.

Other answers have already pointed that strings are named after the note they are tuned to. For the question "Why aren't guitars tuned to the notes A B C D E F in this order?", stated in comments, the reason is that a guitar is intended to produce the most common and beautiful chords as easily as possible. Guitarists can produce different chords by pressing a few strings and the usual tuning of strings require simpler finger positions to produce the most common chords. Therefore, the goal is not making it easy to remember the names of the notes, it's making it easy to remember and play the chords.

In fact, often performers tune the strings to different notes to make it easier to play the set of chords for some songs.

Other answers have already pointed that strings are named after the note they are tuned to. For the question "Why aren't guitars tuned to the notes A B C D E F in this order?", stated in comments, the reason is that a guitar is intended to produce the most common and beautiful chords as easily as possible. Guitarists can produce different chords by pressing a few strings and the usual tuning of strings require simpler finger positions to produce the most common chords. Therefore, the goal is not making it easy to remember the names of the strings, it's making it easy to remember and play the chords.

In fact, often performers tune the strings to different notes to make it easier to play the set of chords for some songs.

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OthersOther answers have already pointed that strings are named after the note they are tuned onto. For the question "why"Why aren't guitars tuned to the notes A B C D E F in this order?", stated in comments, the reason is that a guitar is intended to produce the most common and beautiful accordschords as easyeasily as possible. Guitarists can produce different accordschords by pressing a few strings and the usual tuning of strings require simpler finger positioinspositions to produce the most common accordschords. Therefore, the goal is not making it easy to remember the names of the chordsnotes, it's making it easy to remember and play the accordschords.

In fact, often performers tune the strings to different notes to make it easier to play the set of accords ofchords for some songs.

Others answers have already pointed that strings are named after the note they are tuned on. For the question "why aren't guitars tuned to the notes A B C D E F in this order?", stated in comments, the reason is that a guitar is intended to produce the most common and beautiful accords as easy as possible. Guitarists can produce different accords by pressing a few strings and the usual tuning of strings require simpler finger positioins to produce the most common accords. Therefore, the goal is not making easy to remember the names of the chords, it's making easy to remember and play the accords.

In fact, often performers tune the strings to different notes to make easier set of accords of some songs.

Other answers have already pointed that strings are named after the note they are tuned to. For the question "Why aren't guitars tuned to the notes A B C D E F in this order?", stated in comments, the reason is that a guitar is intended to produce the most common and beautiful chords as easily as possible. Guitarists can produce different chords by pressing a few strings and the usual tuning of strings require simpler finger positions to produce the most common chords. Therefore, the goal is not making it easy to remember the names of the notes, it's making it easy to remember and play the chords.

In fact, often performers tune the strings to different notes to make it easier to play the set of chords for some songs.

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Others answers have already pointed that strings are named after the note they are tuned on. For the question "why aren't guitars tuned to the notes A B C D E F in this order?", stated in comments, the reason is that a guitar is intended to produce the most common and beautiful accords as easy as possible. Guitarists can produce different accords by pressing a few strings and the usual tuning of strings require simpler finger positioins to produce the most common accords. Therefore, the goal is not making easy to remember the names of the chords, it's making easy to remember and play the accords.

In fact, often performers tune the strings to different notes to make easier set of accords of some songs.