KnowraScordaturaLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to Scordatura, each with the reason it gives.All 7Related 6Compared with 1Niccolò PaganiniRelated: Paganini used unusual tuning to enable effects and keys suited to his violin writing.Violin techniqueRelated: Retuning alters available fingerings, resonance, and the physical demands of a passage.Double stopRelated: Retuning can make particular double-stop combinations easier or change their resonance.Double bassRelated: Composers use altered tuning to change the double bass’s resonance or facilitate particular passages.Cello SuitesRelated: The Fifth Suite’s original tuning lowers the cello’s top string to D, reshaping its resonance and fingerings.Heinrich Ignaz Franz BiberRelated: Biber uses altered tunings across the Mystery Sonatas to create unusual sonorities and facilitate particular passages.Partita for Violin No. 2Compared with: Bach writes this partita for standard violin tuning, unlike works that alter the instrument’s tuning.