A repetitive tuning begins with a list of notes that is duplicated, either at unison or at higher octaves.
For example, in major-thirds tuning, chords are raised an octave by shifting fingers by three strings on the same frets.
[2] Repetitive tunings are listed after their number of open pitches.
For example, the repetitive open-C tuning C-E-G-C-E-G has three open-pitches, each of which is associated with repeated notes {(C,C), (E,E), (G,G)}.
It is also a regular tuning in which the interval between its strings is a tritone (augmented fourth).
This kind of tuning can also be called modal D or open D5 as it contains a D chord without a third.
[1][2] In each minor-thirds tuning, every interval between successive strings is a minor third.
[14] In the minor-thirds tuning beginning with C, the open strings contain the notes (c, d♯, f♯) of the diminished C chord.