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yes in the sense that you achieve different tunings , some people tune lower to achieve heavier sounds , some people tune higher for a nicer sound for say Folk Music or whatever.

wikipedia can tell you all the guitar tunings essentially if you want to tune lower do all the strings equally

EADGBE - standard E - the most common guitar tuning

DGCFAD - standard D - each string is one note lower

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They tighten and loosen the strings to correct the sounds.

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