Alternate Guitar Tunings as collected from where ever the guitar is played in the African continent.
| Guitar Tunings ~ Africa | ||||
| Names | Pitch | Tunings | Genres | Regions |
| E A D G B E | ||||
| Em7 add 11 | E A D G B D | Maskanda | South Africa | |
| Mi Compasé | E A [d] G B E | Rumba, Soukous | Congo | |
| Drop | D | D A D G B E | ||
| Hauyani | C | C E G C E G | South Africa | |
| G A D G B E | Ali Farka Toure | Mali | ||
| F | F C F A C F | Botswana | ||