The viola d'amore was normally tuned specifically for the piece it was to play - cf. scordatura.
Although both instruments are tuned normally to a diatonic scale, on slower pieces, accidentals can be created by sharping individual notes.
When it is tuned normally, four of the instrument's six strings are part of the tonic chord.
Both sides are normally tuned in fourths intervals.
Commercial tuning forks are normally tuned to the correct pitch at the factory, but they can be retuned by filing material off the prongs.
The instrument is normally tuned to the minor pentatonic scale.
The A string is normally tuned first, typically to a pitch of 440 Hz or 442 Hz.
Although normally tuned, untuned examples are sometimes used to produce a bass rhythm.
These strings are normally tuned to C, D and G natural respectively.
It is normally tuned a point between the crystal's fundamental frequency and its first harmonic.