fix(tunings): extended-range bass was named as a guitar

Reported by a 6-string bassist: a Sleep Token chart tuned A0 D1 G1 C2 F2
A#2 (standard 6-string bass, whole step down) imported and displayed as
"6 string D Standard". They called it A standard and they were right.

Root cause: `tuning_name()` gated its naming ladder on
`len(offsets) == 6`, treating six offsets as proof of a 6-string GUITAR.
A 6-string BASS also has six offsets, but its lowest string is B, not E
— so the guitar ladder mislabels the whole family: an all-zeros bass
read "E Standard" (it is Standard/B) and a whole-step-down bass read
"D Standard" (it is A Standard). The function's own comment warned about
exactly this error for 7-string guitars; nobody guarded the bass axis.
The stored value feeds the library's Tuning filter, so every 5/6-string
bass song in every library was filed under a guitar name.

- `tuning_name(offsets, *, is_bass=False)`: bass 5/6 use the low-B
  ladder (Standard / Bb / A / G# / G) and bass 4 keeps the E ladder it
  shares with guitar. Drop names come off the resulting low string.
  Default stays guitar, so existing callers are unaffected.
- `sloppak._tuning_for_meta_kind()` reports WHICH kind supplied the
  tuning; `extract_meta` emits `tuning_is_bass` and scan_worker passes
  it through. Guitar-first selection for the library index is unchanged
  — a pack with a guitar part still indexes by the guitar.
- `TUNING_PRESET_MIDIS` bass-5/bass-6 renamed to match, with
  `TUNING_PRESET_ALIASES` so `_valid_tuning_for_key` MIGRATES a saved
  profile carrying an old name instead of rejecting it (it refuses names
  belonging to another key's built-ins, and "D Standard" still exists
  for guitar-6/bass-4 — so a rename alone would have invalidated those
  profiles). Pitches are untouched; only labels change.

Convention confirmed by the bass- and guitar-pedagogy seats: name
extended range off the ACTUAL lowest string, which is what the 7-string
guitar presets already do. The old names came from the band-level habit
of saying "we're in D standard" — true of the guitars, while the bassist
in that band is in A standard. Right answer, wrong scope. The bass table
was also internally inconsistent: its Drop A was already named off the
low string while its standards were not.

Tests: bass ladders for 4/5/6 strings, the reported chart pinned both
ways (is_bass=True -> "A Standard", same offsets as guitar -> "D
Standard"), bass drop naming, a table-wide invariant that every bass
preset name matches the note its low string sounds, and alias migration
(incl. not leaking into guitar-6/bass-4). The existing legacy-flat-bass
migration test now asserts the corrected label — same pitches, right
name. Suite: 1735 passed vs 1720 on main, with the same 99 pre-existing
env failures.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01929LgKdJMyPGLf8N1WpEVW
Signed-off-by: ChrisBeWithYou <christian.a.cowan@gmail.com>

lib/scan_worker.py

@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ def _extract_meta_sloppak(path: Path) -> dict:
     """Extract metadata for a sloppak (file or directory)."""
     meta = sloppak_mod.extract_meta(path)
     offsets = meta.pop("tuning_offsets", None) or [0] * 6
-    name = tuning_name(offsets)
+    # Naming needs the instrument: six offsets could be a guitar OR a
+    # 6-string bass, whose lowest string is B rather than E.
+    name = tuning_name(offsets, is_bass=bool(meta.pop("tuning_is_bass", False)))
     meta["tuning"] = name
     meta["tuning_name"] = name
     meta["tuning_sort_key"] = sum(offsets)
@@ -137,7 +139,9 @@ def _extract_meta_loosefolder(path: Path, dlc_root: Path | None) -> dict:
     # inside DLC_DIR.
     meta = loosefolder_mod.extract_meta(path, dlc_root=dlc_root)
     offsets = meta.pop("tuning_offsets", None) or [0] * 6
-    name = tuning_name(offsets)
+    # Naming needs the instrument: six offsets could be a guitar OR a
+    # 6-string bass, whose lowest string is B rather than E.
+    name = tuning_name(offsets, is_bass=bool(meta.pop("tuning_is_bass", False)))
     meta["tuning"] = name
     meta["tuning_name"] = name
     meta["tuning_sort_key"] = sum(offsets)

lib/sloppak.py

@@ -1227,17 +1227,33 @@ def load_song(
 
 def _tuning_for_meta(arrangements_manifest: list[dict]) -> list[int]:
     """Best-effort guitar-first tuning for the library index."""
+    offsets, _ = _tuning_for_meta_kind(arrangements_manifest)
+    return offsets
+
+
+def _tuning_for_meta_kind(
+    arrangements_manifest: list[dict],
+) -> tuple[list[int], bool]:
+    """`_tuning_for_meta` plus whether the tuning came from a BASS part.
+
+    The caller names the tuning, and naming needs the instrument: a
+    6-string bass has six offsets exactly like a 6-string guitar but its
+    lowest string is B, so the guitar ladder mislabels it (all-zeros reads
+    "E Standard" when it is Standard/B; a whole step down reads "D
+    Standard" when it is A Standard). Guitar parts still win the tuning
+    itself — this only reports which kind supplied it.
+    """
     for entry in arrangements_manifest:
         name = str(entry.get("name", "")).lower()
         tun = entry.get("tuning")
         if tun and isinstance(tun, list) and name in ("lead", "rhythm", "combo"):
-            return list(tun)
+            return list(tun), False
     # Fallback: first arrangement with a tuning
     for entry in arrangements_manifest:
         tun = entry.get("tuning")
         if tun and isinstance(tun, list):
-            return list(tun)
+            return list(tun), "bass" in str(entry.get("name", "")).lower()
-    return [0] * 6
+    return [0] * 6, False
 
 
 def _role_tuning_for_meta(arrangements_manifest: list[dict], role: str) -> list[int] | None:
@@ -1282,9 +1298,8 @@ def extract_meta(path: Path) -> dict:
         a["index"] = i
 
     has_lyrics = bool(manifest.get("lyrics"))
-    tuning_offsets = _tuning_for_meta(arr_list)
+    tuning_offsets, tuning_is_bass = _tuning_for_meta_kind(arr_list)
-    # Per-role tunings alongside the song-level one, so the library can answer
+    # Per-role tunings alongside the song-level one.
-    # for whichever arrangement the player actually plays.
     role_tunings = {f"{role}_tuning_offsets": _role_tuning_for_meta(arr_list, role)
                     for role in ("bass", "rhythm")}
 
@@ -1327,6 +1342,8 @@ def extract_meta(path: Path) -> dict:
         "tuning_offsets": tuning_offsets,  # caller maps to a name via tunings.tuning_name
         # None = the pack has no arrangement in that role.
         **role_tunings,
+        # Song-level naming also needs the instrument for bass-only packs.
+        "tuning_is_bass": tuning_is_bass,
         "arrangements": arrangements,
         "has_lyrics": has_lyrics,
         "stem_count": stem_count,

lib/tunings.py

@@ -69,21 +69,49 @@ TUNING_PRESET_MIDIS: dict[str, dict[str, list[int]]] = {
         "Drop C": [24, 31, 36, 41],
         "BEAD": [23, 28, 33, 38],
     },
+    # 5- and 6-string basses are named off their ACTUAL lowest string (the low
+    # B), exactly like the 7-string guitar table above — not off the 4-string
+    # core. The old names (Eb/D/C#/C Standard) came from the band-level habit
+    # of saying "we're in D standard" (which describes the guitars); the
+    # bassist in that band is in A standard. They survive as aliases below so
+    # saved profiles migrate instead of being rejected.
     "bass-5": {
         "Standard": [23, 28, 33, 38, 43],
         "High C": [28, 33, 38, 43, 48],
-        "Eb Standard": [22, 27, 32, 37, 42],
+        "Bb Standard": [22, 27, 32, 37, 42],
-        "D Standard": [21, 26, 31, 36, 41],
+        "A Standard": [21, 26, 31, 36, 41],
-        "C# Standard": [20, 25, 30, 35, 40],
+        "G# Standard": [20, 25, 30, 35, 40],
-        "C Standard": [19, 24, 29, 34, 39],
+        "G Standard": [19, 24, 29, 34, 39],
         "Drop A": [21, 28, 33, 38, 43],
     },
     "bass-6": {
         "Standard": [23, 28, 33, 38, 43, 48],
-        "Eb Standard": [22, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47],
+        "Bb Standard": [22, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47],
-        "D Standard": [21, 26, 31, 36, 41, 46],
+        "A Standard": [21, 26, 31, 36, 41, 46],
-        "C# Standard": [20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45],
+        "G# Standard": [20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45],
-        "C Standard": [19, 24, 29, 34, 39, 44],
+        "G Standard": [19, 24, 29, 34, 39, 44],
+    },
+}
+
+# Superseded preset names, per key → current name. The 5/6-string bass rows
+# were originally named off the 4-string core (so a whole-step-down 6-string,
+# whose lowest string is A, read "D Standard"). Renaming alone would make
+# `_valid_tuning_for_key` REJECT a saved profile carrying the old name — it
+# refuses names that belong to a different key's built-ins, and "D Standard"
+# still exists for guitar-6/bass-4. These aliases keep those profiles valid
+# and migrate them to the corrected name.
+TUNING_PRESET_ALIASES: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {
+    "bass-5": {
+        "Eb Standard": "Bb Standard",
+        "D Standard": "A Standard",
+        "C# Standard": "G# Standard",
+        "C Standard": "G Standard",
+    },
+    "bass-6": {
+        "Eb Standard": "Bb Standard",
+        "D Standard": "A Standard",
+        "C# Standard": "G# Standard",
+        "C Standard": "G Standard",
     },
 }
 
@@ -229,6 +257,12 @@ def _valid_tuning_for_key(key: str, tuning):
             return None
         if tuning in TUNING_PRESET_MIDIS.get(key, {}):
             return tuning
+        # A superseded name for THIS key migrates to its current spelling
+        # (the 5/6-string bass rename). Checked before the cross-key
+        # rejection below, which would otherwise refuse it.
+        renamed = TUNING_PRESET_ALIASES.get(key, {}).get(tuning)
+        if renamed:
+            return renamed
         # A name that IS a built-in preset for a different key is a misapplied
         # built-in (e.g. "Drop D" on a 5-string bass, whose low string is B) —
         # reject it. A name unknown to every built-in table is a provider/custom
@@ -429,11 +463,12 @@ def apply_flat_instrument_patch_to_profiles(cfg: dict, updates: dict) -> dict:
 # manifest-only fast scan path — unacceptable for scan time. So we DEFAULT BASS
 # TO 4 STRINGS and truncate.
 #
-# KNOWN GAP (deliberate, documented): a genuine 5- or 6-string bass is
+# Five-element arrays are unambiguously extended-range. Six elements remain
-# truncated to its low four. That is harmless for the overwhelmingly common
+# ambiguous because legacy four-string charts are padded to six; preserve that
-# case — a 5-string in standard truncates to [0,0,0,0] and still names
+# legacy interpretation except for a uniform non-zero down-tuning, which cannot
-# "Standard" — and only misreads a tuning that DIFFERS at string 4 or above.
+# be padding (the padded tail would be zero) and is the common extended-range
-# Revisit if the spec ever gains a string count.
+# case that motivated the fix. Ambiguous all-zero and drop-shaped six-element
+# arrays stay conservative until the manifest carries an explicit string count.
 BASS_DEFAULT_STRING_COUNT = 4
 
 # Bassists tune DOWN, essentially never up: a whole-instrument up-tune fights
@@ -531,10 +566,15 @@ def normalize_offsets(offsets, persp: TuningPerspective) -> list[int] | None:
         return None
     if len(vals) < persp.string_count:
         return None
-    # Only bass truncates: its arrays are padded (see above). A guitar array
+    # Only bass can be padded. Five entries are unambiguously extended-range.
-    # longer than 6 is a genuine 7/8-string chart, and cutting it to 6 would
+    # Six are ambiguous: legacy four-string data pads with zeroes, while a
-    # invent a tuning the chart does not have.
+    # uniform non-zero down-tuning across all six strings proves the tail is
+    # authored. Keep every other six-element shape conservative at four.
     if persp.truncate:
+        if len(vals) == 5:
+            return vals
+        if len(vals) == 6 and vals[0] != 0 and len(set(vals)) == 1:
+            return vals
         return vals[:persp.string_count]
     return vals
 
@@ -553,7 +593,16 @@ def perspective_tuning_name(offsets: list[int], persp: TuningPerspective) -> str
     by its canonical pitches without asserting a tuning anyone plays."""
     if not offsets_are_plausible(offsets, persp):
         return "Custom Tuning"
-    return tuning_name(offsets)
+    return tuning_name(offsets, is_bass=persp.instrument == "bass")
+
+
+def _perspective_instrument_key(
+    offsets: list[int], persp: TuningPerspective,
+) -> str:
+    """Instrument key matching the normalized tuning's proven string count."""
+    if persp.instrument == "bass" and f"bass-{len(offsets)}" in STANDARD_OPEN_MIDIS:
+        return f"bass-{len(offsets)}"
+    return persp.instrument_key
 
 
 def perspective_tuning_key(offsets: list[int], persp: TuningPerspective) -> str:
@@ -566,7 +615,7 @@ def perspective_tuning_key(offsets: list[int], persp: TuningPerspective) -> str:
     selector, and that query param is a COMMA-separated list, so a comma here
     would be split into meaningless fragments and match nothing.
     """
-    midis = tuning_midis_from_offsets(persp.instrument_key, offsets)
+    midis = tuning_midis_from_offsets(_perspective_instrument_key(offsets, persp), offsets)
     if not midis:
         return ""
     return persp.id + ":" + ":".join(str(m) for m in midis)
@@ -576,7 +625,7 @@ def perspective_low_pitch(offsets: list[int], persp: TuningPerspective) -> int |
     """Absolute MIDI pitch of the tuning's LOWEST open string — the value the
     "playable without retuning" comparison is built on (see
     `chart_is_playable_in`)."""
-    midis = tuning_midis_from_offsets(persp.instrument_key, offsets)
+    midis = tuning_midis_from_offsets(_perspective_instrument_key(offsets, persp), offsets)
     if not midis:
         return None
     return min(midis)
@@ -641,33 +690,74 @@ def bass_tuning_key(offsets: list[int]) -> str:
     return perspective_tuning_key(offsets, PERSPECTIVES["bass"])
 
 
-def tuning_name(offsets: list[int]) -> str:
+def tuning_name(offsets: list[int], *, is_bass: bool = False) -> str:
-    # The pattern checks below are gated on `len(offsets)` being 6 or 4. The
+    """Display name for a set of per-string offsets.
-    # naming conventions are E-standard-rooted — e.g. a 7-string all-zeros
-    # tuning has a low B, not an E, so labeling it "E Standard" would be wrong.
-    # 7+-string community content falls through to the numeric fallback (#43).
-    #
-    # Length 4 is accepted because a bass's open strings (EADG) are the low
-    # four of the guitar, so the same standard/drop names apply at the same
-    # offsets. Bass callers must normalize FIRST (`normalize_bass_offsets`):
-    # stored bass arrays are commonly six elements with a padded tail, and the
-    # padding must never reach this namer. See the block above.
 
-    # Standard tunings (all strings same offset)
+    `is_bass` is load-bearing, not cosmetic: string COUNT alone cannot
-    standard = {
+    identify the instrument. A 6-string BASS has six offsets just like a
+    6-string guitar, but its lowest string is B, not E — so the guitar
+    ladder labels an all-zeros bass "E Standard" (it is B/Standard) and a
+    whole-step-down bass "D Standard" (it is A Standard). That is exactly
+    the error the 7-string comment below warned about, on the axis nobody
+    guarded. Callers that know the instrument must say so; the default
+    stays guitar for backward compatibility.
+
+    All the pattern checks are gated on the expected string count. The
+    guitar conventions are 6-string-specific — e.g. a 7-string all-zeros
+    tuning has a low B, not an E, so labeling it "E Standard" would be
+    wrong. 7+-string guitar content falls through to the numeric
+    fallback. See #43.
+    """
+    # Standard tunings (all strings same offset), named off the LOWEST
+    # string. Bass 4-string sits on the E ladder like a guitar; bass 5/6
+    # add a low B, so they sit on the B ladder — the same convention the
+    # 7-string guitar presets use.
+    guitar_standard = {
         0: "E Standard", -1: "Eb Standard", -2: "D Standard",
         -3: "C# Standard", -4: "C Standard", -5: "B Standard",
         -6: "Bb Standard", -7: "A Standard",
         1: "F Standard", 2: "F# Standard",
     }
-    if len(offsets) in (4, 6) and all(o == offsets[0] for o in offsets):
+    bass_low_b_standard = {
-        name = standard.get(offsets[0])
+        0: "Standard", -1: "Bb Standard", -2: "A Standard",
+        -3: "G# Standard", -4: "G Standard", -5: "F# Standard",
+        1: "C Standard", 2: "C# Standard",
+    }
+    # A four-offset array is unambiguously a bass tuning; preserve the
+    # historical one-argument behavior used by the library perspective.
+    if len(offsets) == 4:
+        is_bass = True
+
+    if is_bass:
+        # 4-string bass is E-A-D-G — the guitar ladder's low four, so it
+        # keeps the E-based names. 5/6-string add the low B.
+        table = guitar_standard if len(offsets) == 4 else bass_low_b_standard
+        if len(offsets) in (4, 5, 6) and all(o == offsets[0] for o in offsets):
+            name = table.get(offsets[0])
+            if name:
+                return name
+        # Drop tunings: the lowest string alone goes down 2 semitones.
+        if (len(offsets) in (4, 5, 6)
+                and offsets[0] == offsets[1] - 2
+                and all(o == offsets[1] for o in offsets[1:])):
+            base = STANDARD_OPEN_MIDIS.get(f"bass-{len(offsets)}")
+            if base:
+                low = base[0] + offsets[0]
+                names = ["C", "C#", "D", "Eb", "E", "F",
+                         "F#", "G", "Ab", "A", "Bb", "B"]
+                return f"Drop {names[low % 12]}"
+        if not offsets:
+            return "Unknown"
+        return "Custom Tuning"
+
+    if len(offsets) == 6 and all(o == offsets[0] for o in offsets):
+        name = guitar_standard.get(offsets[0])
         if name:
             return name
 
     # Drop tunings (low string 2 semitones below the rest)
     # Named after the low string's note: e.g. offsets[-2,0,0,0,0,0] = Drop D (low E dropped to D)
-    if len(offsets) in (4, 6) and offsets[0] == offsets[1] - 2 and all(o == offsets[1] for o in offsets[1:]):
+    if len(offsets) == 6 and offsets[0] == offsets[1] - 2 and all(o == offsets[1] for o in offsets[1:]):
         note_names = ["E", "F", "F#", "G", "Ab", "A", "Bb", "B", "C", "C#", "D", "Eb"]
         low_note = note_names[offsets[0] % 12]
         return f"Drop {low_note}"

tests/test_tunings.py

@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ import pytest
 
 from tunings import (
     DEFAULT_TUNINGS,
+    PERSPECTIVES,
     TUNING_PRESET_MIDIS,
     _valid_tuning_for_key,
     apply_flat_instrument_patch_to_profiles,
+    normalize_offsets,
     open_midis_to_freqs,
+    perspective_low_pitch,
+    perspective_tuning_key,
+    perspective_tuning_name,
     settings_with_instrument_profiles,
     tuning_midis_from_offsets,
     tuning_name,
@@ -214,7 +219,11 @@ def test_settings_profiles_migrate_legacy_flat_bass_selection():
     })
     assert settings["active_instrument_profile"] == "bass"
     assert settings["instrument_profiles"]["bass"]["string_count"] == 6
-    assert settings["instrument_profiles"]["bass"]["tuning"] == "C Standard"
+    # The legacy 6-string-bass name migrates to the corrected one: the
+    # pitches [19,24,29,34,39,44] sound lowest G, and extended-range bass is
+    # named off its actual lowest string. Same tuning, right label — and the
+    # alias is what keeps this profile VALID rather than rejected.
+    assert settings["instrument_profiles"]["bass"]["tuning"] == "G Standard"
     assert settings["reference_pitch"] == 432
     assert settings["pathway"] == "practice"
     assert settings["instrument_profiles"]["bass"]["pathway"] == "practice"
@@ -279,3 +288,97 @@ def test_freqs_to_midis_rejects_garbage():
     assert freqs_to_midis([float("inf")]) is None      # non-finite
     assert freqs_to_midis([float("-inf")]) is None     # non-finite
     assert freqs_to_midis([]) == []                    # vacuously fine
+
+
+# ── Extended-range BASS naming (feedBack: 6-string bass read as guitar) ──────
+# A 6-string bass has SIX offsets exactly like a 6-string guitar, but its
+# lowest string is B, not E. `tuning_name` gated its guitar ladder on
+# `len(offsets) == 6` alone, so a bass got guitar names: an all-zeros bass
+# read "E Standard" (it is Standard/B) and a whole-step-down bass read
+# "D Standard" (it is A Standard). Reported from a real Sleep Token chart
+# tuned A0 D1 G1 C2 F2 A#2; the player called it A standard and was right.
+# Convention (bass- and guitar-pedagogy seats, 2026-07-18): name extended
+# range by the ACTUAL lowest string, matching the 7-string guitar presets.
+
+def test_bass_perspective_keeps_proven_six_string_tuning_but_truncates_padding():
+    bass = PERSPECTIVES["bass"]
+
+    # Legacy four-string Rocksmith data pads its unused tail with zeroes.
+    assert normalize_offsets([-2, -2, -2, -2, 0, 0], bass) == [-2] * 4
+
+    # A uniform non-zero six-string tuning cannot be that padding shape.
+    extended = normalize_offsets([-2] * 6, bass)
+    assert extended == [-2] * 6
+    assert perspective_tuning_name(extended, bass) == "A Standard"
+    assert perspective_tuning_key(extended, bass) == "bass:21:26:31:36:41:46"
+    assert perspective_low_pitch(extended, bass) == 21
+
+
+BASS_STANDARD_CASES = [
+    # 4-string bass is E-A-D-G — the guitar ladder's low four, names unchanged.
+    ([0, 0, 0, 0], "E Standard"),
+    ([-1, -1, -1, -1], "Eb Standard"),
+    ([-2, -2, -2, -2], "D Standard"),
+    # 5-string adds a low B → the B ladder.
+    ([0] * 5, "Standard"),
+    ([-1] * 5, "Bb Standard"),
+    ([-2] * 5, "A Standard"),
+    ([-3] * 5, "G# Standard"),
+    ([-4] * 5, "G Standard"),
+    # 6-string: same names, extra top string.
+    ([0] * 6, "Standard"),
+    ([-1] * 6, "Bb Standard"),
+    ([-2] * 6, "A Standard"),
+    ([-3] * 6, "G# Standard"),
+    ([-4] * 6, "G Standard"),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("offsets,expected", BASS_STANDARD_CASES)
+def test_bass_standard_tunings(offsets, expected):
+    assert tuning_name(offsets, is_bass=True) == expected
+
+
+def test_six_offsets_alone_do_not_imply_a_guitar():
+    """The regression the bug report came from."""
+    sleep_token = [-2] * 6           # A0 D1 G1 C2 F2 A#2
+    assert tuning_name(sleep_token, is_bass=True) == "A Standard"
+    # ...and the identical offsets on a guitar keep the guitar name.
+    assert tuning_name(sleep_token) == "D Standard"
+    # A STANDARD 6-string bass is not "E Standard" either.
+    assert tuning_name([0] * 6, is_bass=True) == "Standard"
+    assert tuning_name([0] * 6) == "E Standard"
+
+
+def test_bass_drop_tunings_name_the_resulting_low_string():
+    # 5-string B standard, low string dropped a whole step → A.
+    assert tuning_name([-2, 0, 0, 0, 0], is_bass=True) == "Drop A"
+    # 4-string E standard → D.
+    assert tuning_name([-2, 0, 0, 0], is_bass=True) == "Drop D"
+
+
+def test_bass_presets_are_named_off_their_lowest_string():
+    """Every bass preset's name must match the note its low string sounds."""
+    names = ["C", "C#", "D", "Eb", "E", "F", "F#", "G", "Ab", "A", "Bb", "B"]
+    alt = {"Ab": "G#", "G#": "Ab", "Bb": "A#", "A#": "Bb", "Eb": "D#", "D#": "Eb"}
+    for key in ("bass-4", "bass-5", "bass-6"):
+        for name, midis in TUNING_PRESET_MIDIS[key].items():
+            if not name.endswith("Standard") or name == "Standard":
+                continue
+            root = name.rsplit(" ", 1)[0]
+            low = names[midis[0] % 12]
+            assert root in (low, alt.get(low)), (
+                f"{key} {name!r} lowest string sounds {low}"
+            )
+
+
+def test_superseded_bass_names_migrate_instead_of_being_rejected():
+    """Renaming must not invalidate saved profiles (both pedagogy seats)."""
+    for key in ("bass-5", "bass-6"):
+        assert _valid_tuning_for_key(key, "D Standard") == "A Standard"
+        assert _valid_tuning_for_key(key, "C Standard") == "G Standard"
+        # Current names still pass straight through.
+        assert _valid_tuning_for_key(key, "A Standard") == "A Standard"
+    # The rename must not leak into other instruments.
+    assert _valid_tuning_for_key("guitar-6", "D Standard") == "D Standard"
+    assert _valid_tuning_for_key("bass-4", "D Standard") == "D Standard"