Tuning Guitar

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Learning to play the guitar is never difficult especially if the beginner has a passion for guitars. A part of the learning process is learning how to tuning the guitar.

One of the most important things to do is to get your guitar in tune. If it is not in tune it really won’t sound right even if you are playing everything correctly. Learning how the strings are supposed to sound takes a lot of time.

Tune your guitar every time you pick it up to play, guitars can go out of tune sooner then you think.

If you don’t have an electronic tuner , don’t be affraid, listen this video or try our Online Guitar Tuner.

 

 Notice that the notes the open strings are to be tuned to are written on the left side of the first line of tablature. For standard tuning these are:

E - 1st string

B - 2nd string

G - 3rd string

D - 4th string

A - 5th string

E - 6th string (2 octaves lower than the 1st string)

 

2. The sixth string is usually the string that is always in tune because it is the largest string and does not go out of tune easily.

3. When tuning the fifth string, all a person has to do is place the finger on the sixth string on the fifth fret. He can then strike the sixth string. After that, he can strike the fifth string. If the sounds created were not the same, he can make the fifth string tighter or loosen it depending how low or high the pitch has become.

4. The person can do the same process on the fourth and third strings placing the higher string on the fifth fret and striking it. Then he can strike the lower string and if they do not create the same pitch, he can either loosen or tighten it.

5. When tuning the second string, he can place the finger at the third string on the fourth fret and either tighten or loosen the third string to match the sound of the second string.

6. Placing the finger on the second string and press on the fifth fret will be the method to tune the first string and then he can strike and follow by striking the first string open. He can either tighten or loosen the second string to match the sound of the first string.

7. To check to determine if the guitar is in tune, all he has to do is try a chord. If the guitar still does not sound in tune, he can do the process again until he is able to fine-tune the guitar.

This is the easiest method of tuning a guitar. There are also electric methods to tune a guitar, but this traditional method is the most efficient. Once a beginner is able to learn how to tune a guitar, learning to play it will never be that hard.
If you don’ t know tuning your guitar see this video “Tuning guitar easy”.

 

 

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