1. Have your guitar professionally
set-up so that it is both tunable and so that it is capable of
staying in tune for a reasonable amount of time.
2. Always tune by tightening a
string even if you first have to loosen it to get the pitch below
the reference note.
3. Learn the proper way to
re-string a guitar.
4. Develop a good “tuners ear”.
Learn the hear the rapid pulses that result from two notes that are
slightly out of tune. The slower they pulse, the closer they are to
being perfectly matched.
5. Use an electronic tuner to get
to get your guitar close to the right notes then use your ear to
fine tune.
6. Tune, stretch then re-tune.
Stretch by placing the fatty part of your fingers beneath one string
at a time. Pull up slowly and gently about an inch or less. This
prevents the string from getting stuck at a friction point then
suddenly slipping flat during a performance.
7. Don’t assume that tuning by
harmonics will always be the most accurate method
8. You can tune a guitar but you
can’t tuna fish. (Sorry, I was just checking to see if you are
paying attention).
9. Understand that guitar tuning
is always a compromise because it is impossible to get all of the
notes on the fretboard to be in tune all at the same time.
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