When
just one guitar string plays a little too high or too low the whole
guitar can sound dreadful. Unfortunately, guitars, even expensive
ones, fall out of tune quite easily. In fact, a professional is
lucky to keep their guitar in tune for just a few songs in a row
while performing.
Learning how to tune your guitar is one of those absolutely
essential skills that every guitarist absolutely, positively must
acquire. It is equal in importance to learning how to play chords,
scales, strum and read tabs.
It may surprise you to know that it is
actually impossible to get all of the notes of the fretboard exactly
in tune at the same time. Sometimes you can get the notes found near
the headstock to sound great only to discover that notes closer to
the body of the guitar are awful.
For this very reason it is important to
understand that tuning a guitar is always a matter of compromise and
personal choice. Do not get stuck trying to tune the guitar
perfectly to lights of an electronic tuner but, instead focus on
finding the best artistic compromise for the songs you intend to
play.
How To Set Up A Guitar For
Tuning
Learn how the quality, condition and adjustment of your guitar has a lot to do
with its tunability. This also has a big impact on how long your
guitar will stay in tune. Click here to learn about
setting up a guitar for tuning.
How to Tune a Guitar
Using Reference Tuning Methods.
Learn how to tune each guitar string by comparing it against a
reference source like a piano, our online guitar tuner other sound
source that is known to be in tune.
How
to tune your guitar with our
FREE
online guitar tuner
How to tune your
guitar with a piano
How To Tune a Guitar Using Relative Tuning Methods.
These clever tuning methods use one guitar string as a reference
source to compare and tune another. When tuned each string is then
in tune relative to the others. This method can be used to double
check and fine tune all other tuning methods.
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