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Home  Music Articles Acoustic Guitar Tuning Done the Right Way
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Written by JayTyler
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Friday, 06 February 2009 |
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It is hard to overstate the importance of acoustic guitar tuning. Always take a few minutes to tune your guitar before you begin to play. Whether you're playing in a professional venue or just practicing at home, an un-tuned guitar is simply not enjoyable to play. Beginners often become frustrated, feeling that their playing sounds bad when really it is just their guitar is not in tune.
by JayTyler
It is hard to overstate the importance of acoustic guitar tuning. Always take a few minutes to tune your guitar before you begin to play. Whether you're playing in a professional venue or just practicing at home, an un-tuned guitar is simply not enjoyable to play. Beginners often become frustrated, feeling that their playing sounds bad when really it is just their guitar is not in tune.
For acoustic guitar tuning with an electronic tuner, sit down and place the tuner on either a stool or table next to your seat. Then pluck the first string. The tuner's microphone can sense which string is being tuned. You will know how close you are to the right pitch by the indicator on the tuner. It also indicates if you are sharp or flat. Utilize the tuning key to adjust the guitar string until it indicates that you are in tune.
Taking your strings from looser to tighter will tune your guitar, also called tuning down. If the string is too tight, you will need to get it in tune by loosening the strings slightly and then tightening it again until it is in tune. Tuning up will give you a more true tone than tuning down.
You'll need a way of getting the reference pitch even if you prefer to train yourself to do acoustic guitar tuning by ear. An already tuned second guitar, a piano, a tuning fork, and an in-tune MP3 will all work, but an electronic tuner is consistently more reliable. However, an excellent method for developing your ear is to attempt to tune the instrument by ear first and then check it out using the tuner.
Start your acoustic guitar tuning with the sixth, or E string, using a reference pitch. Once you have the E string tuned, you can then tune the other five strings to that note. The reason for how and why this tuning method works is quite lengthy. If you want to know more you can go to your local music store and someone there should be able to explain it to you, but extensive musical knowledge isn't required in order to perform acoustic guitar tuning.
Then proceed with your acoustic guitar tuning as follows:
1. Strum (in tune) the sixth string on the fifth fret. Tune the open fifth string to that exact note. 2. Strum the fifth string on the fifth fret. Tune the open fourth string to the same note. 3. Tune the fourth string on the fifth fret. Tune the open third to the same note. 4. Follow closely; this is different than the above. Play the third string on the fourth fret and tune the open second string to this note. 5. Play the second string on the fifth fret and tune your open first string to this note.
Don't be afraid to keep trying, but if it's your first time doing acoustic guitar tuning, you may want to have someone show you the correct way to do it. Check with the store where you bought your guitar, they'll be more than happy to show you. Acoustic guitar tuning may be the most important thing that a beginning guitarist must learn. Like any other tasks, it requires some time and practice to master acoustic guitar tuning. It is therefore highly recommended that all beginners have an electric tuner as a reference. Buying an electric tuner is really worth it since it is considered the easiest approach and gives the most accurate results.
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