Before you start playing your guitar, you have to tune it. After all, it’s quite impossible to make music with an untuned instrument. In addition, do not hesitate to check the tuning of your guitar if what you play sounds strange.
Tuning’s necessity / methods
Tuning your guitar is extremely important. It is rather depressing to play with an untuned guitar. For in this case, even the most beautiful pieces are unpleasant to hear. On the contrary, it is a real pleasure to play on a well tuned instrument. There are several ways to tune your guitar, we will study three of them.
With an electronic tuner
For a beginner it is the best method by far, for the two others require a little practice. It is thus, the one I recommend most, especially since a tuner is not expensive… On the tuner, choose the string you want to tune (note that some tuners make the selection themselves). Then, check on the tuner if the note is too low (the indicator moves to the left) or too high (the indicator moves to the right). The perfect tuning is reached when the indicator stays in the middle, on the zero (see figure I).
With a tuning fork
Tune the A string using the tuning fork, then check the other strings by comparing them two by two (play the frets indicated on figure II).
 | NOTE: you can hold the tuning fork between your teeth, at the point indicated by the arrow, then strike its branches by flicking it. The vibration will be transmitted to your ears via the jaw bones, and you will hear the sound in your head! |
With a telephone
Pick up your phone, using the dialing tone tune the A string, then check the other strings by comparing them two by two (see figure III).
With the String Instrument Tuner from www.guitar-online.com
Click here to download the String Instrument Tuner: http://www.guitar-online.com/guitar-tuner-open-tunings.htm
What one should not do
There is a tool to be avoided. It is the tuning system represented in figure IV. It is not reliable and does not allow you to tune your guitar correctly, thus it is forbidden.
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