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How to tune a guitar

    Tuning your guitar properly can make a huge difference on the impact of your music. A nicely tuned instrument can send chills of musical ecstasy down your audiences' spines, while a guitar with a poor tuning job, might make the audience cringe and you might be peeling tomato pulp off your face after the show. Here we show you many methods on how to tune a guitar.

methods on tuning a guitar


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5th Fret Method

5th Fret Tuning Method

This is a common method used to quickly tune and check the tuning of your guitar. You can get one string tuned and then tune the rest of your strings to that string.

Piano/Keyboard

piano

You can use a keyboard or piano to tune each individual string to a specific note on the piano. An easy and quick way for beginners.

Electronic Tuners

Electronic Tuners

Tuning with an Electronic tuner is an easy task. Just twang your string and turn the pegs until it matches with the corresponding note.

Harmonics

Harmonic Tuning

Tuning with harmonics is a more advanced way of tuning a guitar. You tune a guitar by playing a harmonic on a string and matching it with the same harmonic note on another string.