how do you tune your guitar both electric and acoustic

[jperez489]

i'm just a beginner i don't know any thing about guitar well only a little bit but want to know how to tune it just in case i don't have a tuner could you guys help me. :(

[james]

just go buy a tuner....if u can afford a guitar, $10 more for a tuner is a must

[hrblocked]

pick up a korg ga-30, best tuner in my opinion. If you're a paid member david does a few vids explaining this tuner and how to use it.

[daiakuji]

Yea use the tuner hrblocked mentioned. All you do is switch it on and tune the guitar til the light goes green. Also make sure that it's matching the right note.
6E should be the bottom low E string and 1E is high e

[ez-one]

guitar tuners are pretty cheap nowadays, you can also tune by ear, do a web search for tuning a guitar, there are sites that have audio tuners for free, you click on the string you want and it plays the note through your computer and you just bring your string up to that pitch. Once you get a hang of it you can also get your low E in tune and then hold the 5th fret on the E to get your A, the 5th fret on the A to get your D, the 5th fret on your D to get your G, the 4th fret on your G to get your B, and your 5th fret on your B to get your high E

[jperez489]

what about for the acoustic

[Arlo]

The Intelli IMT-500. It is a great little tuner that tunes off of vibrations. You clip it to the headstock of electrics, acoustics, bass, mandolins whatever. Large lit screen, automatic power off. I saw a bunch of people using them at a blugrass jam I was at, so I went to Elderly Instruments and got one. The guy there said they were selling like hotcakes. I love mine. Google it or check out the Elderly site. Good luck.

Tom

[ez-one]

its the same on both, there is no differance in standard tuning between electrics and accoustics. Until you get into open tunings and things like that, but for your basic tuning the medthod I explained will work for both.

[AncientMariner]

Once you get a hang of it you can also get your low E in tune and then hold the 5th fret on the E to get your A, the 5th fret on the A to get your D, the 5th fret on your D to get your G, the 4th fret on your G to get your B, and your 5th fret on your B to get your high E

I use that method for quick tunings. Another quick method I use (which I have no idea what it's called) is to use the first and third strings from a power chord. For example play 5x7xxx, x5x7xx, xx5x8x, or xxx5x8. You can easily tell if you're out of tune.

I only use a tuner occasionally to make sure low E is still in tune or when several strings were out of tune.

[Guitarplayer01]

I use a different guitar that is in tune and use the first string on the intune one to get my first string intune and then go from there, after a while you can make like the d cord to get strings 1 2 3 intune and then like I use Sweet Home Alabama to get the last 3 intune. and when you get good enought you can do it just by ear with know help form tuners or any songs. Just work at it


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GP1

[ez-one]

Thats tuning using the octive

[BrianG1110]

I also seen a friend who has been playin for like 8yrs tune using natural harmonics, sort of like octaves but just using harmonics, its pretty cool

[ernieball80]

I would say a tuner for 20 bucks would do the trick, some people like my old teacher used a pitch fork, but the tuner takes a lot less time.
ernie

[Trill]

How do you teach yourself to use the natural harmonics to tune your guitar? I have seen people do it and it is pretty impressive to me. I can tell when my guitar is out of tune but putting it back by ear seems to be hard for me.

Thanks,

Trill

[ez-one]

you have to have trained your ears to hear what it should sound like, I still have trouble (or can't) just tune by ear. When I started learning the mircochip had not even been invented, people were still listening to music on 8 tracks and buying 45's, its great to be able to buy a device for under 20 bucks that will bring every string to proper pitch, and also set your open tunings and stuff. Life is Good!!!!!

[Tommyr]

Get the Korg GA30. I have a Qwick tune but it's really jumpy. The Korg is AWESOME in comparison. Worth every penny and doesn't cost much at all. I just got one. Works on acoustics too. You'll LOVE IT.

Tom

[jus4funtim]

If ya ain't got the cash or can't get to the store, try this one out it's an old program I used all the time and it still doe's the job if you have a mic or a jack adapter for your guitar cable just plug your (http://your) guitar right into the mic input
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/AP_Guitar_Tuner/

[the real prozac]

I have a tuner made by planet waves. It is also a metronome, with sweep and strobe tune functions with some other stuff the I don't even know how to use. It is very accruate, and the guitar plugs into it. It also has an output jack so you can plug it into your amp and hear the notes as you tune to helpo train your ear. I have also used it to tune my daughters' acoustic guitars as it can "hear" the notes. It was about $70 US, but it has lots of features. Got to your music shop and ask one of the guys to recommmend something the is accurate and affordable