Many Ways of Tuning a Guitar
It is very important to tune your guitar. You will need to periodically tune your guitar so that it will always give you perfect, in tune music. You will naturally find tuning difficult at first, but it gets better as you practice it. It is advisable that if you know someone that is a guitar player, you can have them tune your guitar for you during guitar lessons. You can also try to do the tuning yourself. It just takes practice and patience.
There are different methods of tuning a guitar. All of the different methods are appropriate but some are more convenient than others. This is especially important if you are just beginning to learn the guitar with guitar lessons.
The easiest way to tune your guitar is by relative tuning. Relative tuning is comparing the sound and pitch of adjacent strings. The string with the higher pitch is tuned to match the sound of the lower string. This method assumes that the lower string is the one that has the correct tune. If you choose to use this method, tune the sixth string using the piano or a tuning fork. More details on this will be provided later.
The procedure begins by tuning the sixth string. When the sixth string has been tuned, you need to press the sixth string at the fifth fret and pick the string. Follow this up with the fifth string, they should match in pitch. The sound of the fifth string should be the same as the sixth string when played on the fifth fret. If you find that the sound does not match, turn the tuning peg for that fifth string and change the pitch. Don’t do anything to the sixth string.
If you hear the sound as too low, then tighten the string some more. If the sound of the string is too low, loosen the string. Make sure that your fifth string sound is properly tune to your sixth string, because if not, then your fourth string will also be out of tune.
Right after that, you tune the fourth string, then the third until you’ve done all strings. Just one string that was not accurately tuned will make the guitar totally out of tune.
If you have a piano at your disposal and you are familiar with the notes, you can tune your instrument by matching the sound of the strings with the matching notes on the piano.
To start with, get the E note of the piano then match the sixth string of the guitar to that note. Adjust the tuning peg on the sixth string until you get the same sound as the E note of the keyboard. Repeat this procedure with all the strings of the instrument.
Another helpful tool in guitar tuning is the electronic keyboard. Keyboards can give you clear, accurate and full pitch that enable you to easily tune your guitar. This method of tuning is a great choice for beginning guitarists who have access to a keyboard or for guitar players who will be working with someone who plays the keyboard.
Another way to tune the guitar is with the use of pitch pipes. These should be available at your local music store. These pitch pipes will give you the pitches of all strings. You simply have to match the sound of each string to the proper pitch pipe. Pitch pipes do not cost a lot and even very young guitar players can use them. They are small and easy to carry.
More expert guitar players find the pitch pipes inadequate because they don’t give as clear a pitch as the tuning fork, piano or any electronic tuner.
Using a tuning fork is another prominent way of tuning the guitar and some other instruments. A tuning fork is a two prong device that has a stem and is shaped like a U. They are generally made of steel. The tuning fork gives off a certain pitch when it is struck against a surface, causing it to vibrate. The sound of the tuning fork varies according to the length of the prongs.
The standard tuning fork used has the pitch of an A note. Tuning forks that emit this sound can be found easily. E note tuning forks are easily accessible as well. They are also used frequently for guitars. Tuning forks are cheap and easy to bring along with you.
When using a tuning fork, hold the fork by the stem so that the prongs can vibrate freely. Strike the prongs hard enough so that they begin to vibrate. Be sure not to strike them on anything that will dent. It is best to strike the fork against your knee. Not too hard of course! After that and without touching the prongs, place the stem lightly on the guitar body. Now adjust the strings to match the sound of the tuning fork.
In order to use a tuning fork properly you will need to practice. It may be difficult to get used to for a beginner, while expert players on the other hand, do not like carrying around different tuning forks.
Many people prefer tuning the guitar by intervals. The advantage of tuning this way is that the guitar ends up having a pleasant sound that is in tune. Intervals involve tuning strings in conjunction to other strings. Once you’ve done this a few times, then it becomes very easy.
To tune by interval, begin with the sixth string and have something such as a tuning fork or pitch pipe handy. Listen to the A note by pressing down the sixth string at the fifth fret, then you can tune the A string. Next tune the D or fourth string to the D and the fifth string at the fifth fret. Do this again with the G, B, and E strings. Play the E and B chords to see if your tuning is right. Do any adjustment you deem necessary.
Next, is harmonics. Expert guitarist actually prefer using harmonics when tuning their guitars. Harmonics can be hard to learn, but the result is a very accurate tuning.
Harmonics is holding down a string lightly at the fret instead of holding it down below the fret. This is not the best tuning methods for beginners but it is mentioned here to give you a complete overview of guitar tuning.
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