Once you are familiar with the strings on the guitar, it’s time to start using your tuner. That’s why I’ve used the ‘thick’ and ‘thin’ references (and also ‘ceiling’ and ‘floor’). Saying things like ‘top’, ‘bottom’, ‘high’ and ‘low’ can be risky because it can be confusing as to whether it is a reference to pitch or actual height. When you’re holding the guitar as you would when playing, the 6th string is at the top (closest to the ceiling) and the 1st string is at the bottom (closest to the ground). In the image above, the ‘thick’ and ‘thin’ strings are labeled, so that you don’t get the 1st and 6th strings around the wrong way. Here are the names and numbers of the strings:Īs you can see, the string names, from 1 to 6 are as follows
We’ll explore the reasons why shortly, but basically, you and your tuner both need to know which string you are trying to tune at any given time.
Us etuner to tune to e flagt how to#
The main requirement when tuning your guitar (apart from knowing how to twist the machine heads), is knowing the names and numbers of the strings on the guitar. For the sake of this lesson, a tuner could be an app on your phone, or a standalone device. We are going to start off by exploring how to tune a guitar using a tuner. These days, if you have a smart phone, acquiring a tuner is simply a matter of downloading an appropriate app, in a matter of minutes. Since the advance of the smart phone however, it’s very easy to obtain an app that is equal to, or superior than the standalone tuners that were once a necessity. These devices were usually quite expensive, were of varying qualities and needed batteries to operate. Only a few years ago, having a tuner meant that you had to purchase a standalone device. All you really need is a tuner – most likely in the form of an App on your phone. The good news is that these days, it’s very easy to acquire the tools you need to get in tune. You need to know how to tune a guitar if you want to be a guitarist. It’s very easy for a guitar to go out of tune.
The intonation on the guitar is temperamental and is easily affected by many things – the weather, how often it’s played, the room it’s in, being transported around. Guitar is not like a piano, where you generally only need to get it tuned once every few months. You should get into the habit of tuning your guitar once a day, or even more. How Often Should You Tune?īeginners often think that once their guitar is in tune, they are all set for a while. This means that you will need to know how to tune your guitar – regularly and accurately. No matter what you are planning to play or learn on the guitar, you need your guitar to be in tune. How do you tune a guitar? If you’ve just started playing guitar, this is one of the first and most pressing questions that you will have.
0 kommentar(er)
