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Guitar Tuning

Tuning the Guitar is probably the single most important thing you can learn. Here we give a basic introduction on tuning and have a look at the standard and harmonic tuning methods as well as tuning tips and tricks. there is also a guitar tuner on this website so you can tune our guitar to 440 for the lessons here.

Tuning the Guitar Introduction

Written by Edward D. Cupler

Tuning the guitar properly is the most important thing to learn when learning to play the guitar. If your guitar is out of tune nothing you play will sound good. I once heard an early bootleg tape of Van Halen and during the performance Eddies guitar got knocked out of tune. Even with a player of Eddie's caliber, things just sounded bad until the problem was corrected. I would suggest purchasing an electronic guitar tuner and learning how to use it. I also would strongly advise following these interactive guitar tuning lessons. Using these online guitar tuning lessons will help you train your ears for tuning.

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Guitar Tuning Standard Method

Written by Edward D. Cupler

Start by tuning one string of the guitar to the corresponding note on another instrument. On this page, you can tune your A string to the

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Guitar Tuning Harmonic Method

Written by Edward D. Cupler

Tuning the guitar using harmonics is a bit more accurate than the standard tuning method. In this lesson you will first learn how to create a harmonic and then use this technique to tune your guitar.

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Guitar Tuning Tips

Written by Edward D. Cupler

Guitar tuning is something most new guitar players and even some experienced ones have trouble with. Staying in tune and playing in tune is vital to sounding as good as possible. I'll try listing here some of the common tuning mistakes and there solutions.

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