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Before you can play anything you need to have a tuned Guitar.
The standard tuning for a guitar is:
| STRING | NOTE |
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| 6th string(the fat one) | E |
| 5th string | A |
| 4th string | D |
| 3rd string | G |
| 2nd string | B |
| 1st string(the thin one) | e |
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| STRING | NOTE |
|---|---|
| 6th string(the fat one) | E |
| 5th string | A |
| 4th string | D |
| 3rd string | G |
| 2nd string | B |
| 1st string(the thin one) | e |
| -Put your finger on the 5th fret on the E string. That should match the tone on the open A string. Turn the A tuning key until they match. |
| -Put your finger on the 5th fret on the A string. That should match the tone on the open D string. Turn the D tuning key until they match. |
| -Put your finger on the 5th fret on the D string. That should match the tone on the open G string. Turn the G tuning key until they match. |
| -Put your finger on the 4th fret on the G string. That should match the tone on the open B string. Turn the B tuning key until they match. |
| -Put your finger on the 5th fret on the B string. That should match the tone on the open e string. Turn the e tuning key until they match. |
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------0----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------0--------------------------------------------------------|
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|___|___ These two notes will share the same tone. The low D
will be an octave below the high D.
From Justin Greenwood's Guitar Page - Justin's contents include:
Staying in tune consists of a few key elements:
for those of you who would doubt this, try overshooting your target note and then tuning DOWN toward the note. once you hit the note, take your finger and give the string a big yank. now check your tuning again--i GUARANTEE it's going to be flat, if only a few cents or so.
If you go too far sharp, the PROPER way to tune is to turn the gear so that the resulting note is DELIBERATELY flat. In other words, going back to our example, if you overshoot your A note, then turn the tuner so you are FLATTER than A. now give the string a tug as you would do when you are stretching. the slack in the tuner will give. now tune towards the A, being careful not to overshoot. if you overshoot, repeat the process. The key is to tune in the SHARP direction only!
If you fail to observe any of these points above, you're going to be in a mess, because stable tuning requires all of the above elements to be in place. Likely you're going to find that your tuning problem is the result of a combination of the above factors--after following all of the above guidelines, I usually find that even the worst and cheapest guitars stay in tune just fine.
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