The Steps


Intro:
Before you begin
Step 1:
Understand the fretboard
Step 2:
Listen for the wave
Step 3:
Tune the 6th string
Step 4:
Tune three more strings
Step 5:
Tune the second string
Step 6:
Tune to a chord (optional)



Helpful Tips


Take a break if you feel yourself getting frustrated. You'll probably return in five minutes and finish tuning any remaining strings.

 

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Learn2 Tune a Guitar (Continued)

Step 5Tune the second string

 

While tuning the second string is different than what you've done so far, it's actually a simple process.

     

  • What's the difference? When you tune the 2nd string, you have to fret the 3rd string on the 4th fret (not the 5th, as you have been doing), and play the second string open, and adjust the 2nd string's tuning peg. It's that easy. And remember--any time you try to match two tones (one which is correct and the other which isn't) start the out-of-tune string lower than the string that's in tune. You should always arrive at the right tone from below (by tightening a string that's too loose) and not from above (by loosening a string that's too tight).So, loosen the out-of-tune string until it's lower (much lower, if you're not sure you're going in the right direction) than the correct one.

 

  • Listen again for the speed of the wavering sounds. If the waves seem to speed up, you're putting the string even further out of tune. If you hear the waves slow down, you're getting closer to the right pitch. Once you hear the waves slow down and gradually disappear, you've got it.

 

  • The final string: Tune the first string by fretting the 2nd string on 5th fret, and play the first string open. Match the two tones, and you're done.

     

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