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2torial #0853:
Learn2 Tune a Guitar
 Tune to a chord (optional)
Due to the laws of music theory and the
limitations of guitar construction, a guitar cannot
be tuned perfectly to every chord at the same time.
To tune it perfectly to one chord will make the
guitar slightly out of tune in another chord,
although not offensively so. For this reason, try
out your tuning skills in a chord that you might be
playing in the near future, or just an open chord
that you find easy to play, like the major chords
of A, C, D, E, or G.
- Choose a chord you'd like to play,
and slowly play each note successively.
- Hear any sour notes? If something
doesn't sound right, play all of the notes of
the chord again, and identify which notes are
the bad apples.
- Fix the bum notes. Play the whole
chord again, and quickly reach over with your
dominant hand (which has just strummed the
chord) to the tuning peg of the out of tune
string. Give it a quick twist down to loosen the
string, and turn it back up with the chord still
ringing. You should hear the note match with the
rest of the chord as you bring it up to the
correct pitch. If it still doesn't sound right,
repeat this action as necessary.
- Here's an alternate posture for tuning to a
chord: Push the guitar across your lap so that
the head is closer to your body. It'll be easier
to adjust the tuning peg right after you play
the chord.
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