If your playing on your own it doesn't matter so much if each string isn't tuned exactly to the correct pitches, as long as they are in tune relative to each other. However if you tune too high you're in…Read more
Dec 6, 2014
Dec 6, 2014
General notes on tuning your guitar
New guitar students often come to a lesson and say something like, "It should be in tune - I tuned it yesterday." I suggest that this is faulty thinking, and that you will be well served by checking your tuning…
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Dec 6, 2014
Standard tuning and popular alternative tunings
Starting with the thickest (6th, or 'bottom') string, this is standard tuning for a guitar:
E, A, D, G, B, EAnother popular tuning, particularly in the rock world, is to simply drop the thickest string down one…
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