How Use An Electronic Tuner
Learn How To Tune A Guitar With A Digital Tuner!
Now that you know the names of the open strings you can learn how to use a digital tuner. Once your tuner is on, play your low E string. The tuner should indicate a note, hopefully it is an E. If it’s not an E we need to adjust the tuning to make it an E. Let’s say that you hit your low E string and the tuner display says that you are playing a D flat. D is before E in the musical alphabet, so this means that we need to raise the pitch of the string until it becomes an E. Imagine that the tuner said that the note that you were playing was an F#. In this case, you would need lower the pitch of the note until it became an E. At this point you should use your tuning peg for your low E string to raise or lower the note until it becomes an E.
Okay, you have your E string tuned to an E note, but is it in tune? Most tuners have a needle or some light that let you know if a note is sharp or flat. If the note that you are tuning is flat, the needle or light will be off to the left of center. If the note that you are playing is sharp, the needle or light will off to the right of center. The idea is to “tune up” the note if it is flat and to “tune down” the note if it is sharp. When the note is “in tune” the needle will be in the middle of the display. If you have a tuner with lights the “in tune” light is usually green and in the middle of the display. Repeat this process for all five remaining strings. Don’t be frustrated if you break a string or if it takes you a while to really get the whole idea of tuning. That’s normal.
If you don’t have a digital tuner you can learn how to tune your guitar by ear in the next beginner guitar lesson.
In tuning a guitar with a digital tuner you didn’t say what “mode” the tuner should be set? I have a “flat” setting and it says the tuner alows the following tuning for a guitar 7B,6E,5A,4D,3G.2B,1F I don’t have a clue what any of that means?
Hey Terry,
What kind of tuner do you have. If “standard” or “guitar” are modes for your choices I would use those. If you see a 7B in your tuning mode you are in the mode for a seven string guitar. I would stay away from that.
Hey,
The sites great, I really enjoy and appreciate it.
On the tuner. I down loaded the same ap on my ipod that you use in the demonstration.
It worked out well the first few times but I had a really re…..ally hard time with my lo E this last time.
Can you explain what the rest of the stuff on the tuner is? HZ ? Cents ? and why are there more then 1 number to a note? example A2 A3 A4 ect…and how do you know which one to use for which string?
Lot of questions, sorry.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Eddy
I have enjoyed this site! But i have a question about the aucostic, does a digital turner have to be hooked up to anything to tune the aucostic guitar?
you are rock bro!
hey nate, i’m new to guitar lessons and i just wanted to say great job you are great at teaching guitar and i just wanted to ask a question or 2.ok, so i bought this guitar tuner, and i used to have a good clean sound after tuning with my old tuner, but now it seems more low pitch even though i am still in tune.i think it has something to do with this calibration button set to 440, and when i set it lower, it sounded out of tune.same for higher. could you suggest a good affordable tuner around 15-20 bucks, or perhaps a good calibration number? im using a deltalab chromatic ct-40 tuner if it helps. thanks, and i appreciate it.
Are there any guitar tuner apps on the android phones that you would recommend? I would also like to know where can I buy a good dedicated electronic tuner and what brand would you recommend. Sorry for the many questions and thanks.
is it important to have a electric tuner,,if u just play guitar as a hobby??please let me know as soon as possible sir….bcoz i have to begin with playing the guitar…..???
can we play guitar without the tuner???
but a tuner is necessary to make sure we’re in tune, right? umm IDK. unless you have good ears.
of course but tune your guitar first
I have the same app but it keeps telling me it’s a C when I play the high E. I’m trying to do it but it’s a bet hard. Thanks
Is SOS tuner good?
How do I know what kind of tuner is suitable for my guitar?
i have a tuner like this i think this is not a good tuner it will not show right things, my Ear is Better
Now that you know the names of the open strings you can learn how to use a digital tuner. Once your tuner is on, play your low E string. The tuner should indicate a note, hopefully it is an E. If it’s not an E we need to adjust the tuning to make it an E. Let’s say that you hit your low E string and the tuner display says that you are playing a D flat. D is before E in the musical alphabet, so this means that we need to raise the pitch of the string until it becomes an E. Imagine that the tuner said that the note that you were playing was an F#. In this case, you would need lower the pitch of the note until it became an E. At this point you should use your tuning peg for your low E string to raise or lower the note until it becomes an E.
Okay, you have your E string tuned to an E note, but is it in tune? Most tuners have a needle or some light that let you know if a note is sharp or flat. If the note that you are tuning is flat, the needle or light will be off to the left of center. If the note that you are playing is sharp, the needle or light will off to the right of center. The idea is to “tune up” the note if it is flat and to “tune down” the note if it is sharp. When the note is “in tune” the needle will be in the middle of the display. If you have a tuner with lights the “in tune” light is usually green and in the middle of the display. Repeat this process for all five remaining strings. Don’t be frustrated if you break a string or if it takes you a while to really get the whole idea of tuning. That’s normal.
If you don’t have a digital tuner you can learn how to tune your guitar by ear in the next beginner guitar lesson.
hello i have purchased a “First act chromatic tuner” i don’t know how to actually use it please help
Hi . I am a beginner and want to know how to tune my guitar for the first time.
PitchPerfect is a free guitar tuner. I use it and it works perfectly.
http://www.nch.com.au/tuner/index.html
Is it possible to tune a guitar by ear?:D
You should have a digital guitar tuner on here
Hey! I love this series, it’s been helping out a lot. But my guitar i think has a built in tuner. It’s an aucostic that plugs into an amp. It has something on that says tuner with a screen with a number on it. How do you use that?
Thats awesome technique ,abd the technique you use to give lesson through online is really awesome..u r the best guitar teacher i ever seen…………..its so easy ,,,till now hope so omming lessons are also be easy to understand
Ok so I was tuning my guitar and the tuner wont pick up the low E and it was right by it. Any ideas why?
no!
on the tuner i do not like it at all so i am gone
i use a digital tuner, it’s a tune techcost $12.95 Snark makes a great line of tuner s ranging from$30 up.
for the fellow getting C when you pluck low E, read your instructions and check what mode you have your tuner set to, also check what instrument and frequency its set to. all these should be lite up on your screen, and yes they all make a difference.
keep pickin’and grinnin’