How To Tune A Guitar
VideoJug user Eddie, shows us how to tune a guitar simply and effectively. Watch this easy step by step guide, filled with diagrams and helpful tips, to help you tune your guitar properly.
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Step 1:
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Get A Guitar
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There is nothing worse than a guitar that’s out of tune. We have devised an easy twelve-step program to tuning a guitar. To make tuning a guitar even simpler, here are two diagrams to look at. We will show you these again later.
So for Step 1, Get yourself a guitar.
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Step 2:
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Count The Strings
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Make sure your guitar has six strings.
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Step 3:
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Find E
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Find the note of E.
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Step 4:
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Tune To E
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Tune your bottom E string to the note of E. Use this concert pitched E to tune your bottom E string.
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Step 5:
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Tune To A
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Tune the A string to the tuned fifth fretted bottom E. With the string above held down on the fifth fret, both strings should sound the same.
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Step 6:
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Tune To D
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Tune the D string to the now tuned fifth fretted A. With the string above held down on the fifth fret, both strings should sound the same.
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Step 7:
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Tune To G
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Tune the G string to the now tuned fifth fretted D. With the string above held down on the fifth fret, both strings should sound the same.
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Step 8:
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Tune To B
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Tune the B to the now tuned fourth fretted G. With the string above held down on the fourth fret, both strings should sound the same.
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Step 9:
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Tune To Top E
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Return to the fifth fret, and tune the top E string to the now tuned B string. With the string above held down on the fifth fret, both strings should sound the same.
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Step 10:
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Make The E Chord
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Now make an E chord.