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There are several different ways to tune Guitar. We can tune Guitar with the help of pitch pipe, electronic tuners, software’s available online. The best way to tune the Guitar is manual tuning. There is no need to depend on anything to tune a Guitar.
I agree it is a bit difficult to tune a Guitar manually however it is the best way. We need to train our ears to recognize the correct notes. Following are some steps that we need to learn how to tune Guitar manually.
- Tune first string to E with the help of any other instrument like synthesizer, pitch pipe. Play E note on any instrument and match the sound with the first string of Guitar. Make sure that E note on the instrument and Guitar should sound identical.
- Press A note on the fifth fret of first string and play 5th string openly. Match the sound of A note with the 5th string. These notes should sound identical. Now you have 1st and 5th strings tuned.
- Press G note on the third fret of first string and play 3rd string openly. Match the sound of G note with the third string. Now we have 1st, 5th and 3rd stings tuned.
- Place your finger on the second fret of the fifth string and match the note with the second string played openly. This will get us second string tuned and the note that is being played is B.
- Press the third fret of second string (that is D) and match the note with the fourth string played openly. This will tune the fourth string.
- The only string that is left is sixth string. Play sixth and the first string openly and try to match the sound. These two strings are same notes of different octaves. When these notes will be matched, we will be having our Guitar tuned.
Check the tuning of your Guitar by playing any chord. It should give us clear sound. If it is not sounding clear then please make slight movements in tuning keys to match the notes again. I would recommend you to practice tuning Guitar manually till the time you are not getting perfect in this.
