Hey guys! It's kind of my bad that this post should have been posted earlier before explaining basic chords.
This part is the most basic and fundamental part of learning a guitar, because knowing how to tune leads to playing the guitar in clean and right notes.
Prior to learning how to tune, let's go over the syllable names.
As you might know, there are basically 7 types of notes in music: Do, Re, Mi Fa, Sol, La, Si(Ti).
In other ways, we say this as C D E F G A B C (In the same order)
These are more modern ways to express these, and u MUST remember these in order to learn the guitar.
Alright. Now we go to tuning. Basically, there are 6 strings in the guitar, and from the thinnest to the thickest, we label them 1-6. So the thickest is string 6, and the thinnest will be string 1.
The following are the sounds each strings should make.
6: E
5: A
4: D
3: G
2: B
1: E
Since the orders of the strings are 6 to 1 when you hold the guitar, I wrote it like that. Also, it is more stable to tune the thicker strings when tuning, so first tune string 6 into E.
As you see, if you turn the key counterclockwise, the strings are tightened, thus making a higher sound. If you see the tuner, tighten them until the hands reach the middle. So for string 6, you turn it till E.
Same thing for string 5. You turn it counterclockwise to get "A".
For string 4, same thing. Get "D" by turning the key counterclockwise.
For the left 3 strings located on the right side of the head, you turn them clockwise. So for string 3, get "G"
Same thing. Get "B" for string 2.
Last, string 1. Same as usual, turn it clockwise to get "E".
There is one thing you must be careful of , because if you turn the key too fast or strong, the string might be cut off, so you must be careful.
With a tuner, everyone can tune the guitar, and if you do not, there are a lot of free smartphone apps you can use to tune the guitar, so good luck everyone!
Since my days as a musician, I have always wanted to play guitar. I started off playing the violin in 2nd grade and immediately became an advanced student with the violin as well as the viola and cello. When I got to middle school, I grew tired of orchestra and moved on to band where I learned to play the saxophone. It only took me a month to become proficient with the saxophone. It was at this time in middle school that I became interested in learning the guitar. By then I had perfect pitch so I began to teach my self guitar. Guitar is so far the hardest instrument I am still learning. I even began teaching my self piano and the guitar is still difficult.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I think it's great that you chose to make a how to blog for the guitar. There weren't many decent ones when I was beginning to learn to play the guitar. I found this as an informative piece. As I haven't played an instrument in about 3 years, getting back to the basics is a must right now.
Thanks for your comments! Personally, I am also a player of the piano, guitar, and violin. What I felt from my experience is that it makes your life better the more you learn and practice musical instruments. I'd glad that you were talented in a lot of instruments, and I hope you start off again. And I also hope that my blog can help you with that
DeleteYo Michael. I always want to know how to tune the guitar, and this article gives me some ideas about it. However, the photos in this article are missing. Maybe you need to check what is the problem.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, I think if you refer a video about tuning in your article, it will be convenient and helpful for readers to understand tuning better.
Otherwise, I like your blog, since it provides useful knowledge for me to learn more about guitar.
Hey Leo, thanks for mentioning that. I'll make the changes. Also, thanks a lot for the advice you gave. I will use more videos and other types of sources in my post! I'm glad that you find this blog helpful.
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