How to Tune a Guitar

Guitar Tuning - Part #2 - Listen and Tune - Online Guitar Tuner

- By Brett Alan

Below are audio files for each guitar string. Just click on the string to hear what each string should sound like when properly tuned. Next, tune your guitar to the midi sounds below. This is what is known as standard concert pitch or A - 440 hertz.

First detune the string you are going to start with, detune means to flatten or lower in pitch. If you don't know which way to turn the tuning peg, experiment. Just check the tension of the string, more slack means you are detuning or flattening the string. Once the string is detuned, with a lot slack and sounds very low begin tightening the tunng peg or tuning up to the desired pitch. Simpily match the pitch of the string to the corresponding sound on the charts. When finished tuning all of the strings, play an open G chord slowly checking for an out-of-tune string(s).