If you want to play correct then you
need to tune your guitar on regular basis. This is the most basic thing which
is necessary for every guitar player. In the modern days there are many ways by
which you can tune your guitar. There are various software's available in the
market for the purpose. You can do it on your computer or on your smartphone.
If you have android based smartphone then you can try many goodies available on
the play store like gstring & datuner (there are 100s of other, you can
experiment with all of them & you can select one as per your liking). You
just need to run the software & set it to auto tune that's it, now you can
play open strings one by one, the note names will be shown on the screen live.
You need to strike the string & adjust its length until you find the
correct note.
If you don't have smartphone (as
they are expensive, android is starting from Rs. 5000 minimum) then you can buy
a separate digital tuner which will do the same thing as you did with your
smartphone. So these were the modern ways. Now think if you don't have digital
tuner or smartphone with you and you need to tune your guitar? So now i will
tell you the basic way by which you can tune your guitar (only if you tune it
regularly).
Below note frequencies may be useful
if you are tuning your guitar by digital tuner or smartphone:-
Open E (6th) String 82.4 Hz
Open A (5th) String 110 Hz
Open D (4th) String 146.8 Hz
Open G (3rd) String 196 Hz
Open B (2nd) String 246.9 Hz
Open E (1st) String 329.6 Hz
The best method you can say is the
5th fret tuning method. It is so called because each open string is tuned to
the one above it by pressing the 5th fret on that lower string. Let's do it
step by step:-
1. First of all your guitar's 5th
string should be in tune ( if you play it regularly then it should be in tune).
2. Now press the 5th fret down on
the 6th string (thicker one) & tune that note to the open
"A" string. They should sound the same pitch.
3. Now press the 5th fret on the 5th
string and tune the open 4th string to the 5th. Make sure they sound the same.
4. You can do the same with all
strings except the 2nd string. To tune the 2nd string to the 3rd string you
must use the 4th fret instead of 5th fret on 3rd string.
5. Now in the final step you can
adjust the strings by playing some chords & to listen them (if you are a
regular player then you will immediately notice if chords are out of tune).
Other Method:-
1. Beginning with the Open E string
(1st) at the right pitch, play B on the 7th fret and tune the open B string
(2nd) to it.
2. Play a G on the 3rd fret of the
first string and tune the open G (3rd) string to it.
3. Play a D on the 3rd of the 2nd
string and tune the open D (4th) string to it.
4. Play a A on the 2nd fret of the
3rd string and tune the open A (5th) string to it.
5. Play A string on the 2nd fret of
the 4th string and tune the open E (6th) string to it.
6. Finally check the open 1st and
6th Strings.
That's it, you tuned your guitar so
well.