Play a string and watch the needle: it tells you which string you're on and whether to tighten or loosen it. Standard, drop D, open D, open G and DADGAD tunings, with a reference tone for every string.
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Auto: the nearest string is picked for you. Tap a string to lock it.
Play one string at a time and let it ring. A quiet room works best.
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Pluck it and let it ring.
Tighten when it's flat, loosen when it's sharp.
Go from the low E to the high E until every string shows a dot.
The nearest string is picked for you, so you can just play.
Drop D, open D, open G, DADGAD and half step down.
Play a reference tone for any string and match it.
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In standard tuning the six strings, from the thickest to the thinnest, are E2, A2, D3, G3, B3 and E4. A common way to remember them is "Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie". The low E vibrates about 82 times a second and the high E about 330 times, two octaves higher.
Open D tuning (D A D F♯ A D) makes the open strings ring out a D major chord, which suits slide guitar and folk. Drop D lowers only the sixth string to D for heavier riffs and easy power chords. Open G (D G D G B D) is the classic tuning for blues and rock rhythm parts, and DADGAD gives a suspended, modal sound used in Celtic music.
Tune up to the note rather than down: if a string is sharp, loosen it below the note and bring it back up. The string settles better and stays in tune longer. New strings stretch, so check them again after a few minutes of playing.
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