Two ways of how to tune a guitar at home

Many guys and girls are burning with an unbridled desire to learn how to play the six-string guitar. And, I must say, quickly grasp the basics of this art. Everything seems to be good, if not for one "but" ... Any guitar (acoustic or electric) has a tendency to get frustrated, but not because it bores you, but rather, on the contrary, because you play a lot on it !! What to do in this case? Of course, tune it! And what if you need a full customization? After all, this is a separate lesson, which not all beginning guitarists can do. Do not be discouraged, in this article we will tell you, friends, how to set up the guitar at home. As a consolation I want to note that the inability to tune the guitar does not mean its inability to own it. For example, the sound of a piano is much more difficult to adjust. Many experienced pianists still do not know how to set up their own instruments, and this does not prevent them from performing on stage and getting the public recognition of the audience!

How to set up a guitar at home

A bit of theory

There are two proven ways to do this. In this article we will consider both of them. The most important thing in tuning a guitar is to know and understand its simple mechanism. Know that the very first string, which is at the very bottom of the fifth fret, is nothing more than a note called "la" for the first octave. Among guitarists-lovers there is an opinion that the mood of a six-string guitar will be considered correct only when this note sounds like a telephone horn. In this case, the correctly tuned first, but already open (uncompressed) "mi" string (for the first octave) corresponds to the sound of a piano or tuning fork. If you have a hearing, then the instrument can be adjusted, sorry for the tautology, by ear. So, let's finally learn how to tune the guitar at home. Method number 1: tuning by ear

Just note that it will not be too bad if you do not exactly set up "a" and "mi" for the first octave. Adjust the first string as you can. In the future, you will get used to this sound. In addition, you will already know firsthand how to tune a guitar at home with the same sound on its first string. To do this, hold it in the fifth fret (make the string closed) and achieve the appropriate sound. You can use a tuning fork.

Remember that setting the first (bottom) closed string is the most important and crucial moment in the entire process, because it's from "la" and "mi" that everyone else "dances"! So, when the first step is made, it becomes much easier. All the other strings must also be clamped on the fifth fret, adjusting them already under the previous one, achieving full harmony (in unison) with it!

Attention!

The exception is only the third string! The fact is that it needs to be clamped not on the fifth, but on the fourth fret. It turns out that in this case it should sound in unison with the already open second string on the fifth! Method number 2: adjust via microphone

This method is much simpler than the first. Here you do not have to rely entirely on your hearing. All you need is to install the appropriate program on the computer, allowing you to perform guitar tuning through the microphone. It is quite easy to find such software. To set up a guitar through a microphone, you need to do the following:

• Connect the microphone to the computer;
• Bring it closer to our six-string guitar;
• Start a preinstalled or online tuner;
• Begin to extract open sounds and look at what the program shows us, that is, we set up a certain string for the corresponding note.