Very often they ask the question: "How to tune a guitar for beginners?" The answer to this question is known to everyone who knows how to play this popular instrument. By the way, you can turn to them for help. If this is not possible, then there is a simple solution to this problem: you should buy a tuner. With it, you can easily tune not only the guitar, but also any other stringed instruments. But first you need to know the structure of each guitar string.
How to tune a guitar for beginners
The first string is tuned to the note "mi" (on the tuner is indicated by the letter "E")
The second string is the note "si" (B)
The third string should be a note of "salt" (G)
The fourth string is tuned to the height of the note "re" (D)
The fifth string is the note "A" (A)
The sixth string is tuned to the note "E" (E)
This is a classic tuning for acoustic guitars.
Please note that the strings begin to count from the bottom up, the first string is the thinnest and is located below, and the sixth, the thickest is at the top.
How to tune a guitar for beginners about using a tuner?
You can tune your guitar from the first or sixth string, there is no fundamental difference. The letter on the tuner display shows the pitch of the note. Strings should be pulled so that the letters correspond to their serial number: 1-E, 2-B, 3-G, 4-D, 5-A, 6-E.
Piano Guitar Tuning
It’s also an easy way if you have a piano, synthesizer or grand piano on hand. As mentioned earlier, each string has its own height, therefore, we press the corresponding keys on the piano and tune by ear. The first string is mi, the second is si, the third is salt, etc.
Tune your guitar with a phone beep
But what if there is neither a tuner nor a piano, then how do you tune a guitar for beginners? In this case, there is also a way out. The main thing is that there is a musical ear. First you need to find a landmark, i.e. note on which we will configure. A mobile phone will help us with this. When calling from the speaker of the phone, a sound comes out with a certain pitch - this is the note "la", the same as the tuning fork. We memorize it by ear, after we clamp the first string on the fifth fret and begin to pull or lower it to the height we need. After you have tuned the first string, you need to do the following:
The second string is pressed to the fifth fret, it should sound exactly like the first, that is, in unison.
The third string is pressed to the fourth fret and should sound at the same height as the second.
The fourth string is pressed against the fifth fret and sounds in unison with the third.
The fifth is pressed to the fifth fret and sounds at the same height as the fourth.
The sixth is pressed against the fifth fret and sounds in unison with the fifth.
An electric guitar may have other tunings, which depend on the strings and the performed compositions.
Guitar Chords for Beginners
- A minor (Am). The first fret is the second string, the second fret is the third and fourth strings.
- C major (C). The first fret is the second string, the second fret is the fourth string, the third fret is the sixth and fifth strings.
- D minor (Dm). The first fret is the first string, the second fret is the third string, the third fret is the second string.
- G major (G). The second fret is the fifth string, the third fret is the sixth and first string.
- E-minor (Em). The second fret is the fifth and fourth strings.
Using these chords, you can play several songs, for example Victor Tsoi "Star named the Sun" (Am, C, Dm, G).