In today's time, to see guys with a guitar on the street is perhaps a rarity.
At the same time, this noble instrument still has enough fans. To verify this, just go to the Internet and enter the phrase “buy a guitar” in the search engine. You will see the addresses of more than fifteen million sites, or rather, I discovered 16 million. You can buy the tool from the site by placing an order. A guitar of any manufacturer’s company is brought directly to your house.
But then the question arises: "How to tune the guitar?"
The fact is that it is this very widespread musical instrument that is most upset. It is good, of course, that in skillful hands he adjusts quite quickly.
One day they gave me a six-string guitar for my twelfth birthday . At that time I already knew how to play a little and continued to learn with the help of a tutorial. However, there was not a word written in it, how to learn how to tune a guitar, and you had to tune it often. I don’t know if you saw how the guitarists tune the guitar, who at a rehearsal cannot even sing one song to the end, until a few strings are pulled or, on the contrary, are released. Maybe this is already a habit? So, usually such musicians ask for complete silence, since this instrument is tuned by ear.
My neighbor was just such a guitarist, and he taught me how to tune a guitar by ear, and I, in turn, share this secret with everyone.
So, first of all, you need to remember the fact that each guitar string corresponds to the sound of a certain note:
- The first thinnest guitar string corresponds to the sound of the “Mi” note.
- The second string makes the sound of the "C" note.
- Note "Salt" - The third string.
- The note "Re" is the fourth string.
- The fifth string is consonant with the note "La";
- The sixth guitar string, like the first, corresponds to the sound of the “Mi” note.
It’s already becoming clearer how you tune your guitar, right? There are people whose hearing is so good that they even tune the instrument without the help of additional tools. By carefully listening to the sound, and pulling or releasing the strings, they achieve the appropriate sound for each of them. They say that the rumors of such virtuosos are musical.
Of course, you can simply invite such a specialist, and within a few minutes he will do everything in the best possible way. But we are interested in how to tune the guitar yourself, and not whom to call for help. By the way, it is believed that when playing an instrument that is upset, a person spoils his hearing, which means that he will have to tune his guitar often.
Well, let's get acquainted with the most common way to tune a six-string guitar.
We will need the actual guitar and tuning fork “Mi”. Instead of a tuning fork, another well-known guitar or any musical instrument, up to the harmonica, is also suitable. Before, a tuning fork signal sounded periodically on the radio.
Six-String Guitar Tuning Process
- In tune with the sound of the “Mi” note using a tuning fork or other instrument, we tune the first string.
- Clamp the second string in the fifth fret. Pulling it up or letting it in, you need to achieve its sound in unison with the sound of the first string, that is, the note "C".
- Now we do the same with the third string, but holding it in the fourth fret (Salt).
- The fourth string is tuned in the same way. We clamp it on the fifth fret, and it should sound in unison with the third string (Re).
- Clutching the fifth string at the fifth fret, we achieve unison in harmony with the open fourth string (A).
- The sound of the sixth string should correspond to the first open. Or, if you hold it in the fifth fret, then the sixth string should sound in unison with the fifth open (Mi).
That’s all wisdom. Now you know how to tune your guitar. Well, you can find a site on the Internet with a tuner for the guitar. Then all six strings are tuned by ear to the tuner. Everything will work out!