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How do you tune with a chromatic guitar tuner?

How do I tune my Guitar with a chromatic tuner?

  • I usuly get my uncle to restring and tune my guitar but hes away so i think im going to learn to do it myself. Ive got a Martin Smith Guitar with built in chromatic tuner. I'm ...show more

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    A chromatic tuner will show whatever note the tuner is hearing. If the tuner said F that means it was too high in pitch and you need to go back down to E . Many tuners will only show the string names and if you are flat or sharp. turn the string to go lower and when it turns green again it should read E Try using an online tone generator tuner http://all-guitar-chords.com/tuner.php to tune the guitar by matching the sounds. That should get you close enough to be able to use the tuner after that. http://www.fretnotguitarrepair.com/repair/acoustic-guitar/string-changing.php this shows you how to wrap the strings on the posts and works for electric guitar as well. ALL guitarists need to know how to do this. I was able to do it at 9 yrs old....I think you should be able to figure it out!

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Wait until your uncle comes back. Leave the guitar alone. Being able to tune a guitar is important but wait until you start learning to play.

Tony B

Your guitar should have come with instructions on how to use the tuner. In any case you're probably better off using a clip-on tuner like the Snark SN-5. The order of the strings, from high to low (i.e., from thinnest string to thickest string) is E - B - G - D - A - E. Your best bet is to go to an online tuner like this one: http://www.gieson.com/Library/projects/utilities/tuner/ ...and try to match each string to its proper tone on the screen.

Mikey, just Mikey

Usually, if you are trying to tune using the E string and the tuner points to F being the note corresponding to your E-string as being in tune, then the intonation is off. Period. Or, the string is old and doesn't produce the proper tone. Or the neck can be warped.

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