I need to know how to tune a guitar.?

Question

I basically know that the thickest string is the lowest, the nest one is higher, so on, and so on. But I can't get the right sound.

Answer 1

If you search in google or somewhere for online guitar tuner, it will give you the note and you can tune it by ear. It's really easy: The first string on the tuner is the thickest string on the guitar, and it gets higher from there.

Answer 2

Standard tuning on a guitar is, starting from the bottom (thickest) string, E-A-D-G-B-E.

Buying a tuner is the way to go, but to get you started, you can tune the guitar to itself by doing the following:

Adjust the bottom E string until you have a sound you're happy with. After this fret the string at 5th fret. Compare the sound of this to your A string. Adjust the A string so the sounds are of the same pitch. Fret the A string at 5th and compare to the D string. Again, adjust the D string so they match. Do the same again for the next string, G. After this, fret the G string at 4th fret and adjust the B string until they match. Finally, return to 5th fret on the B string and compare it to the last string, E again. If you've done this correctly, sounding your top and bottom strings should produce the same pitch exactly an octave apart. You may need to go back over and adjust some of them so it's exactly in tune.

This'll get you going till you get a tuner :)

Answer 3

yeah, buy a tuner, after a while you only need to tune one string and the rest you can do by ear because: E is the lowest string, and the 5th fret is the same pitch as A, the next string; and the 5th fret on A is the same as D and so on. If you dont know already, the strings are EADGBe. The only exception being that the 4th fret on the G is a B. If I didnt make it sound to complicated...

Answer 4

What you need is a tuning fork from a music shop. They usually come with instructions; or chances are that the person working could direct you to someone who knows how to use it.

Answer 5

Buy a tuner