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How to tune your ax
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When your guitar is in tune, each open string matches the note you get at the fifth fret on the string below it in pitch, with one exception: the second string matches the note on the fourth fret of the third string. Take a look at the fingerboard diagram and you’ll see how this pattern goes.
Once your sixth string is in tune, you want to play it at the fifth fret and match the open fifth string to that A note. Does the fifth string sound higher or lower? If it’s lower (flat), raise the pitch by tightening the tuning peg slightly and then rechecking the note. If it’s higher (sharp), loosen the string by turning the tuning peg in the other direction.
Follow the same procedure for all the other strings. The fifth fret of the fifth string matches the open fourth string, the fifth fret of the fourth string matches the open third string, the fourth fret of the third string matches the open second string, and the fifth fret of the second string should now match the open first string. All of this will become quickly ingrained in your memory and fingers.
When two strings are in tune, the fretted note and the open string are in unison—the pitch is the same. When two strings are close to the same pitch but not quite, you will (if you listen very closely) hear something usually referred to as beats—a subtle pulsing that results from the way the sound waves rub against each other. When the two notes are in unison, the beating disappears—it sounds smooth and even. Try listening for these beats and using them to help you hone in on the right note.
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