How to tune your guitar by ear.

How to Tune your Guitar Tuning the base string. 4567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Tune the A' string open (without holding down on any frets) to standardtuning from a reference like tuner or a familiar song. Or tune it to whatever you want if you don'treally need to tune in the standard. Tuning the lower (fat) E' string. E B IG E 123 456 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Hold the E' string on the Sth fret and pick the string. Listen to the sound.. Now pick the A' open string and. listen to the sound. Both should sound similar. Tuning the A' string. Congrats: You had already tuned the A'string at the beginning since it was taken as the base string. Tuning the D'string. B G A E 123456 78 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Hold the A'string on the 5th fret and pick the string. Listen to the sound. Now pick the D'string open and listen to the sound. They should sound similar. Tuning the G' string. 123456 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Hold the D'string on the sth fret and pick the string. Listen to the sound. Then pick the "G string open and listen to the sound. They shouid sound similar. Tuning the B' string. B D 123 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Hold the G' string on dth fret and pick the string. Listen to the sound. Then pick the -B' string open and listen to the sound. They should sonnd similar. Tuning the higher (thin) E' string. E B A E 12 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Hold the B' string onsth fret and pick the string. Listen to the sound. Then pick the E' string open and listen to the sound. They should sound similar. mamamusicians.com