Guitar Tuning

In todays blog entry, I am going to discuss tuning your guitar.
Let's face it, you could be the greatest player in the world, but if your guitar's out of tune, your gonna sound like crap!

Okay, lets get to it.

There are basically 3 methods of tuning your guitar:

1. Reference tuning - Reference tuning means tuning your guitarto another source such as a piano or another guitar. First youplay the note on the other source and then you play the note onyour guitar. You then turn tuning pegs either right or left untilyour guitar string note matches that of the source note.
....By the way, the six strings from top to the bottom correspond to the following notes: E, A, D, G, B, and E.
Reference tuning if probably the most difficult method and of course its impossible if you have no other source to reference (i.e. :a piano at the house)

2. Relative Tuning - Relative tuning is a method of tuning your guitar to itself. You'll be fine doing it this way if you are just going to be playing by yourself. First you play the low E string at the fifth fret, then play the A string open. Adjust the tuning peg on the A string until the pitches match. Repeat this process on the fifth fret on down the line until the next to last string,(the B string). To tune this string you will use the fourth fret. Finish up using the fifth fret again on the bottom (E) string.

3. Electronic Tuning - Electronic tuning is probably the easiest way to tune your guitar. As the name states, this method uses an electronic tuner to tune your guitar. If you plan on playing guitar long term, you may want to think about investing in one. You will definitely be glad in the long run.