What are the strings for the guitar and how would you tune it?
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I know I might sound a bit like a loser, but I got money for christmas and I want to go buy a guitar with it. One thing I would like to know before I get started is what the strings are, like the letters, and how would I tune it. Oh and by the way, It’s(I’m hoping) a 6 string guitar, not a 12.
I know I might sound a bit like a loser, but I got money for christmas and I want to go buy a guitar with it. One thing I would like to know before I get started is what the strings are, like the letters, and how would I tune it. Oh and by the way, It’s(I’m hoping) a 6 string guitar, not a 12.
Thanks a bunch!
The fattest string is an E then A D G B E. You can tune it using a tuner or if you have a keyboard or a piano you can copy the notes.
If the bass E is in tune then hold the 5th fret and play the A below it to see if they sound the same. Continue doing that until you get to the G, which you hold the 4th fret and play the next one down. Then it goes back to 5th fret from B to E.
Hopefully that helps. Buying a tuner is easiest. DBOENRANLALLY
EADGBE
Buy a tuner John1345
Highest to lowest you have: E B G D A E
remember it like this:
Easter
Bunny
Gets
Drunk
At
Easter
Get a pitch pipe or an automatic tuner. It’s so convinient. Zach
Know what tuning you want, cause there are a lot. For the regular use this website:http://onlineguitartuner.com/. Also, know what gauge string you’re using. If it’s too thick and you twist it too much, you’d need to buy another set. mcg182
A little bit more of a kid-friendly version is “Easter Bunnies Go Dancing After Easter” from the smallest to biggest strings.
Since you’re starting out, I would advice getting either light or extra light strings. In fact another tip in case you have trouble is to get electric strings to put on your acoustic. This won’t sound good, but it will be easier on your fingers. Just keep this in mind as a backup plan. As you tune up, make sure you turn the knobs slowly. I have a free lesson video on how to restring your guitar that should help you out!
By the way, the most common alternate tuning for acoustic guitar is DADGAD (from largest to smallest). It sounds great, but I would recommend waiting until you are more of an intermediate player to start messing around with alternate tunings.
Stephen Stephen
e————highest-
B————
G————
D————
A————
E————lowest-
this is the standard tuning for a guitar, there are other variations too but this is the the tuning most songs are played on,usually when u get the guitar they will tune it for u but it is easy to tune once they ut the strings on, just Google “online guitar tuner” and click one of the links, then listen to the sounds the strings make on the computer and tighten the string by turning the knobs at the end of the guitar one direction or the other to make the pitch of the guitar higher or lower, BE VERY CAREFUL NO TO TIGHTEN THE STRINGS TOO MUCH OR THE WILL BREAK!!! this happens to beginners a lot,if u feel to much tension on the strings LOOSEN them. you could also get an electric guitar tuner separately, it will have instructions on how to use it in the package. Ahson K
Thickest to thinnest
E - Eddie
A - Ate
D - Dynamite
G - Good
B - Bye
E - Eddie
How to tune:
Use a Online Tuner(free)
Buy a Tuner(best) J.T
The thickest/lowest/6th string is an E and going up in pitch/down in breadth it goes;
Aidan
5th = A
4th = D
3rd = G
2nd = B
1st = E
Guitars have tuners built in on their heads (the bits at the far end of the neck/fretboard, you turn it one way to sharpen the note (make the pitch higher) and one way to flatten it (make the pitch lower).
You can use a piano and do it by ear, use a guitar tuner and do it by looking or by ear using one string that you know is in tune as so;
5th fret on the 6th string = open (no fret) 5th string
5th fret on the 5th string = open 4th string
5th fret 4th sting = open 3rd string
FOURTH fret 3rd string = open 2nd string
5th fret second string = open 1st string
or you can do it by natural harmonics;
natural harmonics (played by lightly touching your finger on the string above a corresponding fret whilst not pressing down and picking the string as normal);
nat. harmonic on 5th fret 6th string= nat. harmonic on 7th fret 5th string
harmonic on 5th fret 5th string = harmonic on 7th fret 4th string
5th fret 4th string = 7th fret 3rd string
7th fret 6th string = open (not harmonic) 2nd string
12th fret 6th string = open (not harmonic) 1st string
If you are a beginner, then you should buy a tuner which is easy for use.
Mike
As other guys told you, the names of 6 strings are: E, B, G, D, A, E.
It is also important to buy appropriate strings for guitar that you are using.
If you need strings for acoustic guitar, mention that to salesman.
I hope that i helped you.
Anyone who has looked at my other guitar playing articles will know that I was 13 years old when I first tried to play a guitar. That was a mere 40 years ago. And now, here I am, older and…… well, just older!
If you are a raw beginner then I think I know exactly how you are feeling right now.
You see so many people playing a whole range of guitars in a load of different ways and yet you can hardly get anything more than a few ‘twangs’ out of yours and you believe that you will NEVER manage to play to the level that you would like.
One of the first problems you face, unless you are with someone who has some knowledge, is how to tune the darned thing!
Tuning can be done in several ways
The strings, working from the top (thickest) down are tuned to E, A, D, G, B, E (the thickest string is called bottom E and the thinnest one at the bottom is called top E)
you can tune your guitar very easily by any of these methods:
1. Buy a set of pitch pipes from any music shop. They are a set of pipes that you blow through and they play a note that is tuned to each string on the guitar
2. Pay a little bit more and buy an electric tuning device, which also produces a note that corresponds to each note on the guitar
3. If you have another instrument (especially a piano or keyboard) then simply play each note (E, A, D, G, B and E) and tune your guitar to those notes.
4. Once you have bottom E (the thickest one) hold down the string at the 5th fret (the section between the metal bars is a fret, so count up 5 from the end that the tuning pegs are. It should have a single dot on it). When you play the string at the 5th fret, the next string down (A) should be the same note. Do the same with the 2nd and 3rd strings, then the 3rd and 4th. When it comes to the 5th string (B) you hold down the 4th string at the 4th fret along and tune the 5th string to this one, then finally hold the 5th string down at the 5th fret again and the 6th string (E) should be tuned to the same note.
It is by using this method that you make fine adjustments to your tuning because, as you play, your guitar will lose its tuning slightly and this is the easiest way to make fine adjustments.
If you are buying a new guitar, spend some time trying out lots of different ones. The really big main thing is to buy one you feel comfortable with.
Get a chair, sit down and sort of cradle the guitar in your lap. Then (and I know you can’t play yet) play a few notes. You want find out how it feels on your fingers. The one you pick should be the one that you find easiest to press the string down and play a note on. Also (key point here) don’t buy one with too broad a neck (thats the part the strings press down on) because a guitar with a wide neck or a thick neck will be much harder work on your hand and fingers. If the neck is narrow it will be easier for you to get your hand and fingers into position to make the chords.
You don’t need to buy an expensive one or the one the salesperson reccomends. You need to buy the one that YOU feel comfortable with.
Also, buy a spare set of lightweight strings (barter with them for a free set) and a set of pitch pipes.
Hope this has helped you
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