Guitar Tuner: Tune Acoustic and Electric Guitar Online (E A D G B e)
Here’s an online guitar tuner to help you ensure your acoustic or electric guitar is perfectly in tune! While you could use a guitar tuner app, in this lesson you’ll learn how to tune a guitar without a tuner in EADGBE (standard tuning).
Tuning By Ear vs Using A Tuner
If you own an electronic tuner, it will often provide the most accurate results. If you need help, I have a lesson on how to use a clip on tuner for guitar.
Otherwise, learning to tune by ear, by matching the pitch of each string to my guitar in the above video, is an excellent ear training exercise.
You will hear a note played repeatedly; adjust your tuning peg until your string matches the sound.
This guitar tuner is suitable for both acoustic and electric guitars in standard tuning.
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How to tune guitar by ear – step by step guide
Once you’ve tuned your guitar with the tuner above, it’s a good idea to ensure your guitar is “tuned to itself” – this is how it’s done:
