How to tune
Practical guides to tuning your guitar by ear, with a tuner, with a tuning fork and much more.
How to Tune a Guitar with a Tuner
Tune your guitar with a tuner in minutes: play each open string, read the display, and adjust from the 6th string to the 1st. Step-by-step guide.
How to Tune a Guitar by Ear
Tune your guitar by ear without a tuner: the 5th fret method, harmonics, and an external reference to lock in to A440.
How to Tune a Guitar with a Tuning Fork
How to tune a guitar with a tuning fork: use the A at 440 Hz as your reference, tune the A string to it, then finish standard tuning by ear.
How Often Should You Tune Your Guitar?
How often should you tune your guitar? Ideally before every session. Learn what knocks it out of tune and how to stay in tune longer.
7 Common Guitar Tuning Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)
The 7 most common guitar tuning mistakes and how to fix them: stretch new strings, tune up to the pitch, and double-check every string at the end.
Why New Guitar Strings Go Out of Tune (and How to Fix It Fast)
New strings go out of tune because they stretch and settle. How to stretch them, wind them right, and how long the break-in takes before they hold.