How to tune your guitar with an electronic guitar tuner

 Tune your guitar with an electronic guitar tuner

One of the first things you should learn in learning to play the guitar is tuning your guitar. No body like to hear a song when it is out of tune. You should know what the note is for each guitar string

Then you should get yourself an electronic tuner.

It is a good little investment for learning guitar and it will make your life so much easier. It is a little device which is operated by batteries. It can pick up the sound when you play the guitar string and it will indicate if the string is in tune or not. The tuner can pick up sounds from a built in microphone or it can be plugged into your electric guitar or acoustic guitar

The most common ones will have a LCD display showing you a gauge with a needle going left or right. That tells you if the string needs to be tightening or loosen. Some tuners might have a LED light with red and green colour. If the guitar string is in tune then it will turn to green and if it is still out of tune it will be red. It is fairly easy to operate once you get one.

They can cost from $10 to $50, some will cost up to $500. I suggest getting something around $20 to $30. So the quality is acceptable and it will last you for years. I personally use an effect pedal with a built in tuner. If you are really serious about playing guitar and would like to have a bit more fun, it is also good to get an effect pedal with a built in tuner so you don’t have to buy two separate devices. But if you like to take your guitar to different places and don’t want to carry too much cables and stuff, a stand alone electronic tuner would be convenient to carry in your pocket or in your guitar case. Check out some price of guitar gears here Just do a search on electronic tuner or guitar tuner

This guy in the video does a good job explaining how the guitar tuner works and I like his hat.

You can find out more on how they work here

How to start learning to play guitar

How to start learning to play guitar

Well first of all, you need a guitar. If you don’t have one, you can buy one or you can borrow one. You can even make one if you like. But I started of by borrowing my aunt’s guitar. She had a beautiful classical guitar. The strings are softer so it is easier for your fingers when you are just starting off. So my suggestion to anyone interested in learning to play the guitar is to borrow an old guitar from your friends or family and preferably a classical guitar. An electric guitar is also good because the strings are even easier to press. If you start off with an acoustic guitar it is going to hurt your fingers. So why make it hard for yourself?

There are a few basic things you should know before you start learning. My first rule is to always treat the guitar with respect and take good care of it. Put it on a stand or in a case if you can.

Then you need to know some of the basic parts on a guitar. These will help you later on. You can also sound as if you know a few things about guitars.

• Headstock/head
  
  
• Tuner/ tuning pegs
  
  
• Nut
  
  
• Fret – a small segment which divides the neck up into different sections. When you press down the string in different fret it produces different pitch
  
  
  


• Fret marker – round dots in the fret to help you count the fret number
  
  
• Neck / Fretboard / Fingerboard
  




• String – it is what you pick and strum to create the sound. There are usually 6 on a guitar. From the thickest to the thinnest they are E A D G B E
  
  
• Body
  


• Bridge
  
  
• Guitar pick – a piece of plastic which help you strum and pick the strings
  




• Guitar tab – music sheets which tell you which string to play and which fret to press
  

Just get a basic idea for now and I will go into more details on some of the terms.
Now that you have some idea about the guitar and guitar tab you can start learning more about some of the following

• Guitar chords



• Strumming



• String picking



• Guitar solo



• Guitar effects



• Different playing style

I will discuss in more details about learning to play guitar in my other blog posts. Go get yourself a GUITAR first!! HURRY!!!!