As music continues to be an ever-evolving art, musicians are constantly innovating and searching for new sounds and combinations to push it to new heights. It’s the reason so many guitarists expand their repertoire to include alternate tunings outside of the standard tuning format. Lesson: H...
Drop C tuning is commonly used in metal and hard rock styles of guitar playing because it adds more low notes to the range of your guitar. Additionally, some players find drop C helpful when accompanying singers with lower voices. Whether you’re a beginner or a long-time player, drop C ...
If you’re used to playing guitar, it might seem odd that there is a high g-string. In standard reentrant tuning, the pitch of the strings on the ukulele don’t go from lowest to highest. This tuning is part of what makes the ukulele have that bright and charming sound. Reentrant tun...
The guitar of choice this month is a Gibson ES-335. The owner wants a set of 13-54s on - and in standard tuning. We’ve built in some other bridges for illustration showing how to service those too. Check over each of these points when you’re stringing up the next time as part ...
Standard guitar tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E) With this rhyme in mind, you now know standard guitar tuning. You’ll use this in a wide variety of songs across all music genres. Now that you know the names of the strings, we’re ready to get your guitar in tune. You can always do this...
Check out this lesson on 7 String Guitar Songsfor some more examples in B Standard including TAB. Alternate 7 String Guitar Tunings There are many different ways you can tune your 7 string guitar just like you can tune a6 string to many alternate tunings. ...
the hearing mechanism functions, the perception of pitch is also affected by intensity. Thus, when a tuning fork vibrating at440 Hz(the frequency of A above middle C on the piano) is brought closer to the ear, a slightly lower tone, as though the fork were vibrating more slowly, is ...
One very popular method to tune a guitar is to play the 5th fret harmonic on one string and to try and match the 7th fret harmonic of the adjacent higher string. Here’s how the method actually works: 1. Tune the harmonic at the fifth fret of the sixth string to a tuner, tuning fo...
This key is typically tuned to the industry standard frequency of 440 Hz, but it can vary depending on the desired pitch. Once tuned, you’ll need to identify the unisons, which are pairs or groups of strings that are meant to produce the same pitch. Using the tuning lever, you'll ...
Is bass guitar tuned the same as electric and acoustic guitar? All guitars are tuned in a similar method, but tuner orientation and choice of tuning may vary. While tuned at A440 standard tuning, the 4-string bass guitar (E, A, D, G) sounds one octave below the relative strings on a...