Tuning the Guitar to Itself

Lesson 6/58 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Open Tuning Fingerpicking Guitar

Tuning the Guitar to Itself

It is essential that you are able to tune the guitar to itself, meaning it is important to be able to check each string with the other strings on the guitar. The following method assumes the guitar is already tuned in standard tuning.

Option 1:

Place a left hand finger on the fifth string at the 7th fret (a B note), and play the string. Play the open fifth string (an A note). Turn the sixth string tuning key slowly in a clockwise direction, lowering the pitch of this string until the note on the 7th fret is the same pitch as the open fifth string. The note on the 7th fret will now be an A note and the open sixth string will be a low D note.

Option 2:

Place a left hand finger on the sixth string at the 12th fret (an E note), and play the string. Play the open fourth string (a D note). Turn the sixth string tuning key slowly in a clockwise direction, lowering the pitch of this string until the note on the 12th fret is the same pitch as the open fourth string. The note on the 12th fret will now be a D note and the open sixth string will be a low D note.

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1- Open E Tuning 2- Dropped G Tuning 3- Open G Tuning 4- Open A Tuning 5- Dropped D Tuning 6- Open D Tuning 7- Open C Tuning 8- Scales 9- Fingerpicking Technique 10- GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS 11- INTRODUCTION 12- Tuning the Guitar to Itself 13- Tuning the Guitar to Itself 14- Chord Diagrams Used In This Book 15- Tuning the Guitar to Itself 16- The Chromatic Scale 17- Tuning the Guitar to Itself 18- Tuning the Guitar to Itself 19- Other Fingerpicking Books In the Progressive Series 20- Tuning the Guitar to Itself 21- Playing Position 22- Using An Electronic Tuner 23- Tablature 24- Hand Technique 25- Chord Shapes - Open C Tuning 26- Chord Shapes - Open E Tuning 27- The Major Scale 28- Chord Shapes - Open D Tuning 29- Chord Shapes - Open A Tuning 30- Chord Shapes - Dropped G Tuning 31- Chord Shapes - Open G Tuning 32- Acoustic Guitars 33- Octaves 34- Octaves 35- Picking the Strings 36- Bar Chords - Dropped G Tuning 37- Acoustic Electric Guitars 38- The Minor Scale 39- Octaves 40- Tablature Symbols 41- Bar Chord - Open D Tuning 42- The Major Pentatonic Scale 43- Picking With the Fingers - the Free Stroke 44- Bar Chords - Open G Tuning 45- Bar Chord - Open C Tuning 46- Tuning the Guitar to Itself 47- The Blues Scales 48- Picking With the Thumb 49- Chord Shapes - Dropped D Tuning 50- Bar Chords - Dropped D Tuning 51- Finger Names And Numbers 52- Keys and Key Signatures 53- First Position - Right Hand 54- Relative Keys 55- Second Position - Right Hand 56- Learning All the Keys 57- How Chords Are Formed 58- Bracing the Right Hand

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Tuning the Guitar to Itself