Tuning A Classical Guitar (And Why That Is Difficult!)

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If you play a properly tuned guitar, your music is as beautiful as you can play it. Playing masterfully on a badly tune instrument instead can take away all the magic.

The classical guitar isn't that easy to tune: the notes of the Equal Temperament are in mistune to the harmonics of the single strings.

Guitarists react differently to the resulting beatings, and so tuning by ear becomes to some degree not only a matter of capability of one's ear, but also a matter of taste and "personal intonation".

Find the discussed tuning methods as a pdf on my dropbox (for Subscribers of my Newsletter: link under the description).

00:00 Intro
00:20 Fooling The Electronic Tuner
01:36 Out Of Tune?
02:41 Equally Tempered Notes Are All Out Of Tune!
03:35 Dinosaur Tuning
05:10 The String-To-String Problem And How To Minimize It
06:25 Mind The Overtones By Sympathy
07:29 The Geissler Method: Reference String And Harmonics
09:33 Cross-Checks
10:37 Mind Intonation While Tuning With fitted Notes!
11:41 Check Chords Of The Piece You Play
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Nice explanation. I enjoyed your discussion on the tuning quirks of our beloved instrument! ☺️

Mooreguitar
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Thank you for this fresh view on this old topoc! 😊

paolafgmedical
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Thank you, Joachim! As an older player with high frequency hearing loss, I am always looking for more definitive methods of tuning. I have found that the Peterson StoboClip tuners offer a "sweetened" tuning for classical guitars (CLA) which has been a big help to me as a good starting point and for frequencies that I no longer can hear.

MelvinHughesatp
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This is a great video, I agree that the guitar is extremely difficult to tune. And as we develop a very sensitive ear the slightest out of tune note can hurt. I subscribe to you and will look at your other videos

dalesparks
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Yes, having more than one way to tune is very helpful.

LiamWakefield
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I need to learn more, this video more difficult to understand for amateur like me

mishanguyen
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Why didn t you use a proper tuner instead of a phone toy?

gibson