Tutorial: How to Tune A Guitar Perfectly By Ear [NOT by 55545!]

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[eatboxes]

The dog on the right is having flashbacks to Vietnam in his previous life.

[billder]

I just watched several of your lessons (this one on tuning, Endless Loop, CAGED, etc)... I've been playing for 6 years and I conceptually understand all of these relationships, but you have put things into a whole new logical way of seeing the relationships. Very interesting, challenging but doable... thank you very much!!!

[margiedelay]

I've been tuning harmonically for years now, but I never learned how to do it on the 1st and 2nd strings. Thanx a lot, buddy! You're never to old to learn something new, unless you close your mind first. I'm a 56 yr. old woman and I like and play everything from Metallica to Tracy Chapman. I still like Simon and Garfunkle and the mighty Zep always rules, but Avenged Sevenfold and the Black Keys kick serious booty too. To all you young players starting out; never let anyone tell you what you can't do. You'll surprise yourself with what you can accomplish. Thanks for the great lesson! Using your guitar's natural harmonics to tune is the most accurate way I know of.

[norbitcleaverhook]

That dog looks a little worried, like he's confused about why he is allowed on the couch today and how long will it last. The Lab is just making the most of his time.

[xxdeadmonkxx]

The dog on right side can't sleep well cuz guitar is out of tune

[Procraseighter]

For the people asking about the E string, since this is relative try finding the pitch you speak in and then tune from that. You can do this by humming at the pitch you would naturally speak and then finding that note on the guitar. Most people seem to be somewhere from E-G (the E above middle C, an octave higher than your low E string)

For example, I know (from checking with my guitar in the past) that my voice naturally falls on an F note. So, if it were the same for you, you could hum and fret the 13th fret of your E and turn the peg until that note matches the one you hum. Your E is now in tune and you can proceed as normal from there.

I've done this for a few years now and any time I check it with a tuner, I'm never more than a few cents off.

[Farionable]

when I bought a guitar, the seller has tune guitar for me this way and I was very impressed thank you explain how it's done!)

[doodskoprs]

But how do you know the E is tuned perfectly, since you are tuning relatively to it right?

[arthurvandelay]

I've always done it via harmonics.

Usually I try and get a G chord to sound really nice, then I'm happy.

[jennieactright]

Thank you! I'm 30 years old and first time picking up the guitar. But I been around it all my life and I understand for me I am trained to hear it. So tunning my guitar by myself it took me a while but the guitar naturally starts harmonizing with itself even if I do two. I love it.

[AlbertGyorfi]

Great video, Assaf! Very useful informations! :) besides the 5th-7th harmonics thing on the E-A, A-D, D-G, B-lowE there is a 4th-5th harmonics rapport on the G-B strings :)

[connorross]

Been playing 2 1/2 years and despite learning the entire caged system, all the notes of the fretboard, major scale modes, harmonic minor modes, sweep picking, and a good amount of jazz theory I could never tune by ear. Your video taught me in 5 minutes. Thanks!

[bassinblue]

The dog on the right is like ''WHAAAT? I CAAAN'T HEAR YOU!!''.

[akilaj]

Your dogs are better students and guitar players than any of us, they are with you for every guitar class.

[DNJNES]

But somehow you have to tune the E-string or am I wrong?

[markattila]

This is probably the best way of tuning, I've tried all of them during the years.

[jasonodeller]

Dude...I've been playing for 15-20years. Always discouraged cause I can't get it. It's been getting harder. Found this....now I'm on the right path. Getting some confidence finally. I'm like..."dude, you can't be a guitar player if you can't tune it by ear." Thanks for this great tutorial. I've seen my brother in law do it....but it didn't click till today. Gonna keep practicing this method. You're the man, man.

[xxChacaronXX]

And now your little dog knows how to tune your guitar for ya! haha :) RIP little guy! I just lost my dog this thanksgiving and what I found helpful was to write down all the amazing memories of him and I. Helped me vent and now I have something to go back to for the rest of my life. Thanks for these amazing guitar lessons! My favorite channel on YT to learn for sure!

[aminchatoui]

I love to tune my guitar by ear, the tuning speaks to you (through sound waves) about how you have been acting lately: and tries to help you come back to center-field

[ramonfw]

You can also tune the B string by using the harmonics on the 4th and 5th frets of the G and the B string. They are a little bit harder to hear, but it works. So the whole thing would be 5-7, 5-7, 5-7, 4-5, 5-7.