Reduce background noise
Tune in a quiet room and keep your device close enough to hear the guitar clearly.
Tuning by Ear
Tap the note once
Tuning by Ear
Tap the note once
You can tune your acoustic guitar with a microphone or by ear. Tuning the guitar automatically with a microphone is much easier, faster, and is our recommended option. However, tuning your instrument by ear will improve your musical ear in the long term, and can be a valuable skill to learn for the moments when you are not online.
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Tune in a quiet room and keep your device close enough to hear the guitar clearly.
Rest your hand lightly on strings you are not tuning so their vibrations do not confuse the reading.
Fresh strings stretch as they settle, so tune them several times before expecting the pitch to hold.