Tuning Your Guitar

The Tuning System Evolved, not invented Standard tuning E A D G B E

Classes of Tunings 2 Major Types Symmetrical  Equal string to string intervals Violin, cello, bass Chordal  Tuned to a specific Chord Banjo

What about Guitar? Neither symmetrical or chordal Class by itself The notes E A D G B E from bass (low) to treble (high) result in the intervals, 4 th, 4 th, 4 th, 3 rd, 4 th

Instrument Capabilities Monophonic  can produce only one tone at a time Brass and woodwinds Polyphonic  designed to produce multiple tones at once, which means… Chords are possible Keyboard instruments

What about Guitar? String instruments (violin, viola, cello, bass) have multiple strings, but… Because of a curved bridge Playing chords is hard! Thanks to the guitar tuning and a flat bridge, Chords are way easier!

How to tune your Guitar Many different ways, but here are two methods we are going to use Electronic tuner Tuning by ear