Self-Paced Class: How to Tune Almost Any Guitar With Almost Any Tuner
Knowing how to tune your guitar is the first step in every guitarist's journey! In this self-paced one-week course, your learner will learn how to tune their guitar with a clip-on, stand-alone, smartphone, or online electronic guitar tuner.
Tyson Farmer
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(6)
What's included
10 pre-recorded lessons
1 week
of teacher support1 year access
to the contentClass Experience
Beginner Level
In this self-paced class, I will be teaching learners how to tune their guitars using a clip-on, stand-alone, smartphone, or online electronic guitar tuner. Students can use their own tuner if they already have one, but I will be providing links to access free online and smartphone guitar tuners as well. Learners will need an acoustic guitar, or an electric guitar plugged into an amplifier so the tuner can hear the notes they play. The course will provide any reference documents needed for solo tuning sessions after the course is finished.
Learning Goals
When this class is over, learners will be able to tune their own guitar by themselves using their own choice of guitar tuner, or with just about any tuner they have access to!
Syllabus
10 Lessons
over 1 WeekLesson 1:
Vocabulary and parts of the guitar:
Identifying the body, neck, strings, headstock, tuning machines, 3+3 or 6 in line tuning machines, names of hands, numbers of strings, letter names of strings and standard tuning, mnemonic devices for memorizing strings 8 mins of video lessons
Lesson 2:
“Drastically out of tune” tuning: Setup
“Hertz” tuning and why we start with it, online and phone app tuners with this function, finding the app or downloading it on your phone 10 mins of video lessons
Lesson 3:
“Drastically out of tune” tuning: Walk-through
Basic tuning checklist, a walk-through of me tuning my own drastically out of tune guitar with different tuners with the Hertz function 15 mins of video lessons
Lesson 4:
Everyday tuning: The musical alphabet
Everyday fine tuning using letter names, why not just use Hertz tuning every time? The musical alphabet and its circular nature, in between notes- sharps and flats and their redundancies 13 mins of video lessons
Other Details
Pre-Requisites
No prerequisites needed - this class is for absolute beginners! However, electric guitarists may need to be plugged into an amplifier depending on the type of tuner they have or end up using (message me if you have questions about this).
Supply List
All needed documents will be downloadable within each lesson post, including links to online tuners and downloadable phone tuner apps.
2 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined March, 2024
5.0
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I've been playing the guitar for over 30 years, and I still use a guitar tuner to this day. I've used many different kinds of tuners over the years, and I'm confident that I can get my guitar in tune with pretty much any tuner I get my hands on.Reviews
Self-Paced Course
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