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-: Hi, I'm Kelli Frances Corrado,
and I am a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
and today we're gonna learn how to tune the guitar.
You're going to need a guitar, acoustic or electric,
a guitar pick, and a phone,
and we're gonna use the tuner Guitar Tuna,
it's a free app.
All right, let's get started.
So let's learn a little bit
about what everything is on the guitar
and how to use it.
So first off (knocking)
we have the body.
Right here on the guitar is called the bridge
and it hold the strings in place.
We follow the strings on the neck.
Right here, this is called the nut.
This also holds the strings in place.
This is the neck
and then these little metal things up here
are called the pegs.
Let's learn the strings.
So the first string is the E string.
The second string is the A string.
The third one is the D.
The fourth one is the G.
The fifth one is the B,
and this thin one at the very end is also an E.
I use this phrase and it helps me.
It goes, "Every Artist Does Get Better Everytime."
Okay, let's get started.
So as you can see, the top string here,
the E string or the Everytime string
is a little bit thicker, also has a low sound.
So let's follow that string all the way up the neck
and find the peg that goes with it.
For me it's this one right here.
Now the pegs work like a spool of thread.
When you tighten it
(plucking string) it gets higher.
When I take it away from me,
or push it away from me (plucking string)
it goes lower.
Now this is the E string, or the Every string,
so we're gonna try and find the E
to line up here on the tuner,
so let's just pluck it and see where it's at.
(plucks string)
Ah, now when it's over on this side
it means the string is too low.
If the line goes over this way, it's too high.
What we're trying to do is get the line just in the middle.
So I'm gonna turn this peg towards me
to tighten the string and make it higher.
(plucking string)
Keep going, and go slow.
It's no fun to snap a string.
(plucking string)
This app is really nice too,
'cause it'll tell you, oh,
it'll tell you right there.
Am I too low, too high?
Ah, so when it does that (plucks string)
the green bar goes across
then we know we're in tune.
All right, yay!
E string.
Okay, now we're gonna do the next string,
the second string which is the A string.
(plucks string)
And we're gonna follow that up here
to this second peg.
So let's just see where it's at.
(plucks string)
Ah, it tells it's a little, a little low
so we're gonna pull this towards us.
(plucking string)
Almost there, keep goin'.
Remember, go slow.
Yay!
A string.
Let's double check it.
(plucks string) Yep, okay.
Third string, the D string,
or the Does string.
Let's follow that up.
That's gonna go, for me that's gonna go
to my third peg up here.
Let's pluck it and see where it's at.
(plucks string)
Ah, so it's a little bit this way
which means it's a little high.
(plucks string)
So we're gonna take this tuning peg
and we're gonna turn in that way.
(plucking string) Just a little bit.
Yay, D string!
Let me double check.
Oh, almost.
(plucking string)
Good.
Okay, so now we're going to the fourth string.
This one, the Get string, or the G string.
Now on my guitar, as you can see,
these strings are wound this way.
On this side the strings are wound in reverse
or the opposite
so we're actually gonna tune the pegs
the opposite way than we have been.
But let me show you.
So, let's pluck that G string.
(plucks string)
Too low, so let's follow this up,
find the correlating peg which is right here.
(plucks string)
So it says it's too low
so I'm gonna go higher.
Ah, so when I turn it towards me
(plucks string)
as you can hear, it goes lower
and it tells me too
so I wanna turn it away from me.
(plucking string)
Almost.
Got it.
Okay, now these next strings,
the B and the E are thinner,
and not only are they thinner,
they're one strings.
If you look at these other strings
they're like one with another one woven around it
so these ones can take a little bit more pulling,
but these you have to be very careful with.
(plucks string)
So we have the B string
and it's telling me it's too low.
(plucking string) So I'm gonna,
ah, not towards me, but away from me
so I'm just gonna go slow with that.
(plucking string)
Ah, B string.
Yay, B string!
As you can see on this app too, it's super helpful.
It'll tell you what string that you're playing
and how it's gonna go in tune.
So let's double check that B string.
(plucks string)
Good, now, our last string
which is the high E string
which is the Everytime E string,
let's follow that and see where that goes.
Ah, that goes to this peg.
So, let's just pluck it and see where we're at.
(plucks string)
Oh, this one's only slightly low, cool.
That means we're gonna take this peg
and we're gonna turn it that way.
(plucking string)
Slow.
Let's try that high E string again.
(plucking string)
Boom.
Got that one too.
Okay, let's double check the strings.
First of all, I'm gonna strum it
and see how it sounds.
(strums guitar)
Sounds good, let's go through it.
E, Every string. (plucks string)
A, Artist string. (plucks string)
D, Does string. (plucks string)
G, Get string. (plucks string)
B, Better string.
Oh, let's double check that B.
(plucks string) Good.
And then the high E string. (plucks string)
Now all your strings are in tune
so let's just strum it.
(strumming guitar)
Thank you so much.
Now we know how to tune our guitars.
My name is Kelli Frances Corrado.
I also teach out of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
so check them out too.
Thanks so much.
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