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(upbeat music)

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-: Hi, I'm Kelli Frances Corrado,

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and I am a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

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and today we're gonna learn how to tune the guitar.

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You're going to need a guitar, acoustic or electric,

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a guitar pick, and a phone,

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and we're gonna use the tuner Guitar Tuna,

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it's a free app.

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All right, let's get started.

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So let's learn a little bit

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about what everything is on the guitar

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and how to use it.

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So first off (knocking)

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we have the body.

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Right here on the guitar is called the bridge

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and it hold the strings in place.

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We follow the strings on the neck.

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Right here, this is called the nut.

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This also holds the strings in place.

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This is the neck

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and then these little metal things up here

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are called the pegs.

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Let's learn the strings.

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So the first string is the E string.

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The second string is the A string.

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The third one is the D.

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The fourth one is the G.

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The fifth one is the B,

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and this thin one at the very end is also an E.

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I use this phrase and it helps me.

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It goes, "Every Artist Does Get Better Everytime."

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Okay, let's get started.

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So as you can see, the top string here,

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the E string or the Everytime string

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is a little bit thicker, also has a low sound.

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So let's follow that string all the way up the neck

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and find the peg that goes with it.

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For me it's this one right here.

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Now the pegs work like a spool of thread.

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When you tighten it

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(plucking string) 
it gets higher.

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When I take it away from me,

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or push it away from me 
(plucking string)

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it goes lower.

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Now this is the E string, or the Every string,

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so we're gonna try and find the E

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to line up here on the tuner,

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so let's just pluck it and see where it's at.

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(plucks string)

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Ah, now when it's over on this side

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it means the string is too low.

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If the line goes over this way, it's too high.

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What we're trying to do is get the line just in the middle.

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So I'm gonna turn this peg towards me

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to tighten the string and make it higher.

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(plucking string)

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Keep going, and go slow.

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It's no fun to snap a string.

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(plucking string)

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This app is really nice too,

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'cause it'll tell you, oh,

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it'll tell you right there.

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Am I too low, too high?

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Ah, so when it does that 
(plucks string)

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the green bar goes across

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then we know we're in tune.

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All right, yay!

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E string.

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Okay, now we're gonna do the next string,

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the second string which is the A string.

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(plucks string)

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And we're gonna follow that up here

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to this second peg.

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So let's just see where it's at.

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(plucks string)

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Ah, it tells it's a little, a little low

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so we're gonna pull this towards us.

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(plucking string)

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Almost there, keep goin'.

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Remember, go slow.

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Yay!

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A string.

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Let's double check it.

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(plucks string) 
Yep, okay.

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Third string, the D string,

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or the Does string.

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Let's follow that up.

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That's gonna go, for me that's gonna go

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to my third peg up here.

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Let's pluck it and see where it's at.

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(plucks string)

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Ah, so it's a little bit this way

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which means it's a little high.

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(plucks string)

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So we're gonna take this tuning peg

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and we're gonna turn in that way.

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(plucking string) 
Just a little bit.

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Yay, D string!

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Let me double check.

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Oh, almost.

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(plucking string)

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Good.

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Okay, so now we're going to the fourth string.

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This one, the Get string, or the G string.

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Now on my guitar, as you can see,

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these strings are wound this way.

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On this side the strings are wound in reverse

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or the opposite

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so we're actually gonna tune the pegs

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the opposite way than we have been.

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But let me show you.

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So, let's pluck that G string.

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(plucks string)

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Too low, so let's follow this up,

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find the correlating peg which is right here.

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(plucks string)

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So it says it's too low

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so I'm gonna go higher.

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Ah, so when I turn it towards me

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(plucks string)

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as you can hear, it goes lower

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and it tells me too

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so I wanna turn it away from me.

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(plucking string)

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Almost.

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Got it.

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Okay, now these next strings,

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the B and the E are thinner,

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and not only are they thinner,

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they're one strings.

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If you look at these other strings

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they're like one with another one woven around it

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so these ones can take a little bit more pulling,

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but these you have to be very careful with.

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(plucks string)

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So we have the B string

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and it's telling me it's too low.

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(plucking string) 
So I'm gonna,

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ah, not towards me, but away from me

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so I'm just gonna go slow with that.

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(plucking string)

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Ah, B string.

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Yay, B string!

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As you can see on this app too, it's super helpful.

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It'll tell you what string that you're playing

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and how it's gonna go in tune.

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So let's double check that B string.

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(plucks string)

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Good, now, our last string

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which is the high E string

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which is the Everytime E string,

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let's follow that and see where that goes.

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Ah, that goes to this peg.

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So, let's just pluck it and see where we're at.

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(plucks string)

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Oh, this one's only slightly low, cool.

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That means we're gonna take this peg

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and we're gonna turn it that way.

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(plucking string)

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Slow.

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Let's try that high E string again.

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(plucking string)

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Boom.

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Got that one too.

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Okay, let's double check the strings.

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First of all, I'm gonna strum it

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and see how it sounds.

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(strums guitar)

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Sounds good, let's go through it.

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E, Every string. 
(plucks string)

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A, Artist string. 
(plucks string)

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D, Does string. 
(plucks string)

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G, Get string. 
(plucks string)

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B, Better string.

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Oh, let's double check that B.

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(plucks string) 
Good.

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And then the high E string. 
(plucks string)

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Now all your strings are in tune

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so let's just strum it.

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(strumming guitar)

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Thank you so much.

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Now we know how to tune our guitars.

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My name is Kelli Frances Corrado.

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I also teach out of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center

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so check them out too.

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Thanks so much.

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(upbeat music)