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hefferdacow · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 3

Hi my name is harman and i bought korg ga-40 and i was wondering if anybody could tell me how to tune my guitar with it! i get the basics but my real question is am i supposed to play an open chord on the string i want to tune or a certain note or can it be any note! i am confused because instructions suck so any help would be deeply appreciated!

X-Trade · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:18 pm Post subject:

When tuning your guitar you are supposed to tune each string - i.e. each open note individually.

So you play the low E string, tune that. Play the open A string, tune that. Play the open D string, tune that. Etc.
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hefferdacow · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 3

Thank you!

hefferdacow · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 3

i tuned all my strings expect for the 5A and 4D, for some reason, the tuner can't pick the pitch.. The tuner sometimes say 7B or 6E. Why is that?

X-Trade · Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:20 pm Post subject:

Try muting the other strings with that hand if you can. sympathetic resonance can cause other adjacent strings to come into play when you play. Which might make sense as the source of your problem those two are in the middle of all the others!

Also if you tune too far up or down it will start to pick up the next closest note also.

If in doubt, tune by ear. The most common method being to fret the string below at the 5th fret (assuming standard tuning) so that it plays the the same note as the string above (which you are tuning) play the two together until there is little or no beating (pulsing) between the notes.
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Past Gear: Korg Karma, TR61, Poly800, EA-1, ER-1, ES-1, Kawai K1, Novation ReMote37SL, Boss GT-6B
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