Tuning the guitar to a piano

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Of course this assumes that the piano is in tune. Sometimes trying to tune to a piano that has not been tuned in years can do more harm than good.

 

 

 

 

 

* One important thing to know about the guitar, especially if you have played another instrument. Music for the guitar sounds an octave lower than where it is written. If you try and tune the guitar to the piano thinking that they are exactly the same, you will break all of your strings. You would be trying to tune the guitar an octave higher than where it should be.

Middle C on the piano is written like this

Middle C on the guitar is written like this

Page 2, Tuning the rest of the strings

Page 4, pitch pipes

 

Tuning the 6th string Tuning the rest of the strings Tuning with a piano

Pitch pipes Electronic tuners Using a tuning fork