Unlike the keyboard, the guitar is not “well-tempered”, in Bach’s time, it was discovered that, the intonation problem could be averaged over the entire keyboard resulting in an instrument that
was close to being in tune in all keys.

How To Learn Guitar Chords Easy

It’s a good idea to have a number of ways of tuning your guitar, apart from using an electronic tuner.

Here’s a list of three basic tuning methods that should prove helpful in our constant quest to achieve acceptable intonation on the guitar.

1. Tuning Using Natural Harmonics

(a) play the natural harmonic on the 6th string, at the 5 fret and compare that pitch with the harmonic on the 7th fret, 5th string.

(b) play the natural harmonic on the 5th string, at the 5th fret and compare that pitch with the harmonic on the 7th fret, 4th string.

(c) play the natural harmonic on the 4th string, at the 5th fret and compare that pitch with the harmonic on the 7th fret, 3rd string.

(d) play the natural harmonic on the 3rd string, at the 4th fret and compare that pitch with the harmonic on the 5th fret, 2nd string.

Please note, some guitarists prefer to tune the 2nd string by comparing the natural harmonic on the 3rd string, 5th fret with the fretted note on the 8th fret, 2nd string.

(e) play the natural harmonic on the 2nd string, at the 5th fret and compare that pitch with the harmonic on the 7th fret, 1st string.

2. Tuning Using Octaves

(a) compare the pitch of the 6th string open, with the fretted note on the 5th string, 7th fret.

(b) compare the pitch of the 5th string open, with the fretted note on the 4th string, 7th fret.

(c) compare the pitch of the 4th string open, with the fretted note on the 3rd string, 7th fret.

(d) compare the pitch of the 3rd string open, with the fretted note on the 2nd string, 8th fret.

(e) compare the pitch of the 2nd string open, with the fretted note on the 1st string, 7th fret.

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When using octaves as a tuning method listen carefully to the musical interval between the two notes, it should sound like the first two notes in the tune “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”.

3. Tuning Using Natural Harmonics and fretted notes

(a) compare the pitch of the natural harmonic on the 6th string 12th fret, with the fretted note on the 5th string, 7th fret.

(b) compare the pitch of the natural harmonic on the 5th string
12th fret, with the fretted note on the 4th string, 7th fret.

(c) compare the pitch of the natural harmonic on the 4th string
12th fret, with the fretted note on the 3rd string, 7th fret.

(d) compare the pitch of the natural harmonic on the 3rd string
12th fret, with the fretted note on the 2nd string, 8th fret.

(e) compare the pitch of the natural harmonic on the 2nd string
12th fret, with the fretted note on the 1st string, 7th fret.

By using a variety of tuning methods you will be able to play
over the entire fingerboard in a variety of keys with greater
confidence knowing that you have “tempered” the guitar’s
intonation.

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