Hi there, in this post I am going to teach you how to tune your guitar by using harmonics. First of all, I would like to tell you that I have been playing classical guitar for a bit over 11 years, since I was about 4.5 years old. Using this method you are going to have to match pitches, so you need to have a good ear for it. After a while you should become accustomed to matching the harmonic and string.

To start off you need to tune your A string.

To tune your low E string, you hit the 5^th fret harmonic on the low E followed by the 7^th harmonic of the A string. Match these pitches.

To tune your D string, you hit the 5^th fret harmonic on the A string followed by the 7^th harmonic of the D string. Match these pitches.

To tune your G string, you hit the 5^th fret harmonic on the D string followed by the 7^th harmonic of the G string. Match these pitches.

Now it gets switched up for the B and high E string. To tune the B string, you hit the 7^th fret harmonic on the low E string and open B, match these pitches. For high E you do the same but with the 7^th fret A harmonic.

This is the only way I tune my guitars, both classical and electric.

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