I remember playing on that drum set when i was in like 5th grade, taking lessons from you! Now i watch this channel because im learning guitar!

"Well it was in tune when I bought the guitar!"

Nice vid, except you left out the #1 most common mistake, and probably the worst one you can make, one that we've all done, that you're turning the knob, playing the string, nothing's happening, then SNAP, the string breaks 'cause you're not playing the same string that you're turning the knob for! ALWAYS check to see the knob you're turning is on the string you're playing!

Who isn't tuning constantly? I tune every time I pick up a guitar.

The part where he talked about purposely tuning down, then going back up to tune correctly was really clever. I never thought about how loosening a string to tune it could give it too much slack and make it go out of tune more quickly. In hindsight it seems obvious, and i cant even count how many times i tuned a string down just to have to tune it again minutes later. Ive recently taken to tuning the string down, then going up to the correct frequency anyway becaise for some reason i can hear the correct tune better when the frequency is elevating, rather than getting lower. Especially when tuning the low E string down to drop D or tuning from standard to E Flat. But anyway, thanks for the video. Most of the stuff is obvious, but for beginners it is crucial info. And some of the stuff was very clever. Ive been playing guitar since i was like 11 or 12 and i never even thought about slack from having to lossen the string to tune down.

i just relised that my tuner has been set to A439 the whole time -.- like for years

#5 is solid advice. I havn't been doing the reach-around lol

If I may elaborate on #7, it's not a quirk of the guitar so much, but it is the nature of the wooden neck which is under constantly changing stress. When you raise or lower the pitch of one string (especially wound strings), you actually alter the overall stress on the neck. This affects the tension of the other strings and changes their pitch. Example, if you raise the pitch of the top E to say F#, you have pulled the neck in slightly; and enough to loosen the other strings, thus they go flat a few cents. This effect will vary from guitar to guitar depending on the quality of the neck. On almost any Fender electric, bending the lower strings up a whole step will actually cause the bass strings to go noticeably flat until you let off the bend. Then the bass strings will return to normal pitch, hopefully.

temperature throws off your guitar, cheap guitar stands also affect the next time you pick it up to play, over night alone changes tuning,a guitar not set up proper can make a mess to. improper sting gauge for the guitar affects the guitar and how well it tunes or stays in tune, same goes with the picks you use, the list goes on

i know a friend that became deaf later in life and he was able to tune a guitar to almost perfection by just feeling the tension and vibrations of the string , he was the man who got me into guitars when i was young. please do more of those 7 levels type videos , been about 12-14 years since i played and that smoke on the water was a nice refresher, i honestly felt blank as if i was starting from 0 but it seems i retain some of the many hours practised with hand movement and sliding up and down , so that;s a bonus , tho i can;t remember very much. i was a young kid , i know i played pretty decently tho, because we got invited to battle of the bands, which was a huge event for any up and coming bands , for us at our age to have got the chance to go and compete was amazing. we had the place rocking and that;s all i cared about / remember from that time , was an emotional experience , playing in front of about 800-1300 metal heads when i was 14 and just banging out some slipknot and some placebo to end, of course the guitar required retuning big time between slipknot and placeebo , that;s all i remember i had to detune my guitar for slipknot , and i remebered a few basic riffs like seven nation army ect ect. , well i didnt remember it but i managed to put it together b y ear again when i tried to get back into it. funny thing , my phone app that i just downloaded is incredible at getting the tune right , mainly because their is a regular mode and a pro mode the pro mode is veeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrry specific, to even a vibration of movement in the string , blew me away how far technology has advanced , i was taught the 5th fret method myself , but after 14 years of absoloutely 0 guitar it wasnt easy tuning , once i got the noted right once i was good tho. the app really shocked me , makes oldschool digital tuners look rubbish. app is made by fender btw.

I do the 5th fret-method, then I play power chords and octaves to make sure those sound right.

You forgot to mention if you're tuning by ear to make sure your starting string is at the right tuning first. I didn't do that when I started playing, and I got used to an E minor note in my head as a starting point. Messed me up for a while till I just dropped to C and B tunings. Metal! !

What kind of HAT is he wearing?

I would add one more. Make sure that after each adjustment, you let go of the knob of the machine head to ensure your fingers are not holding the note in tune and it is the machine head itself holding the load.

Learning to tune by ear is such a great thing to do if you've just started learning to play guitar. It *really will help you* to learn to play better in the long run. When I was a little kid, my teacher found an old A440 tuning fork in my case and said, "Let's ditch the electronic tuner & use this for a bit." It was possibly the best thing he ever taught me.

I worked at a music store for about 6yrs the credit manager was a really awesome cat 50+ , smoking bass player, easy hanging, professional adult.... I'll never forget he had a plaque of fine wood and brass on his desk. It had an engraving of a skull and crossbones on it, underneath in bold font it read:. "Tune or Die" . High quality musician and person.👌

The E chord at 0:47 is the most perfectly tuned chord I've ever heard - ever! And you can take my word for it since I have perfect pitch...

Now try re-stringing a Floyd Rose, you wanna talk about tuning problems....each time you Tune one string, ALL of the other strings go out of tune, some Up and some Down, LOL. And it happens like 20 times in a row, it's like trying to juggle one-handed, it's just all fucked up, hahahaaa. But once you do it a few times, you get used to it.

Does anybody else like his vids before watching them? Just because they want this dude to go far?

The single most common mistake people do is as you noted not to tune up to pitch. Even before I do tune up to pitch, I will also pull on the string doing a full bend to ensure that I've removed any slack that may also occur between the nut and the tuner / machine head. As a retired guitar builder, I can tell you that I've often had to dress nut slots that are too tight and cause tuning problems, so check for this and get it corrected to save yourself a lot of grief.

Also, for the 5th fret method make sure the fretting is not too hard. Fret too soft or too hard, and the pitch is off. Another little tuning trick is to learn what the different intervals sound like. And sometimes, playing in perfect tune makes a chord sound bad. Might need the 3rd slightly low and the 5th slightly high for a chord to really shine. Well tempered tuning as it is found on the piano, is actually a handicap. Wind instruments and string instruments can bend each note to get a natural pitch and sweeter chords.

I´ve found that cleaning the strings helps to tune them better. Specially nylon strings.

Another tip that saved me many times and ensures you are 100% in tune: The strings will start to vibrate on their own if another string is being plucked on the same note. It's really noticeable if you fret the D at fret 5. The open G will vibrate in sympathy. The more the pitches are equal, the more string vibration you get.

Here's three more I've learned that changed the way I tune and it made a huge difference. First off put a little graphite on the nut so the string can move freely. I've seen a lot of times where the tune is pretty much perfect and the string slips even to where you can hear it move. That puts it right back out of tune again. Next is to tune it and if your next string doesn't sound right just bend it a little to see if it should go up or down. Especially if you're tuning above the fifth fret. Most guitars like to be tuned close to the nut for playing down there but like to be tuned at the tenth fret if you're going to play a lot up there. Last is from Scott Grove.....hit the string like you play it. If you are a hard hitting player then tune it by playing the string like you play and hit it often. I am a pretty hard hitter and found that if I tune to light plucks and then start to play it harder it goes sharp every time. Once I started to tune like I play that went totally away. One more thing is most guitars are slightly sharp on the G string at the second fret. That's almost always a high string clearance at the 2nd fret and a really good setup will make that go away and if it doesn't an Earvana compensated nut can usually fix it. Thanks for all your clips and Rock On! Flybob

For those without perfect pitch. A good idea for maintaining a reference note in your head is to think of a song that starts with a certain chord. Say Am in House of the Rising Sun but it could be anything. Before you pick up your guitar, sing or hum the note then verify on the guitar. If you make a habit of this, it is possible to memorize the sound so you don't need a tuner if there isn't one handy.

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couple more things that may help: 1) Especially if the guitar has gone mostly flat, the recheck is necessary because the increase in overall tension can bow the neck a hair and the first tuned strings go flat. whammies really have that problem due to the springs being stretched more. 2) Sometimes my electronic tuners (korg plug-in and snark) get a little confused when the other strings ring a little so I totally mute the surrounding strings when tuning. This lets the tuner nail the pitch 3) The temperature and humidity does crazy things to guitars, especially acoustics, so lots of retuning may be needed like when bringing in cold guitars from the car into the gig/practice space or playing during some steamy hot afternoon outside after storing the instruments in the nice cool, dehumidified, basement

Great video for people. I learned how to play guitar 35 years ago and in this time often here people say they own a Gibson guitar (or something else) that won't stay in tune and often it is number 6 in this video. It is how they are tuning and not the guitar, the vintage styled Gibson uses the old fashioned Kluson type gear tuners so number 6 in this video is essential to staying in tune.

@08:29 #7, you probably caught on to this by now but the reason is (at least so others can know) that by the time you've tuned your guitar, you've changed the arc in your neck because of more tension (going up) or less tension (going down), thus by the time you've done 6 strings, if your neck has more tension (pulled forward), the note pitch will go down :)

Hahah back in 1994 when i started learning guitar, my dad got me an acoustic which was absolute dogshit! Action was about 2cms at the 12 fret!! It used to go out of tune and because I couldn't afford a tuner and there weren't any shops nearby selling them, I used to drive to my dad's approx 7miles away to get him to tune it. Then I'd drive home very carefully not to knock it out. Jesus now that I think about it, I was such a fucking goon. I did learn to tune it myself after a couple of days of driving back and forth hhahahaa

On the mandolin, the equivalent for the 5th fret method would be the 7th fret method - just to get that factoid out of the way. Here's a technique I use when tuning a mandolin and one string is way out. On the string below (which is in tune) play a scale starting on the open note: "do", "re", "mi", "fa". Then play "so" on the string you're trying to tune. I find it's much easier to identify if it needs to come up or down. On a guitar, you'd play "do", "re", "mi" and then play "fa" on the next string.

I love your channel; For videos like this you should have time stamps in the description to save us time. You are a great teacher, thanks for doing what you do.

I like this video because it's true, but I also like it because of all the comments it has inspired. Especially by those who thought they knew what they were talking about, but were wrong and inspired correctional comments. My addition to tuning mistakes is improper string installation, which goes way beyond what I will say here:There should never be more than two or three wraps around the tuning post once the string is tuned to pitch, excess string should be anticipated and cut off; When initially winding the string onto the tuning post, it should be held taught with approximately the same tension it will have once tuned, this will prevent future slippage; Once tuned to pitch the string should be given a few good tugs or bends to snug out the last bit of slack, but in future tunings you should only tug or bend the string no more than what would happen as you play the instrument.

My final tuning step is checking the notes in the chords. Is the open D string and fretted D in the d chord right? Check the fretted G bass note and open G string in the G chord. Check the C notes in the C chord. Intonation on acoustics can be off. Don't rely on tuning the open strings with a digital tuner. That's just a reference point. The chords have to be in tune too.

The guitar tuner instructions I've used say not to use a pick but use the meaty part of your finger or thumb. It seems to work better if I strike the string hard.

I've been doing the under and up method for years and didn't realize it... Tuning strings can throw the other strings off because as you make adjustments you're either adding or relieving tension on the neck.

Thanks. Good to know even though I already know but really recommend anyone starting guitar should see this.

I use the polytune clip on. Most accurate tuner I've ever owned. Of course none of it means squat if your string height and intonation is off. That's the biggest mistake in tuning.

I play a Gibson Les Paul Modern only for about four months actually and I did learn yeah there is some tuning stability issues. But what I did find actually is I don’t trust the tuning if I just picked up my guitar for the day if it sounds a little wobbly I usually play it and I don’t know if it’s the warmth of my body or what, I seriously haven’t tuned my LP in weeks and I have no complaints with chords or solo. And I’m hyper sensitive to little things so if it was out of tune I’d hear it.

I also tune using a similar force on the strings that I play with. If you hit your strings hard that plays sharper than if you gently strum them.

OMG you were just a KID!!! Amazing how your voice did not change! :)

That first rule should be the golden rule of guitar, the rule all musicians learn and follow. I cannot stand when someone is out of tune and does not take the time to get it back in tune. I spend extra time servicing any guitar I have to make sure it stays in tune. If I get out of tune, I'm going to take the time to re-tune the guitar. It doesn't take that long and makes everything sound better.

Thanks for the golden-advice man!

ONE THING TO ADD HERE ! MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FRESH STRINGS ON YOU GUITAR. WORN OUT ONES WILL NOT TUNE PROPERLY. TENSION YOUR NEW STRINGS TO SET THEM PROPERLY BEFORE TUNING. LAST BUT NOT LEAST MAKE SURE YOUR TUNER HAS FRESH FULL CHARGE BATTERIES OR IT WILL GIVE YOU ERRATIC ALL OVER THE PLACE READINGS. JUST BECAUSE IT COMES ON DOESN'T MEAN THE BATTERIES ARE GOOD !

I check by fretting up and down on the comparison string to see if I am sharp or flat...

Thanks man. With these tips you're likely to never go out of tune

Very good detailed video. Also nice black newsboy cap your wearing!

Thanks for the posting....the biggest problem I have with those tuning, be it a kid playing a couple months, or 1 guy I know playing 30 years is they get the electronic tuner, get their guitars PERFECT (On open strings)......then they play and sound like crap!!! The LAST and MOST IMPORTANT STEP of tuning. "Tune the guitar to itself". Tune the guitar to itself. After you go through the strings with the tuner, use some of the video techniques, and I also like to play a few chords, a mix of open and closed chords, definitely chords you will be playing if you are in a studio. Slow strum.....listen to the notes that are off. Get it right....next chord, repeat.....etc....you'll find you can NOT get every string perfect on every chord...so you COMPENSATE. Get the tuning so the chords all sound as close as possible without messing up the other chords!!! Even the very best guitars are imperfect, and are NOT in tune 100% up and down the neck. Better SHOULD BE better set up, but not always. Also, time, wear, weather etc change, so you must get regular REAL SET UPS....not the string change for 40 bucks, but on acoustics, check the frets, nut and saddle and neck...fretboard etc. Those incredible old vintage guitar sound like a grand piano....BUT...as they age, wear will make them impossible to get as close as a perfectly flat fretboard with new frets. So use the electronic tuners to get the guitar close....tune down a little, give a light stretch, and then tune back to pitch....when done, tune the guitar to itself....most important step.

everything I commented, I see, after reading thru the comments has already been mentioned, so ya... also, if you have a whammy guitar, try to NOT instinctively go for the tuner, heh, you get a broken string between the upper locknut and the tuner. You have to use the tuner on the bridge, and if that runs out, back it off way flat and loosen the upper locknut and tune, then tighten up the locknut. if a string really starts going out of tune fast for seemingly no reason, I bet it is about to break and is losing its sht. a D string is a really thin string with a winding. D and high E's do the imminent death stretch the best haha. G is the most indestructible string (IMO)

I honestly prefer tuning by ear to using a tuner. I'll use a tuner to get my E (6th string) where it needs to be, then tune the rest of the guitar to that with the harmonic method. I don't like using the 3rd string (4th fret) to 2nd string (open) method, so what I do is tune the 1st string (open) to the 6th string (5th fret harmonic) and then tune the 2nd string (5th fret harmonic) to the 1st string (7th fret harmonic) to get around it. Otherwise, standard harmonic method.

tuners that can adjust by CENTS are also available.these are better for playing in an exotic manner,ay.

Did not know the over-under technique, thanks for the tip!

I occasionally use the harmonic method too (out of laziness or especially on bass where telling the difference between really low pitches by ear gets difficult), BUT... The harmonic gives you a natural overtone based on an integer ratio whereas modern tuning is based on a logarithmic formula. Granted, octaves should be identical and fifths are pretty close but there's still some inaccuracy that may ultimately throw off your tuning (especially between G and B as major thirds are quite drastically different between just intonation and equal temperament). Not sure it's a good idea to teach people that.

if i hear others play i can tell if they're slightly off tune but if i play i can't tell that i'm off tune because sometimes it's so close that i can't tell the difference unless i play a scale any advice? i don't like to use electronic tuners because i want to rely on my ear instead i use guitar notes videos as a reference

I've been told that if you're flying to your gig and your guitar is going in checked baggage make sure you loosen your strings because the extreme temperature change from being at 18,000 feet can cause your strings to snap, especially if it's a long flight over the ocean.

#6 : The method of tuning up to pitch and not tuning down to the pitch is correct but the technical explanation behind it is not correct. It's the behaviour of the string on the top nut. Stiffness of the string length behind the nut is higher then the stiffness of the string length between nut and bridge. As a result the stick-slip on the nut goes in bigger steps when you tune down to pitch. And when you do string bends you suffer more change of string position on the nut after downtuning. (so yes, tune up to pitch).

This video helped and I'm one of the "lucky ones" to have a good ear for tuning. I also realized the tuning mistakes I was making. I also have my own way of tuning which is knowing a song you're familiar with and tuning from it. I don't know if that makes any sense. Hopefully it will ha...for example the 1st song I learned on the guitar was Hero by Enrique Iglesias. Which the majority of the song is played on guitar. I use that song to tune up my guitar because I know how the song goes and how the strings are supposed to sound. I've played It so many times. Soo idk just another way I believe could work for tuning.

I somehow subconsciously trained myself to make sure my bass was in tune everytime I picked it up. After 24 years I decided to learn guitar. Even if I set the guitar down for 20 minutes, I check the tuning before playing again. So, if you're just learning, everytime you pick up the guitar, check the tuning. Doesn't matter if you're just practicing, jamming acoustic at the beach or noodling around.

Snark!! No volunteer required and it WORKS! Great for live performances, a stoptail works really well! The Tronicaltune has come a long way also, especially for players who play alot of alternate tunings EG: Jimmy Page, Nick Drake, etc.

Good vid. I sometimes play songs with the strings tuned to an E chord, really cool/pretty sounding tuning, but it puts a lot of extra tension on the neck of the guitar. When I would tune back down I would notice I'd have to tune each individual string like 3 times because, I assumed, that tension released on the neck (and I guess that "strings adjusting" thing you mentioned?). I also notice new strings need to be tuned more often. Is that because they're just not used to the tension yet? I try to really bend out new strings as much as possible at first. Not sure if that's effective but that's just what I always did lol.

Stay tuned for the next lesson how to tune when your high!

The 5th fret method works for sure, but doesn't it require having at least 1 string in tune to use as a reference to tune the others ? That kinda makes it a bit impractical I think

Tuning a 12 string is even More fun! It's good to do Three cycles of checking on those, particularly if you have one that isn't the best quality.

great videos by the way...i have learned a lot from you...well spoken , clear dont miss a thing, excellent teacher...thank you

Good work. Perhaps you could post a video on 'sweetening' tuning in the future. Relying on an electronic tuner, in my experience, can result in, for example, the bottom E sounding a little sharp relative to the rest despite being 'technically' in tune according to the tuner, thus necessitating a small drop in pitch-this is particularly true of the acoustic guitar with minimal bridge compensation. I find, depending on the guitar I'm using, that the B and top E also occasionally need a slight drop in pitch, depending on the key I'm playing in. This, however, can lead to the typical issues with being in tune in all keys. That's a whole other can of worms!

The hair flip is a shot from the past!! Great vid!!

cool vid, dude! i ve never thought about tuning guitar with my right hand though im not a beginner

The way I hear whether the note is sharp is literally by saying the words "DING DONG and DEENG" You have to just get the E unless you're like Jacob collier you're proly not gonna just pull a perfect E note from thin air (1I heard a dial tone on a phone is E that's how i used to do it as a kid, IDK if that was right though)... So that E will be DING... now the A will either go DONG or DEENG.... DEENG means it's sharp DONG means its flat. So even it out until it goes DING DING. This is also how I transcribe those frustrating guitar riff parts in some songs where you can sit there for 5 minutes trying to find the next note after a single note and can't figure out if it's sharp or flat. Edit: I should note that I mean the same note on the string... so 5th fret e string DING open A string DONG (flat) DEENG) sharp DING (perfect).

I'm playing guitar for 8 years now, and it recently happened to me to tune the b string up to the E hahah. I was using the 5th fret method like I always do, and at some point I passed the B and as I was using the 5th fret method I realised I was like 4 frets away, and instead of releasing tension I conitnued to tighten it, then I was at 3 frets difference and I still didn't realize that I was going over I was like wtf I'm tightening how Do I still have 3 frets left, and when I actually tightened it up to the E, I realized what I've done

You can tune a guitar but you can't tuna fish, man.

you missed some big ones. Telling people you can tune using 12th fret harmonics, etc......especially if the tuner is bouncing around.....and the B string almost always plays sharp if you tune it to perfect A-440. You have to detune it slightly. In a sense this is almost like what's known as stretch tuning on a piano. If you tune every key on a piano using an electronic tuner to perfect pitch is will sound like complete crap. You have to adjust for voicings...just like on a guitar. I sorta skipped a lot of this vid but one always should tune "up" to pitch...if you tune down to pitch as soon as you start playing that string will pull over the nut and go flat.

I've been playing guitar for about 20 years and I'm a terrible player. For some reason I'm a master at the tuning aspect 😂. The fifth fret method an a C tremolo is all I need to get it spot on. I cannot play guitar with the guitar even slightly out of tune because I hear it immediately. Still still need a reference note though.

You looked the same as I see you in your newer videos but your studio in the background looked different.

Gettin in tune with the straight and narrow.

I also play at 410hz sounds great for my style

I find it helpful to mute the other strings when i let it ring out.

Very important teaching here! ~ Gotta be in tune it's basics 101 ~ I use a Snark clip on tuner very accurate!

I got a question it's about the sequence of which string to tune first. I've heard every different variation of which way and most say to start with both E strings. But I figure the most tension is in the middle of the next so I start with D then G then A then B then big E and little E. Is this correct? I've never had any hassles with it.

Great video. Thank you.

Was playing a gig with my band and we’d always tune up together with the same tuner for each instrument before hand every show, and this one time for whatever reason we didn’t have time so I quick tuned by ear to the other guitarists strings... ended up getting yelled at by a pregnant lady who played most nights at this place in the middle of the a song saying your B string is off stop stop stop!!!! She was being ridiculous but the point is I really wish I tuned up before that show lol.

The 5th Fret method...Just one comment from me. I saw that you were tuning the A string by playing the E string on the 5th Fret. But how do you know that the E is actually in tune , as a reference point? No big problem if you are playing on your own, but when you are playing with others this could be a problem. When no Tuner is at hand, I still have some Pitch Pipes, to get started. Otherwise I play both E strings together...to see if one is not right. Otherwise I enjoyed your explaination. Also when you said that the Guitar needs to be Tuned twice really. I see these Metal strings causing tension on the neck, so there has got to be some movement. I sometimes try thing the other way around...by starting with the High E.

I'm trying to learn the harmonic methode, however what do I do if all 6 strings are out of tune? I can tune the guitar as long as the low E string is correct, but what if it's not? Do I just have to "memorize" that tune or?

Perhaps the 0th (or 9th) mistake would be not making an intonation check part of the tuning ritual. If your guitar has the intonation correctly set (with new strings) AND your intonation is still out of whack -- then don't waste time tuning bad strings. Change strings first. No matter how you twist your tuners, you'll still be out of tune if the strings need changing.

Great lesson. Thank you!

really nice lessons so fun. 1:28 I used to Do that hair move thing swag but now i got no hair so nothing moves

I started playing 2 weeks ago and I use a tuner on my smartphone. I know that's probably not the best way to do it, but what I wanna know is, how acurate are those smartphone tuners?

Im watching this vid not tuning the note that clip ontuner was just like that couldn't tune up . It's in the bottom of the box now. It fell apart. Now the ele tuners are on the gtr , amp , for aco. I'm watching on your video how to play the guitar now.

When I first started a job where one of my responsibilities was to create CAD files of floorplans. We had a retired 'consultant' there who refused to use AutoCAD and insisted on drafting by hand. He lamented that young engineers and drafters don't have that skill. What took him, a PE of over 40 years, a day to do took me 20 minutes as a snot-nosed kid. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. get a Snark. There is no reason not to. I'm sure someone has a problem with them because they think know better, but you don't.

It's Baby Mike!

Great . Helped out . Thank you.

Piano is a perfect 440 on the A key ... if it is tuned correctly I have good luck tuning by ear to the piano ... if you hit the string, especially a low E or A too hard when you are tuning it can ring sharp &!

I tend to tune sharp. Knowing that, I try and compensate.

Hey, I tune by ear, is it okay to go from standard to drop d using the d (3rd string down) to do it? You're saying not to use the string below to tune above...

i always do mine by ear no method just playing the notes and then i check it against a keyboard usually ive never not done it like that

good advice thanks

tune into or up to the note ......thoughts on intonation, wrong saddle, string length to the 12 green..lol....?? the b string that never tunes....lol

Very good lesson, but if you have to tune your guitar by ear, how do you know what the true 'A' for instance sounds like. If you get the first note wrong, then the whole tuning will be off...

i thought your hair was a hat from your thumbnail picture hahaha good vid mate thanks

I use all them to tune my guitars, but not long ago I saw a video from the that guy that sings Fire and Rain, sorry can't think of his name right now, anyhow he's got this way of tuning taking a few cent here adding a few there, it make the guitar sound awesome, I'll look for it, and post it some how here it's really good way

9th Common mistake - using the "harmonic tuning" method. You just can't tune a guitar properly using harmonics. Guitars are an equal temperament instrument, whereas harmonics are a result of just intonation. It's akin to trying to take a metric measurement using an imperial ruler.