How to tune a guitar with a tuning fork without knowing notes or how to play.
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@trueminimalist39626 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this. I was beginning to think nobody did this anymore.
@ytstuff4u7986 жыл бұрын
you're welcome! never fails ! :-)
@BradfordGuy4 жыл бұрын
You need to play the tuning to hear that it is in tune, once you have tuned it. I have played acoustic for nearly 50 years and I have never heard of this particular technique. I guess we really can learn something new when we get older! Thank you for teaching me this new way of using a tuning fork for a complete tune!
@ytstuff4u7984 жыл бұрын
Yes, I should have done that. My first video - ever. You're quite welcome!
@paulstan2449 Жыл бұрын
Interesting, never thought of using my tuning fork on every string before. For the most part I’d just tune the A string and then find octave equivalents for every other string from there. Thanks for sharing!
@bartman8982 жыл бұрын
Someone showed me this years ago. Thx for video. I was starting to think I dreamed the whole thing. Lol
@noamankhurshid39254 ай бұрын
Good old analog days 😊
@giulioluzzardi7632 Жыл бұрын
Here's one more player that uses a tuning fork! Thanks.
@SquirrelDarling1 Жыл бұрын
Always wondered how it was used, now I know. Thanks
@s1mp13m4n2 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic. Thank you. I am visually impaired so I have to stand the guitar on end to use a headstock tuner. I am working on ear training and playing by ear, so this is perfect. I just ordered a 440 tuning fork from Sweetwater.
@ytstuff4u798 Жыл бұрын
Great - glad it could help!
@DriftwoodBeachMom3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This was very helpful.
@ytstuff4u798 Жыл бұрын
you're welcome!
@Mikau-gb8uo2 жыл бұрын
1:25 sound like proper jazz chord..
@FerdinandEphrem6 ай бұрын
Best way to use a tuning fork, science...
@MSirirat5 жыл бұрын
Wow, I've been using the tuning fork for many, many, many years. I never knew of this method, I normally tune the 5th string with it and then tune the rest by ears. It even works very well on Nylon strings.
@TheOfficialRandybob2 жыл бұрын
Glad to see someone say. I know he is probably just showing for educational purposes but so much faster to just know 1 string and then you could go from there.
@VVIan-cn5cs2 жыл бұрын
Smart idea, great technique, and good knees 😁
@ytstuff4u798 Жыл бұрын
thx!
@robmack4010 Жыл бұрын
Great method!! Thank you
@ytstuff4u798 Жыл бұрын
you're welcome!
@wayneminor5559 Жыл бұрын
I sometimes use an A440 tuning fork to tune my little E at the fifth fret. I then level everything out or tune my G string to a G tune of a guitar I am joining. I find the more we rely on electronic tuners, we start to diminish our ability to tune by ear just my thoughts. But any method of tunning is better in the advent we find we are playing with someone who never had or no longer has an ear to tune properly. I do want to experiment with this method. Thank you for your time in sharing this with us.
@yanz_776 жыл бұрын
i feel some pain the moment you hit that tuning fork with your knee :(
@neoasura6 жыл бұрын
Good video, my grandpa taught me how to use a tuning fork to tune a guitar when I was a kid camping. We had no power out there, but we had a fork and a guitar and a fire. Also, another piece of advice for those wanting to do this: NEVER hit your fork up against something hard and solid like a counter top or piece of furniture...it can ruin your fork and make it out of tune.
@ytstuff4u7986 жыл бұрын
Thanks !
@ytstuff4u7986 жыл бұрын
good info! thanks!
@woolysamoan Жыл бұрын
aw man too late. my knee was starting to hurt!
@kristawoodrunner84125 жыл бұрын
I'm with Sirirat. I played guitar for decades and have only used a tuning fork! Forget that cell phone stuff. However, I never used the technique you showed. I only used A 440 to get the A 220 string in tune (2nd string) then tuned the other strings against A. Works every time. Only a piano can truly be tuned by the cell phone technique as it uses an even tempered scale. Guitar tuning is somewhat personal preference and an art not a science. I would favor chords (like D) which need extra help due to only using five strings in the chord and other common chords--G, C, F, for example. This works much better for guitar. A piano must give equal advantage to all 12 keys whereas a guitar is likely to use a much smaller set of chords than those available. Some would call these "baby chords". So they are. Make sure F is in tune and your bar chords will sound find. To add to that I would use harmonics on every other string like E-D, A-G, D-B, G-E (high E). If you play the 1st harmonic of the one string and the 2nd harmonic of the other string it will resonate when in tune with the upper string in that sequence. This is only for the adventurous in acoustics. I found it's great way to tune a guitar.
@rotagbhd2 жыл бұрын
The A string is the 5th string, not the 2nd (which is a B string). Listed 6th to 1st is EADGBe
@kristawoodrunner84122 жыл бұрын
@@rotagbhd pfft I counted from other end. It's not like they're marked.
@jasonhall947 Жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thank you!
@ytstuff4u798 Жыл бұрын
you're welcome!
@fooglez3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the easy and helpful information.
@ytstuff4u798 Жыл бұрын
you're welcome
@alexalexanderman123811 ай бұрын
I was just reading about tuning violins and one person stated "When tuning two adjacent strings together by ear until a beat-less tone is heard, you are using a form of Just Temperament." as opposed to Equal temperament, which is what a piano is normally tuned to and i would presume so are electronic tuners. I was just wondering if the same might apply to guitars tuned by ear especially if one uses harmonics. Hmmm?????
@ytstuff4u7982 ай бұрын
good ?. i would have no clue.
@kalinemelo84814 жыл бұрын
That's so helpful. Thank you!
@ytstuff4u7984 жыл бұрын
You're quite welcome!
@chinchenguanxhin3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!! It was really helpful :D
@ytstuff4u798 Жыл бұрын
you're welcome!
@LarryShone3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting
@Sanbas877 жыл бұрын
this really helped setting up my bass and calibrate my racktuner.!!!
@ytstuff4u7987 жыл бұрын
glad it helped !
@nothankyou83652 жыл бұрын
No thank you very much. Keep this video for history :)
@giulioluzzardi76322 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Thanks for sharing.
@ytstuff4u798 Жыл бұрын
you're welcome!
@larvalangel4 жыл бұрын
This is a revelation to me.
@ytstuff4u7984 жыл бұрын
Hope it was helpful!
@carlosozores633 жыл бұрын
Nice thanks ..
@ytstuff4u798 Жыл бұрын
you're welcome!
@rolling-my-eyes1491 Жыл бұрын
idk. Sometimes it resonates strongly, sometimes can barely hear and doesn't seem to line up with electric tuners.
@ytstuff4u798 Жыл бұрын
OK
@ruijorgemartinsarmada49572 жыл бұрын
thank you ....!
@ytstuff4u798 Жыл бұрын
you're welcome!
@jenniferstegall26653 жыл бұрын
💛
@dickerman5 жыл бұрын
where does the 7th string have to resonate ?
@youcancallmeafag4 жыл бұрын
A little bit late, but if you mean the low B string then it would be the same place as the 2nd string (high b string). Which is the 10th fret.
@ytstuff4u7984 жыл бұрын
it would resonate on the A note of the 7th string
@CraftyMel4 жыл бұрын
Just here cuz I'm curious what ppl did back then to tune!
@JeffGillis16 жыл бұрын
Excellent. If you have a baritone guitar tuned B:B would you still use an A 440 fork?
@ytstuff4u7986 жыл бұрын
thx for the question jeff! sadly, i would not have a clue about that. Not sure what a baritone guitar is. however, if the strings are the same notes as in my V, i would think that you could....but couldn't swear to it. happy picking !
@JeffGillis16 жыл бұрын
Lol.
@geoffreymoore2432 жыл бұрын
“Never fails” until the temperature gets above 60 degrees Fahrenheit then it goes flat
@mattbod4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this!
@ytstuff4u7984 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@nikifamme25876 жыл бұрын
My knee will get bruised after tuning guitar completely . I'll have a limping walk because it's hurt ! =(
@michaelmccartan91255 жыл бұрын
You bumped your knee hard. I can hear you knee cap bone resonate ouch 😰