By Eric Donaldson


An acoustic guitar tuner is used to make tuning your guitar easier and more perfect. This is because it is better at determining how the guitar sounds as compared to just using your ear. Therefore, many people opt to use acoustic guitar tuners to ensure that their guitars are producing the right sound. Electric tuners usually display how the sound of each string is tuned which helps you to fine tune your guitar by observing how its tune measures on the acoustic scale even for an electric guitar cable. Therefore, when tuning your guitar it is better to use a tuner as opposed to just using your ears to determine whether the sound it is producing is perfect. So, what factors should you consider when you go to purchase an acoustic guitar tuner?

Most people prefer to start tuning the A string first since most instruments start with it. However, it is recommended that you start tuning the sixth string E. This is important since it lets you tune in one direction, which is going upwards as opposed to alternating between strings. This is advisable for beginners since it avoids confusion. Once you are through with the low E string, you then move to the A where you also ensure that it is producing the right tune as prescribed by the acoustic guitar tuner.

These tuners also come with light emitting diodes, which help you to immediately determine how your guitar is tuned. They have a red diode, which indicates that your guitar is producing detuned sound and a green diode indicates that the sound from your guitar is rightly tuned. This is important since you can use it after tuning to determine whether you have done a perfect tuning job. When your guitar is connected to the tuner, it displays the note of every string from your guitar.

When the guitar is perfectly tuned, the needle of the tuner should be stationed in the center of the display and the green diode should be on. The clip on electric tuners also functions in the same way with the only difference being that they are clipped onto the headstock of the guitar. The guitar will then sense the vibrations of the instrument directly and gives a reading of how the guitar is tuned. Clip on tuners can also be used to tune other stringed instruments such as the cello and the violin.

Acoustic guitar tuning is also increasingly being done through the Internet. An online acoustic guitar tuner is just a program on different guitar websites. However, these websites do not tune the guitar for you. Rather, they give you the exact sound your guitar should be producing. You are therefore required to listen to the tune and reproduce it on your guitar. An acoustic guitar tuner is therefore a necessary part of your guitar that produces the desired sound.




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