Top 5 Tuning Mistakes

[@DermotGleeson1]

The most important thing is if you tune sharp drop the tuning back one step and then bring the note back to the correct pitch. Then ststret the string and check again. Never tune down to pitch. It will not stay in tune no matter what you have paid for your instrument. I have Gibson, Fender USA, and custom-built Dolmen guitars, and if you tune down to pitch after a few minutes playing, they will all be out of tune. How you restring your instrument is vital to make the turning stable. This is true no matter what type of music you play. This is one thing that people need to know. There is nothing worse than someone playing an instrument that is not in tune. I do enjoy your videos and an excellent teacher and presenter, and you give away lots of very valuable information for free. You are in the top 5 music channels on KZbin. I do sincerely wish you every success you truly deserve it.

[@GracieTerzian]

Very excellent advice! Thank you so much!

[@jack002tuber]

I use the intellitouch digital tuner. One thing mine does, if you change the tuning, you have to stop and then pluck the string again for it to see the new tone. It won't change till you do that. Great video. I've been watching for years.

[@GracieTerzian]

Good tip!

[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

@@GracieTerzian Great time 2B alive. Pitch pipes; no. Tuning forks; better. Electronics; always perfect.

[@davidethridge5748]

Remember to tune down then up when an open string is sharp.

[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

Yes ; tension. I also depress My guitar strings to take out the slack, then verify.

[@Billbobaker]

Great advice I tune first by ear then fine tune with a clip on tuner.

[@GracieTerzian]

That's probably the best way to do it! Then you get the practice of doing it with your ear, but then you double check to make sure you really are in tune!

[@Billbobaker]

@@GracieTerzian I do it with banjo and uke as well. I get pretty close, I wish I was as good at playing as I am tuning by ear. But... I keep trying.

[@Spinz99]

I like your tuner. Thanks for the advice.

[@GracieTerzian]

You bet :)

[@1stetson57]

It is a good Idea to use a tuner to see how your Harmonica is tuned as it can not be changed. so then tune your guitar to what the harmonica your using is and you will be amazed at how much better It sounds with both instruments going at the same time. Lots more fun. Use a tuner!!! Especially for a Uke. People who listen to you will be glad you did! Also Always turn the peg so the note is flat and then come UP to it so as to maintain good strain on the string!!

[@MannyVel]

............and for the ones that want to learn how to tune by ear, listen to the 2 notes as they get closer and closer to the same frequency.... listen closely..... VERY closely....... there will be a slight flutter or waving of the sound as they near the same pitch...... when the 2 strings are AT the same pitch, the waving, drifting, fluttering stops..... because the strings are now vibrating at the same frequency...... if you tune beyond the matched frequencies..... the string start to flutter again. I've heard this effect ever since I was 19...... I'm over a half century now....... and YES...... I've had a high-end rack mount tuner from the beginning.... and NOT about to part with it either - LoL 😜 🎸 Thanks for the great tutorial Gracie 🤗 💐

[@GracieTerzian]

Awesome advice, thanks for sharing!

[@Dicklesberg]

Very helpful, explains why no one liked my playing all these years! 😂

[@GracieTerzian]

😂

[@madhatter2012]

That's why I like playing drums... you tune (tension) them to each other!

[@2000HoursofBanjo]

Guilty of several of most of these when I was starting out...still guilty of turning the wrong tuner on occasion.

[@GracieTerzian]

Haha it’s okay, they’re all very common!

[@benmansell]

Great video . One big mistake is . Dont ever try to find the correct intonation of your "string"or "strings by turning your machine tuning heads in the direction that loosens the strings ( as would apply if your changing strings ) always go flat then tune up . Always

[@GracieTerzian]

Yes, good point! If your string is too sharp, lower the tuning to below the pitch you want, and then tune "up" to the correct pitch.

[@TunaSoda]

This is less important with good locking tuners

[@1muchILLA]

I have a tuner where I can change the hertz frequency and I heard that everything is at 440 HZ but things used to be at 432 HZ and it's supposed to be more healing. It's a little bit lower in pitch but it gives a nice resonance I think. I'm only one year into this guitar playing so everything's new to me, I wonder if anyone else has tried tuning down to 432 HZ

[@GracieTerzian]

I think it just depends if you're playing with other people or not. If you're playing by yourself, then you can tune to 432 hz if you prefer the way it sounds. But if you're playing with other musicians, you should make sure you're all tuning to the same frequency together.

[@zebulon39u]

Hi Gracie, I love your channel. It's different, it's fascinating. I rapturously studied your Music Theory lessons. I have a question about the Real Book, the book of jazz standards. Do you think that it's possible to take any song from the Real Book and to make it available for rendition on the Ukulele, (with your charming vocals)? I ask the question because the Real Book has many complex chords. But do we really need such complexity?

[@GracieTerzian]

For sure - you can play anything in the real book on the ukulele. And you can definitely simplify chords in the real book. You don't always have to have every single upper extension in every chord.

[@19Loretta69]

There are another important thing about tuning an instrument. It is to have the tuner adjusted to 440Hz. I was behind the mixing desk at a consert a few years ago with two guitarist who had used two different tuners and they were not adjusted to 440 Hz. It sounded terrible.

[@don911donny9]

I always tune up to the note ie tightening the string on the final twist of the tuning peg to bring the string in to tune. Not sure if this really matters though with modern instruments

[@GracieTerzian]

I think that it still helps to tune "up", even with modern instruments!

[@rowlandreddick2664]

Watching you i have even started the piano plinking, whose yer favorite piano player if i may ask 😊

[@simonm2092]

Is the G string wound the wrong way? (or am I missing something,? I'm not a uke player)

[@brianralph5036]

why are your strings on backwards the 2 middle strings

[@GracieTerzian]

Honestly, that is how my ukulele came when it was sent to me by the company, and I just always keep them in the same direction when I change the strings. I don't think it really makes any difference honestly?

[@TunaSoda]

Yes those two top strings should be under the tuners and the two bottom strings should be above the tuners when looking at you playing it from our perspective. Right now you have the two top strings different so you will need to turn them two different directions to tune.

[@brianralph5036]

@@GracieTerzian I just wondered

[@corontsurara3862]

I wonder if this will cover the differences between notes such as G# and Ab in a nine comma whole tone...

[@petermaylia454]

Hi

[@juniusrabbinius211]

I thought C meant cello 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@GracieTerzian]

Haha I mean, that is an understandable assumption. But it's "c" for Chromatic.

[@PieCompanyGuitars]

Remember, you can tune a string, but you can't tuna fish.

[@GracieTerzian]

hahahaha :D

[@TunaSoda]

😁