Tuning A Classical Guitar (And Why That Is Difficult!)

[@paolafgmedical]

Thank you for this fresh view on this old topoc! 😊

[@joachimgeissler614]

Such an old topoc, it didn't make the "i"! 😀 Thank You very much!!!

[@Mooreguitar]

Nice explanation. I enjoyed your discussion on the tuning quirks of our beloved instrument! ☺️

[@joachimgeissler614]

Thanks! 😊

[@MelvinHughesatp]

Thank you, Joachim! As an older player with high frequency hearing loss, I am always looking for more definitive methods of tuning. I have found that the Peterson StoboClip tuners offer a "sweetened" tuning for classical guitars (CLA) which has been a big help to me as a good starting point and for frequencies that I no longer can hear.

[@joachimgeissler614]

Certainly clip tuners can help and make tuning easier, at least for obtaining a good intonation. I don't know the tuner you mentioned: thanks for the information.

[@dalesparks7647]

This is a great video, I agree that the guitar is extremely difficult to tune. And as we develop a very sensitive ear the slightest out of tune note can hurt. I subscribe to you and will look at your other videos

[@joachimgeissler614]

@@dalesparks7647 thank you very much! So enjoy the other videos (not all of them are in perfect tune, though... ;-) )

[@corduladecker]

Sehr interessant!!

[@joachimgeissler614]

Ja, das ist schön tricky auf der Gitarre. Stimmst Du Deiner Schuhe eigentlich auch irgendwie? Gibt's da Sound-Unterschiede oder kommt es eher auf den Tanzboden an?

[@corduladecker]

@@joachimgeissler614 Tanzboden und Resonanzraum ist ein Thema aber tatsächlich „stimme“ ich die Schuhe- der Sound ändert sich, je nachdem wie fest die Schrauben angezogen sind…. auch ein Thema für sich aber längst nicht so komplex wie bei Euch 🤗

[@joachimgeissler614]

Da habe ich wieder was gelernt. :-) Danke dafür.

[@LiamWakefield]

Yes, having more than one way to tune is very helpful.

[@joachimgeissler614]

Right! Tuning is tricky, so it's good to have an arsenal of answers to the problem. 😊

[@mikemahin]

I wish you could make this easier.

[@joachimgeissler614]

To break It down: tune the guitar with an electronic tuner, than cross-check octaves and 5th or 4th in different positions, both with open strings and fretted notes (attention on not stressing the string with the freted hand: you could alter the intonation). Finally: check eventually chords in the key of the piece you are going to play in the positions you will happen to pass. In other words: choose your compromise of guitar-mistuning. 😊 Does this help?

[@mishanguyen7023]

I need to learn more , this video more difficult to understand for amateur like me

[@joachimgeissler614]

As an amateur and beginner you can very well use digital tuners: they work quite fine. When your ear gets more and more trained add octaves to check the tuning, preferably using one string as main reference. ;-)

[@gibson2623]

Why didn t you use a proper tuner instead of a phone toy?

[@joachimgeissler614]

I use my ears, actually. Old school. Tuning fork and listening. ;-)

[@gibson2623]

@@joachimgeissler614 I use my ears too. But that s not what i asked. you should have used a proper clip tuner on the guitar and not that crap

[@joachimgeissler614]

The tuner in the video does his job perfectly: it shows how two distinct notes combine to an imaginary fundamental. That's all I wanted. Thanks for your feedback anyway. Let us know what tuners you recommend and if that one gives a similar result.

[@gibson2623]

​@@ezst.busker Better microphone than what? Headstock tuners are based on vibration, they don t have a microphone

[@gibson2623]

@@ezst.busker Is it fuck.....ask that to your car alarm