Beginners How To Tune (Lesson #0004)

What Is Concert Pitch

Concert pitch is a standard tuning that all instruments tune to. The "A" note above middle C on a piano and the 1st string 5th fret "A" on a guitar should have the frequency of 440 Hz. That would be 440 cycles per second.

This term in usually abbreviated as "440 Concert Pitch"


GUITAR TUNER

Just click on any of the strings below to listen to its pitch. If you want you can use this as a tuner. Each note is only played twice, just put your player on repeat to experiment with tuning.



Click here to play the thick "E" String
Click here to play the "A" String
Click here to play the "D" String
Click here to play the "G" String
Click here to play the "B" String
Click here to play the thin "E" String


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