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Step 1
Find an electric tuner. Lots of experienced players just tune by ear, but for a beginner, a tuner is a good idea. Battery-operated tuners are for sale at music shops and department stores.
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Step 2
Start on the lowest string. Play the string and see if it is on key. The tuner will tell you using digital displays or a dial and needle.
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Step 3
Adjust the string as necessary. To do this, locate the peg at the end of the neck, on what is called the head stock. The bass guitar pegs are large, silver "keys." Each one holds string in a certain tuning. Turn the peg left to raise the tuning of the string and right to lower it.
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Step 4
When you have the bottom (E) string in tune, play the next string up (A) and see if it is in tune. The correct tuning for the A string is equal to a note played on the fifth fret of the E string.
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Step 5
Turn the A string's peg to raise or lower the tuning correctly.
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Step 6
Use the same process with the other two strings. The correct tuning for each string is equal to a note played at the fifth fret on the string below.










Comments
howtoplaybass said
on 4/5/2009 http://www.play-bass.com/online_bass_and_guitar_tuner.html is the new site, the old link is no good.