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Step 1
Strum the sixth string. The sounding pitch for a properly tuned flamenco guitar is D, one whole step below the normal sounding pitch of E. On a piano, this D is found five full steps below middle C.
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Step 2
Check the tuning of the fifth string. If you began in standard tuning, the pitch of this string remains unchanged in flamenco tuning: the A immediately below middle C.
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Step 3
Check the tuning of the fourth string. If you started in standard tuning, the pitch of this string remains the same, a D exactly one step above middle C.
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Step 4
Drop the pitch of the third string by a half step from G to F#. If your flamenco guitar is not in standard tuning, you can find this note an augmented fourth above middle C, or three whole steps above middle C.
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Step 5
Adjust the sounding pitch of the second string to B. On the piano, this note is found a major seventh above middle C. This note also happens to be the standard tuning for the second string.
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Step 6
Tune the highest string of the flamenco guitar to E. If you are using a piano as a tuning source, this note is found an octave and a major third above middle C. High E is the standard pitch for the first string.
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Step 7
Double check the tuning. As you tune a flamenco guitar, some of the other strings may slip slightly out of tune in response the the changing string tension on the bridge. You might have to tweak your tuning a couple of times before the guitar remains in tune.









