How to Tune a Slide Guitar
Playing slide guitar can be a rewarding and challenging experience for any guitarist. Unlike regular guitarists, slide players prefer to play in "altered" tunings. One of the most standard slide-guitar tunings is called "open G," where the strings are tuned to the notes D, G, D, G, B and D.
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Instructions
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Using the guitar tuner, make sure the guitar is tuned to standard tuning of E, A, D, G, B and E.
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Tune the sixth string down a whole-tone until it matches the fourth string, the note D.
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Tune the fifth string down a whole-tone until it matches the third string, the note G.
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Tune the first string down a whole-step until it matches the fourth string, the note D.
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Using the guitar tuner, double-check that the strings are tuned to D, G, D, G, B and D.
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Tips & Warnings
Always pluck the string when tuning to make sure you are turning the tuning peg the right way.
