How to Tune a Guitar with Harmonics: Part 3

Video Transcript

"So things change between the G string and the B string. Between the first four stings or the lowest four strings rather, there is a interval level fourth. That means if you go up a major scale you will count four notes. One, two, three, four or one, two, three, four. Same thing, the same relationship exists between the A string and the D string and also the D and the G string, but when you go between the G and the B you only have a third separating them. So the harmonics are never going to match if your guitar is properly tuned. So for these strings you can do one of two things. You can either tune your B string to the fourth fret of your G string. You can do that or you can prop a harmonic at the seventh fret of the E string and tune your B to that. I like to do a little of both. Alright, and the same thing. Now between the B and the E string you can either use the harmonic method because once again you have a fourth. You should have a fourth anyway. So you can use the harmonics or you can use the harmonic of the seventh fret of the A string and tune your E to it. I like to use the seventh fret of the A string because that is my original note and every time you tune a note to another note you are going to be a little off and your errors are going to compound. So I like to keep it close to the original. Alright, now we are done tuning."