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Summary: Learn the basics of tuning guitars with expert step by step instructions in this free video on how to tune a guitar.
"Hi, I'm Mike Lais, and on behalf of Expert Village, this is "How to Change Your Guitar Strings". So now that we have the strings on the guitar, and they should be pretty stretched out, we're going to want to tune it. Keep in mind you're going to have to tune it about seven times before it will actually hold. But the best way you're going to want to do this is just get one pitch, I'm going to start with my "A" string, I'm going to use this electric tuner here to find the "A". We're going to just simply put it...It doesn't have to be close at this point because it's going to be way out after I'm done doing this. I just want to put the guitar in tune with itself. We're just going to continue this process, I'm sure there's tuning videos out there if you want to check out how to actually tune your guitar. But I'm just going to continue this process all the way down, and then once I get the guitar in tune with itself, you want to stretch the strings one more time and then tune it again, and then stretch them one more time, and then tune it again. And that should have yourself pretty set up for tuning your guitar."