How to Tune Your Guitar to C

Video Transcript

"Hi this is Sandy Poltarack and I'm here on behalf of gladesguitars.com. Hi, in this clip we're going to work on learning how to tune the guitar in open C tuning. Again remember the normal tuning is E, A, D, G, B, E and you can remember elephants and dogs get big ears, E, A, D, G, B, E and to get to open C tuning we have to adjust some of those notes. So this E has got to be tuned down to C, that's way down there and I'm going to use this tuner to help me get the right pitch. I have got to keep going, there it is. The next is taking the A string down to G, that's a whole step down. This one takes a little big longer than some of the others. O'kay the next one is to take the D down to C, it's a whole step down again and the low C and the fourth string now are tuned in octaves. This one actually stays where it is but I'm going to take it down just a little bit more so the G stays where it is. The B actually comes up to C, whoops let's do it again. So I'm just fine tuning it now same as you'll have to. This is C again, G, C, G, C and the first string stays where it is. O'kay this has been Sandy Poltarack and that's open C tuning."