How to Tune a Guitar to E

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Sandy Poltarack and I'm here on behalf of GladesGuitars.com. Hi, in this clip we're going to be learning to tune the guitar to an open E chord. Remember the normal tuning is E, A, D, G, B, E. To get the open E tuning we're going to have to adjust some of those string names. And the E, the low E stays the same, the B, I'm sorry the A, comes up to B. And I'm using this tuner here to help me out. Now I'm going to take the D, up to E. Again, I'm going to use the tuner for a visual, and just readjusting low D. Okay, and the last one is actually take the G, up to G-sharp. Let's see, let's tune the other strings too, this is the B, and this is again the E. And with open E tuning it's really easy to play some blues slide guitar too. That's an easy way to get the E tuning. So the blues guitar slide, I'm using this glass slide that I'm fitting over my third finger and I'm placing the other fingers just on the strings to keep them from rattling. And then I'm, instead of fingering each note, with my fingers, I'm actually using the slide. And I can do all kinds of effects, I can pull up to a note, vibrato, and that's where I rock my hand back and forth. I can pull down. That's a little vibrato. I can come. And that's it, that's open E tuning, and that's a little bit of a blues guitar sound. Thanks a lot, this has been Sandy Poltarack, thank you."