You should however invest in a quality guitar tuner if you don’t already have one. Having your own quality guitar tuner is definitely the easiest and most accurate way to tune your guitar and certainly more accurate than your own ear, but some of you may want your guitar in tune now, so here we go.

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Get Your Guitar in Tune

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3I1wRc0ikw

This video was created by one of my favorite guitar teachers on YouTube, Justin Sandercoe. Justin is an excellent teacher.

I highly recommend you visit Justin’s YouTube Profile for more awesome video lessons like the one above:

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Be sure to also check out his website by following the link below. On Justin’s site you can learn more about him as well as find more great lessons!

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In this video David Taub from Next Level Guitar provides some excellent tips on keeping your guitar in tune. Many beginners often get frustrated and blame their guitars thinking there is something mechanically wrong. This may be, but more often then not, it is a problem with the guitarist and not the guitar.

So what kind of mistakes do beginners normally make when tuning their guitar? In this video David talks about some of the common mistakes beginners make. One of the biggest is the way beginners manipulate the tuning pegs. There is a right and wrong way to do this as David explains below.

Another big mistake beginners make is not changing their strings often enough. After playing your guitar for a while, your strings will pick up the oils, dirt and salts in your fingers and hands, which will deaden your strings and cause them to go out of tune easier.

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How to Keep Your Electric or Acoustic Guitar in Tune

www.youtube.com/watch?v=djHQy2m57Oc

As I said above, the following video is from David Taub of Next Level Guitar. If you have not already visited the link above to check out the Next Level Guitar Website, than I highly recommend you do so as soon as possible. There are a handful of excellent online membership sites for guitarists, but this is easily one of my favorites. The content and teaching style at Next Level Guitar is of the highest quality and definitely worth your time. Check out my personal review here for more information.