Udemy Basic Guitar Tuning Workshop

Although there are many basic crash course videos on how to tune your guitar online, I feel there are not many videos on how to really understand tuning your guitar and how to do it on your own.

This course will start from square one (no playing experience needed!) and build up your knowledge on how to use any guitar tuner to tune your guitar, whether it's a standalone tuner (no matter how old or new it is), a smartphone tuning app, or even a free guitar tuning webpage.

It will thoroughly and simply explain the basic types of guitars and their parts, basic music and guitar vocabulary, the musical alphabet letter system, sharps and flats, the differences between chromatic, guitar only, multi-mode, vibrational, and microphonic tuners, how to identify any tuner by its display and controls, a step by step walk-through of tuning an out of tune guitar, how to deal with an extremely out of tune guitar and other "worst case" scenarios, and many more in-depth topics.

It also includes some extra side topics, like how tuning an electric guitar is different than tuning an acoustic guitar, and a reference guide for how to tune in a variety of alternate, drop, open, and other non-standard tunings you may come across in your guitar journey, including tunings for non-standard guitars such as baritone, 7, 8, and 9 string guitars, and even bass guitar, ukulele, banjo and mandolin tunings.

Disclaimer: this course teaches you how to tune your guitar with a variety of electronic tuners. However, tuning by ear, changing your guitar strings, and other advanced guitar playing and maintenance topics are outside the scope of this course. It's great for absolute "square one" beginners who are just getting started on their guitar journey or intermediate players who need a review and thorough grounding in the basics.

What you'll learn:

Learn first step basics like parts and names of the guitar, names and numbering systems of the strings, and other basic guitar vocabulary
Learn to identify different types of guitar tuners, what kind you have (or want), and what the letters and symbols on any tuner display mean
Learn how to use almost any dedicated, phone app, or online tuner to get your guitar in tune
Learn about other side topics like special symbols on a tuner's display, how to memorize your guitar strings, and how to shop for or download a guitar tuner
Understand differences in tuning techniques between electric and acoustic guitars
Learn how to tune your guitar with a tuner in a large variety of open, drop, detuned standard, and alternate tunings