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What is a Guitar Tuner?A guitar tuner is an instrument that helps you fine tune your guitar. The guitar tuner has a microphone that can detect the tone being played on the guitar and displays whether you should go higher or lower. The tuner helps you tune your guitar to the desired level. With a guitar electronic tuner, you can • VISUALLY IDENTIFY how close the pitch of your guitar string is to the tempered ideal. • HEAR the perfect tone that is at the tempered level. .. YOU BENEFIT a better tuned guitar and easier practicing.“It’s true…” A GUITAR TUNER is Affordable. In the last few years the price of electronic tuners has dropped drastically. At the same time, the reliability has gone up. Currently you can buy a decent electronic tuner for under $25 (US). Using a guitar tuner is not cheating! I would thoroughly recommend buying a good tuner for your guitar. You are right… One should learn how to tune a guitar by ear. However, tuning by ear does require some time and practice. So, a better option for tuning your guitar when you are first starting out is to buy an electronic tuner. If you are practicing specific exercises that may be new to you, with the guitar not in tune you will be getting results that could be very discouraging and it wouldn’t be your fault. And the BEST PROFIT with the tuner is that YOU get to • Spend more TIME practicing on your guitar. • And the MORE you PRACTICE, the better guitarist you become. Play in Tune! It is difficult enough to play a musical instrument properly. It is nearly impossible to play one that is out of tune. The wonderful thing about electronic tuners is that they require no musical experience! You do not have to have a "good ear" for music to practice and play in-tune. 6 Note Tuners (or guitar tuners) are excellent choices for tuning your guitar, bass, violin or mandolin. Most tuners on the market offer "hands-free" operation. This means you simply play the string/note you want to tune, the tuner will automatically identify that note through a series of flashing LED lights or LCD/VU needle display. The user may then adjust their tuning to fit the proper pitch! Chromatic tuners offer all available notes of the scale! A - A# - B - C - C# - D - D# - E - F - F# - G - G# - A... These tuners work well for all instruments, including guitars, 5 and 6 string basses and all woodwind, brass, orchestral, folk and altered tuning applications. Virtually all electronic tuners feature a battery for portability, input and output jacks for electric instruments and a built-in mic for acoustic instruments. Many offer an input jack for optional A/C power. FACT: Virtually all professional musicians use Electronic Tuners! Some major guitar brands that offer electronic tuners for guitars are: • Seiko, • Wittner, • Yamaha, • Korg, • Fender, • Matrix, • Intellitouch and • Qwik Tune I got myself an affordable tuner when I started and I have never regretted the buy. I currently use the KORG chromatic guitar tuner- GT-12. This tuner can sound a four-octave chromatic scale, and measures seven octaves. It uses LEDs to indicate the concert pitch, and a large analog (mechanical) meter to show exactly how close the pitch is to ideal. Some tuners use a second set of LEDs to show the tuning. In my opinion, this is neither as accurate nor as helpful as the analog type (also called sweep or VU meter). Here is a list of tuners that I would definitely recommend:1. Seiko SMP20 Chromatic Tuner and Metronome 2. Intellitouch PT2 Tuner 3. Seiko ST909 Classic Chromatic Tuner 4. Korg CA-30 Chromatic Tuner 5. Korg DT-3 Digital Tuner 6. Yamaha YT150 Tuner Click on any link below for detailed information: Guitar Tuner Reviews Complete Reviews of the Latest Guitar Tuners Electronic Tuners Know all about Electronic tuners and How to use a standard electronc guitar tuner. How to tune a guitar Guide to basic guitar tuning. Guitar Tuner Terminology Tuner related Terms and their definitions. What is Intonation Guide to Intonation and how to set it. Guitar Tuning Problems What are the Possible causes for loss of Tuning Tuning Machines Know what are tuning machines and the different kinds available. Guitar Accessory Reviews Home >>Guitar Tuner 
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