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Altered tunings can be one of the most fun and rewarding elements associated with the guitar. Specifically, the ability to change the tuning of some or all strings in the pursuit of finding new chord ...

There's huge inspiration in your choice of acoustic and electric guitar, effects pedals and guitar amps. Even the guitar pick you choose plays a part, but before all that there's the huge world of ...

Tuning a guitar is one of the most important skills every guitarist should learn. If your guitar is out of tune, even the best songs will sound off. If you’re a beginner, don’t worry, tuning your ...

If you play guitar or another string instrument, one of the thankless tasks you do before you play—and in between songs—is getting your instrument in tune. There are several ways you can do this: You ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. ELECTRIC GUITAR WEEK: As the first tuning you learn when you start playing the guitar, ‘standard’ ...

Ani DiFranco may not have tried every guitar tuning, but listening to her unique brand of dynamic and percussive folk/punk/rock songs, it can certainly seem that way. What is clear, however, is that ...

One of the oldest uses for smartphones was using the microphone to tune your guitar. Granted, it wasn’t all that great but it did work in a pinch. These days, guitar tuner apps are far better than ...

If you're a guitar player who likes to experiment with alternative tunings, you know what a hassle it can be to retune your guitar every time you switch from one tuning to another, especially if ...

If you're a guitar player who likes to experiment with alternative tunings, you know what a hassle it can be to retune your guitar every time you switch from one tuning to another, especially if ...