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Tuning the Strings

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Beginning guitarists tend not to tune their guitars every-time they practice
guitar. They assume that it is still in tune or they just don’t feel like bothering

with it. However, this can diminish your progress as a guitarist. By playing a
guitar that it out of tune, you are training your ear to hear the wrong tone. You
will also make the guitar more enjoyable if you keep it in tune. If you want to get
the full benefit out of your guitar practice session, the you might want to
consider tuning your guitar more often!!

Tuning your guitar before you practice is important because at this stage of your
learning, you are creating connections between your different senses. Your ears,
fingers and eyes are all learning the guitar. If you get used to the guitar
sounding out of tune, then you will take longer to overcome that. It is like
creating a bad habit, except it is a habit you cannot control with your brain. Your
ears will know that interval or note or chord to sound different from what it is
supposed to.

To prevent this, you should tune your guitar so you can properly let your ears

adjust to the proper sound.

A well tuned guitar is going to sound better and be more enjoyable
to play. When you have fun playing the guitar you will like spending

time with it. If you play with an out of tune guitar you are stripping
some of that might come from practicing. Who wants to learn on a
guitar that is out of tune? When you have fun practicing your guitar,
you will fall in love with the instrument. When you fall in love with
the instrument you will greatly improve your skills. So, make learning
guitar more fun by having an, in-tune guitar!!