Tuning your Guitar with a Piano

Tuning your guitar with a Piano or Keyboard is a simple task. It is pretty easy and good for beginners because your only playing open strings on the guitar, so you can have a free hand to turn the pegs while the piano and the guitar are resonating. And you also tune each individual string, instead of getting one reference string and tuning the rest of the strings to it.

Open Strings - Down below I will talk about playing Open Strings. To play an Open String means to play a string without fretting anything. So that's why it's called Open.

5th Fret Guitar Tuning Method

The picture above shows you each string on the guitar, it's same note on the Piano or Keyboard. Just Follow the picture for each individual string and tune the string utill it matches the Keyboard or Piano. Make sure you use the 'Middle C' on the picture as a reference point so you dont tune your guitar an octave too low, or too high.

Congratulations on tuning your guitar!

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Hi, can you recommend a piano app that can be used to tune my guitar?

by Walsworth on

Hi, can you recommend a piano app that can be used to tune my guitar?

by Walsworth on

Excellent staff.
This has cleared all my mind

by Charles on

Excellent staff.
This has cleared all my mind

by Charles on

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by Leah J on

My on-line tuner shows:
LOW TO HIGH
E2 , A2, D3, G3, B3, E4

by JohnD on

Thanks to your instructions I was able to tune my guitar using my keyboard. The guitar is new to me. I found the charts easy to read and follow. Thank you 👍

by Donna on

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Tuning your guitar with a Piano or Keyboard is a simple task. It is pretty easy and good for beginners because your only playing open strings on the guitar, so you can have a free hand to turn the pegs while the piano and the guitar are resonating. And you also tune each individual string, instead of getting one reference string and tuning the rest of the strings to it.
Open Strings - Down below I will talk about playing Open Strings. To play an Open String means to play a string without fretting anything. So that's why it's called Open.

by Mr Fabio Vetro Sr on

Strings Keep Breaking

Tuning a 12 string follow same system eh?Tuning a 12 string follow same system eh?

by Andrea A Beseris Jr on

Thank You

"im very confused by this picture. the piano notes are in the right spots and order, and so are the strings. however, the lowest E should be E1, and vice versa. if pianos and guitars were tuned to this image, the keys would decrease in pitch as you go up the piano, and the lowest string would be the highest note instead of the lowest. other than that, this is very helpful. just very confusing."
The picture has it correct. The lowest string is the 6th string.

by Sean Hansen on

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What's the middle C . I don't understand that

by Mark V Beserris Jr on

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awesome staff. Easy

by Bill Willian Steelman on

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well detailed

by Del M Zeek on

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im very confused by this picture. the piano notes are in the right spots and order, and so are the strings. however, the lowest E should be E1, and vice versa. if pianos and guitars were tuned to this image, the keys would decrease in pitch as you go up the piano, and the lowest string would be the highest note instead of the lowest. other than that, this is very helpful. just very confusing.The middle C is exactly what it says it is, its basically right in the middle of the piano, the C is always the key to the left of the two black keys.like chuck was saying though, find the low E tune to the piano E then hold the fifth frett of the E string, This will be an A, use that to tune your A string then frett the 5th frett of the A to find your D, this follows for all strings except for B because it doesnt have a sharp, play 4th frett on the G to find your B then back to fifth frett on the B string to get your high E. should all be in tune then

by Colleen Heizer on

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by Katlin Heizer on

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The picture has it correct. The lowest string is the 6th string.

by Christopher M Beseris Jr on

Strings Keep Breaking

"im very confused by this picture. the piano notes are in the right spots and order, and so are the strings. however, the lowest E should be E1, and vice versa. if pianos and guitars were tuned to this image, the keys would decrease in pitch as you go up the piano, and the lowest string would be the highest note instead of the lowest. other than that, this is very helpful. just very confusing."

by Gayle A Shank on

Srings keep Breaking

Thank you

by Brian C Shank on

Strings keep Breaking

How do i tuune The high E String to E octave 10 Without Breaking The 3 thin strings and how Do i tune The Low E String To the Lowest key on the piano without being too loose and falling off

by Eric Heizer on

What's the middle C . I don't understand that

by Niggs on
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