Free Online Guitar Tuner

If you are reading this article, chances are that you are either a beginner guitar player, or someone who has been playing for a while and are looking for free online guitar tuners as an easier way to tune your guitar. Perhaps you’re one of the blessed few who can tune a guitar by ear (these kinds of people are usually called classical guitarists, or just plain “show-offs”). Whatever your level, there is always some use to be had from free online guitar tuners.

The first thing you need to learn guitar tuning, if you don’t know it already, is the notes that actually need to be tuned. Starting from the top string, which is the lowest note, the strings should be tuned to the following notes: EADGBE.

• The first E note, for those music theory buffs among us, is low E below middle C.
• The next string is A below middle C, and
• The third string is D above middle C.
• The fourth string is G above middle C,
• The fifth string is B above middle C; and
• The last string and the highest note to be tuned is E again, second E above middle C and two octaves above the low E string.

It sounds complicated, but that’s where we can avail of the benefit of online guitar tuners.

Of course, for those musicians with a little disposable cash, why not just buy an electronic guitar tuner? After all, you can’t lug a PC to a gig, can you? Well, that of course is very true. On the other hand, with today’s technology, a PDA or iPhone can pull up an online tuner anywhere, giving you easy access to tuning your guitar. It also gives you the advantage of being able to cheat a little and get those tabs for “Smoke on the Water” that you’re not quite sure of. The ready availability of free online guitar tuners means that tuning a guitar should be easy to do and available at any time. An electronic guitar tuner still has its place, but the advantage of an online guitar tuner is that it can also double as ear training for the discerning guitar player.

There are many places you can find online tuners on the internet. A quick Google search will turn up a ton of places to go. Things to look for when searching for guitar tuners are, firstly, a good sound quality on each digital “string” on the online tuner. The pitch should be loud enough to hear while clicking the “string” to be tuned - that way you can best compare sounds to get the correct pitch on the actual guitar. A good level of sustain is also helpful, giving you enough time between the online string pitch and the real string pitch to make minor adjustments to get the tuning of the string just right. An added bonus for any website that offers free tuners is the ability to tune to various open and modal tunings. This benefit is really only for those players who like to play with drop tunings and special tunings. However, it is great to have an online tuner that takes the guesswork out of tuning the guitar.

Some good websites to visit that have free online tuners are:

• www.Gieson.com, which provides both a guitar tone and a digital tone, as well as a delay function on its tuner
• Hot Frets, which is a digital/MIDI tone tuner, but which also lets the note decay when it is clicked
• Get Tuned.com which has a lot of options for alternate tunings, as well as tuners for different instruments

Whichever website you visit, there is no doubt that the convenience of an online guitar tuner, whether it be for standard tuning or alternate tuning, is hard to beat; and lets face it, its more visually appealing than the red dot or digital needle on a standard electronic tuner!

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