How To Tune A Guitar For Beginners Lesson on JustinGuitar

yes but my strings are 3 on each side and his are all 6 on one side

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Top 3 will be E A D moving away from you. Lower will be e B G moving away from you.
That’s assuming its lashed properly !
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If what you are looking at is 6 tuners on top, it will be E A D G B e moving away from you. Simples.

BTW Welcome to the madhouse,

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thank you so much maybe add a picture for that in the intro for the classical user

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Its not just for classic guitars. I have 4 acoustics and none of them have six in a line tuners. And I suspect this is more common that 6 in a line ala Fender.

In fact most classicals are 3 up 3 down.

It also might be worth noting that the direction (clockwise vs counterclockwise) you have to turn the tuners in order to tighten or loosen the strings can vary from brand to brand. If the guitar has tuners on both sides of the headstock, the direction will reverse on the other side, i.e. from your point of view, they may have to be turned counterclockwise for the 3 low strings (E, A, D) and clockwise for the 3 high strings (G, B, e) to tighten them.

Hello, im a beginner just starting out. I note some songs are a half step down, how could i tune it to that accurately?

Hi Lizzie, welcome to the community! I’m a beginner as well, been at it a bit and am at the beginning of Grade 3. You’re correct that some songs use alternate tunings. However, as a beginner, I’d recommend not working on those songs. There are many, many songs in standard tuning to choose from! Justin will recommend many during his lessons, AND provide individual lessons on those songs. There is so much to learn as a beginner on this instrument that adding alternate tunings at this point will likely throw you off track. That said, it’s possible you can find arrangements for some songs that do not require alternate tunings. I’ve never looked for that myself though.

If you’re up for it, head over here and introduce yourself! We love to hear what brought folks here.

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Hi I’m new here and this course looks great!!thx, I was looking for a reliable guitar companion for so long, guess there wasn’t any need to…I got to know abt this through Quora, thank u…

Hi, and welcome Sanethma! Glad you’ve found us. Hope to hear about your guitar journey as you progress! You might consider making another post in the Introduce Yourself topic…more folks will see it there. :smiling_face: