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hey i was wondering, how do you tune a half step down? iv'e been trying to figure it out but it doesn't work... thanks so much
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For any tuning youll either need a tuner or another instrument. Its tuning on a sharp instead of a natural note. For example the lowest note in natural tuning is E. In tuning a half step down it would be a D sharp.
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the space in between the frets that have two dots-that is called the harmonic. If your wondering how to tune an octive higher you gently hold your finger against that fret.
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Looks like a couple of people have already nailed this one for you. Keep in mind that there are many ways to tune a guitar. Most people just use the EADGBE tuning, but many "popular" songs are done tuned down a half-step (Eb, Ab, Db (C#), Gb (F#), Bb, Eb), and some use Drop-D tuning (DADGBD, which is different from Open-D tuning, which is often DADF#AD).
You might find this site handy:
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You'll also find that there never is any "right" way to tune, and that some guitarists like to really mess around with strange tunings so that they can play in really bizarre or unique ways.
The thing to keep in mind is that it is all about finding the right pitch. It really helps to have an electronic tuner. They can be as cheap at ~$15 at a music (instrument) store. Cheap keyboards, even stupid little ones made for little kids, can also be used to help you tune. A spare piano laying about the house can also be used, assuming of course, that the piano is itself in-tune. You can also tune against any song that you know starts with a certain chord. At college, I tuned by bass against a Rush song that I knew started with an E major chord - it worked, and was easier than dragging it across campus to the music building.
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do you know about notes? as in A-G#? The E would change it a D#, and so on, but if you dont know that....
start off with the high E (the thinnest string)tune it down so that the 6th fret on the B string is equal to an open E and drop the rest of the strings 1 fret all the way up.
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Do you have a tuner? If so, switch the setting to "chromatic". Then, tune your low E string to E flat (looks like "E b" on your tuner screen), and then tune your A string to A flat (A b), tune your D string to D flat (D b), tune your G string to G flat (G b), tune your B string to B flat (B b), and tune your high E string to E flat (E b). I'm not going to go into any technical stuff here, but I'll try to explain this the best way that I can. Flat means lower, sharp means higher. Visualize a piano. Now, just pick a random key, and pretend to press it down. Then, go to the next key down, whether black or white. That's a half step. So, if you picked E, then you would go down to E flat. If you picked C, then you would go down to C flat, also known as B. If you picked D, you would go down to D flat, which is also the same as E sharp (E #). That's how you tune your guitar a "half step down."
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Try:
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It helps my sister with oboe and english horm practice! It plays NOTES not just a beat! Hope I helped!
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