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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, how you doin' ?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Justin here. Today we're gonna be talking about how to tune your guitar using reference pitches.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now by reference pitches I mean that you're going to be getting the sound source from somewhere else, i.e. not a tuner kind of thing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this could be for loads of different reasons, for a lot of people it's the first way they learn to tune their guitar,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know that, got a web site where you get a pitch pipe, like a little harmonica thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you blow into and it plays the one note which should be one of the notes you oughta
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tune your strings to, that's what I had when I was growing up before I could afford an electronic tuner.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, but there are the times too like when you're playing with a piano and the piano is not in tune.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can't expect the piano player to retune themselves to your guitar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if you're in tune with the tune or whatever, so you need to learn how to tune from another source.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, really the only thing you need for that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to be able to know the names, the note names of your strings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe many of you know that already, but those of you who don't,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting from the thickest string, it's an E,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A, a D, a G, a B, and an E.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's really important that you remember those note names of course, there's a whole lesson
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that using funny little rhymes and stuff.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So go and check out the web site if you're not familiar with the names of the notes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the strings. But what you need normally, you need to ask someone to give you a note
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you'd say "Hey man, can you give me an E so I can tune up, please ?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're gonna play a note E.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, on the guitar there are lots of different Es, what we call different octaves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is an E, this in an E. And even though they're both Es, and you could
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in theory tune one off of the other, if somebody gives you an E and it's way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different to the one you're expecting, you could always ask that they give you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lower E, or a higher E.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it might not be possible, sometimes it will be, OK ?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're using a pitch pipe, you have two Es on them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One will be the lower one, one will be the higher one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you play one and it's really high, then it will be the one used for your thinner string,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if it's kinda low, it will be the one used for your thicker string.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you can also use this reference pitching like on my web site,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got little sound files for you, so if you wanna tune up you just hit the one that says E
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it'll play the E note a few times.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's also a little bit of technique involved with this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I want to mention to you, so, one thing you wanna do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not try and play at the same time as the reference pitch.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like it always gets a little confusing. So what you wanna do is you go :
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, man, give me an E" or you play an E if you're using my web site or whatever you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hit to play on the E button, you listen to the note
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you play your note. And you try and listen to whether your note needs to go up or down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right ? Sometimes it can help to sing it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, say, if I'm tuning the pitch A, I'll just detune this a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you say, "Give me an A", and I've heard that and then I play mine,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A bit low !
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh it's lower !
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One trick that I use all the time is I sing the note, so
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that on tune ?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So learning to sing one pitch and hold it kinda steady while you tune up is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a bad little trick for it either.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to ! Right, I didn't do the singing part for many years actually to tell you the truth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just kinda, you know, struggling along with my kazoo pitch pipe things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I play a note and fiddle about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it takes practice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lot of guys kinda get a bit disappointed that they couldn't tune up straight away
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but tuning the guitar takes practice, just like everything else,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like getting chords, and learning scales, and getting your picking grip, and that sort of stuff
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes practice, so don't be disappointed if you can't tune your guitar straight away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now if you're a beguinner, which I suspect
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of you will be watching this video, I strongly recommend that you get a guitar tuner.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's relatively inexpensive these days, and it means that when you play your guitar,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're practicing then it's gonna sound nice. Right ?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you can afford to, get yourself an electronic tuner, any electric tuner, right ?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot better idea than trying to do it by reference pitches.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reference pitches, great idea, useful skill to learn as is a couple of the other techniques
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm gonna show you later on in this series, but really, if you're a beginner,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get yourself a tuner, it's a really good idea.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I hope that helps you, in your quest to get your guitar in tune, and I'll see you in plenty more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guitar lessons very soon. Take care of yourselves, bye bye.