There are so many guitar tuners out there today, it can get confusing, especially for the novice guitarist. From the basic pitch pipe, to stroboscopes, analog and digital, there is a tuner for everyone's taste.

I've mentioned previously that tuning a guitar in Guitar-eze open-D is actually easier than standard, guitar tuning. This is due to the duplication of notes (separated by octaves) on your six guitar strings. In guitar-eze, you have 3 D strings and 2 A strings, plus an F# string (the oddball). For tuning the guitar to itself, I always recommend starting with the D strings, getting them in tune, and then moving to the A strings, and finally bringing the F# in tune with the others. But, when using a guitar tuner...


...be sure to buy yourself a chromatic one. I've had good results with students using the Korg CA-30. Chromatic means you can tune any note. This contrasts with other guitar tuners which offer only the six notes in standard tuning E A D G B E. While you could use this type of tuner to get your D and A string together in guitar-eze open-D, you would still have to manually bring the F# in tune, as there is no F# tone with this type of tuner.

If you want to move on to more exotic guitar tunings (and I say - go for it!), a standard tuner will become less and less useful. Go chromatic, if you have to use a tuner at all.

Guitar-eze offers a nifty way to tune the guitar to itself in the end-notes - similar to how to tune a guitar to itself in standard tuning.

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