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Tuning for Oceans

fadafada Posts: 1,032
edited July 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
I can do the standard tunings using a tuner. DADF#AD I can do them all except for F# . How do I tune the G string to F#?
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  • Guitarhero27Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    tune it down half of a step....if you're not sure what that means...and you don't have a tuner that recognizes sharps and flats...

    find another F# and use your ear for it to tell you whether or not it is tuned as good as you can get it.

    If you don't know what note the F# is...

    In standard tuning, it would be the 2nd fret on either the first or sixth string
    if in Open D or Drop-D it would be the 4th fret on the sixth string

    hope that helps

    -seth
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  • fadafada Posts: 1,032
    Would it happen if I went to tune it with a capo on the first fret?
  • Guitarhero27Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    No because of a few things, you don't ever want to tune a guitar with a capo on it because the tension just isn't right and it could definately cause some broken strings a lot more so than without a capo, and the other reason is that if you had a capo on the first fret...that wouldn't do anything except raise every note up half a step.
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  • leethalleethal Posts: 134
    Just tune the G string down until it reads G while holding the first fret. This means it will have been tuned a half step down thus being F# on open

    I remember wondering the same thing with my old tuner :)
  • prytocorduroyprytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    Play:

    e|---|
    B|---|
    G|-0-|
    D|-4-|
    A|---|
    E|---|

    ...at the same time until the notes sound the same (while tuning your G-sting ;) down appropriately).
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