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Component Parts of Guitars
Headstock
Machine head (tuning peg)
Neck
Top Nut
Fingerboard
Fret
Position Marker
Body
Strap button
Pick guard
Front Pickup
Center Pickup
Rear Pickup
Vibrato Arm (Tremolo arm)
Pickup selector switch
Control Knob (volume or tone)
Bridge
Output jack
Endpin
Top
Side
Back
Sound hole
Bridge Saddle
Tuning
Tuning by ear
Tune your guitar by the following method, and then apply the ‘Tuning by Harmonics’, detailed below to
fine-tune.
First, tune the open 5
th
string to A440Hz using a tuning fork or a tuner for reference. Turn the machine head
anti-clockwise to tune up (in pitch) and clockwise to tune down. Then tune each remaining string in the
sequence below.
1. Pluck the 6
th
string fretted at the 5
th
fret and tune until it is the same pitch as the open (unfretted) 5
th
string.
(6E)
2. Pluck the 5
th
string fretted at the 5
th
fret and tune the 4
th
string until it is the same pitch as the fretted 5
th
string.
(4D)
3. Pluck the 4
th
string fretted at the 5
th
fret and tune the 3rd string until it is the same pitch as the fretted 4
th
string.
(3G)
4. Pluck the 3rd string fretted at the 4
th
fret and tune the 2nd string until it is the same pitch as the fretted 3rd
string. (2B)
5. Pluck the 2nd string fretted at the 5
th
fret and tune the 1
st
string until it is the same pitch as the fretted 2nd
string. (1E)
For bass guitar follow the instructions below (A bass is tuned one octave lower than 6th to 3rd strings a guitar)
1. Pluck the 4
th
string fretted at the 5
th
fret and tune until it is the same pitch as the open (unfretted) 3rd string.
(4E)
2. Pluck the 3rd string fretted at the 5
th
fret and tune the 2nd string until it is the same pitch as the fretted 3rd
string. (2D)
