Woodstock Chimes Kid's Guitar, Tuning And Playing Instructions

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The strings of your
guitar should be
tuned to these notes:
Count up to the fifth
fret on the 6th string
and press the string
down firmly to the
fingerboard. That’s
an A note.
E A D G B E
6 5 4 3 2 1
Fig. 2
5 th String
6 th String
On a piano keyboard, the same notes look
like this:
Fig. 3
E A D G B E
MIDDLE C
Try playing each note on the piano, then
tune the string that corresponds to that note
until the tones match. This may take some
practice, but listen carefully and you’ll get it.
If you don’t have a piano, you can get a guitar
pitch pipe in a music store that has the notes
you’ll need for tuning the guitar.
If you do not have a piano or a pitch pipe, you
can still tune your guitar.
Here’s how:
Let’s suppose the E or 6th string (the fattest
one) is in tune (even if it’s not). As long as it’s
not so loose that it makes a buzzing sound,
or so tight it is stiff and hard to pluck, it will
be OK.
Pluck that string, and then pluck the open
5th string. The notes should sound the same.
If they don’t, decide whether the 5th string is
higher or lower than the one you are fretting
on the 6th string. Then use the tuning peg
that the 5th string is attached to and turn it
one way or the other until it exactly matches
the sound of the 6th string, fifth fret.
E A
Fig. 4
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