By pressing the button, you can toggle to differnt letters, ie, G for guitar , V for violin, B for bass, C for chromatic. When it says G, it will help you tune to the 6 strings of the guitar. As long as you are with in a note or two of say the 6th string E, it will indicate if you are flat (string too loose and need to tighten)by showing a line near the top LEFT. If sharp (string too loose and need to loosen), a line will be near the top RIGHT. Review the video or ask a musician for help.
Wish I had known this sooner. I threw away several batteries thinking they were dead as I wasn't getting a proper display. Little did I know that by pressing the button repeatedly I was changing modes.
When I started playing I would have sold my guitar for a tutorial like this! Many thanks. Way to get back to the basics. Every great guitarist learned this exact lesson. Thanks kidsghitar3.
Nice job of explaining how to use a chromatic tuner , JMHO but one VERY important error even advanced players make is if you turn your tuning key too far and the string is too tight or the pitch too high ( same thing) NEVER just loosen it down, you must loosen it down BELOW the desired setting and always TUNE UP to the correct setting, if you overshoot it then loosen it again and then tighten it up to the correct setting, you may ask why ? there are dozens of technical reasons but this holds true on a $50 or a $5,000 guitar, remember always tune UP to the correct setting, if you just tune it down it will slip more within 5 minutes or less and you'll be out of tune again. This applies to all Acoustic and most Electric guitars, I'm sure somebody here can explain this better than me :) It took me 2-3 years of hard playing drinking and hair pulling before it dawned on me.OK I know there are shredder type guitars with lockable tuners nuts and Floyd Rose type bridges that will stay in tune even if you hit your drummer upside the head with it after every song :) but for %99 of us the above advice is a must.
It's to do with backlash, that's the gaps in the gears of the tuner. If you just slacken there will be a small gap allowing the string to slip looser, Tuning up, the backlash is taken up, preventing any further movement in the gear assembly.
You're awesome and thank you much as i've just purchased my first guitar and was totally lost on even knowing how to tune it with the FT-004. Thanks again.
Hello from Wales 🏴 Thanks so much... I didn't have instructions with my tuner, just a small leaflet which didn't really go into detail You just stopped me from sounding like a constipated cat
Ummmm this was excellent! Thank you So much ! I was having trouble and no other video explained the chromatic string format . Righty tighty ! Won’t forget that . Clever
Good Job! And I have one of those tuners. Got it from Amazon for about $7.00. Works great! I have tuned Guitars, Bass, and Banjo with one with no problems.
It's the info I'm looking for as well when I searched for the digital tuner tutorial. Ah well now I know why my high E string broke, I tuned to the G instead of C.
Thanks! It would be great if this tutorial included information about the other settings, besides C= Chromatic... What are the B, V, and U settings for? (Bass, Violin, Ukulele?)
There is nowhere left and right in a circle that is physically impossible it is either clockwise or counterclockwise if he going to be a genius you have to represent yourself accordingly Mr last but not least thanks for the lessons
Yes. If you mean D1 A2 F#3 D4 A5 6D, tune this way. Tune 6th string down from usual E to a D. 5th string stays an A note. 4th string D stays a D. Tune 3rd string down from usual G to F#. Tune 2nd string down from usual B to an A. Tune 1st string down from usual E to a D.
I was tuning my 6th string it took me a long time to tune it just right but i got it!....But than the string broke.....(The guitar was from ToyRus so i'm not surprised)
i had my tuner on the g thing but idk if its correct.. to anyone who got confused with this idk just put it at c cause the guy has it a c so yeah idk goodluck with llearning the guitar :)
You're correct, if you keep pressing the button it changes to Violin, Banjo etc, sorry but this guy didn't even read the instruction manual... I pity his students.
C is for Chromatic and will register whatever note you're closest to. It moves in increments of halft steps. For example, C, C# (also known as D flat) D, D# (E flat), E, F, F# (or G flat), G, G# (A flat), A, A# (more often known as B flat), start over on C. The G for Guitar and registers to what open string you pluck , Faor exmpale, if you pluck your 4th or D string and pluck it, it will tell you if you are sharp or flat in relation to that note. the problem lies if your D string would be very loose and may register as the open string below it, A, and mess things up.