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It’s an essential bit of kit, but it's hard to get really excited by the humble guitar tuner. Until recently, that is. Now, polyphonic is the new buzz word in the tuning world and we’ve been putting ...

If you play guitar or another string instrument, one of the thankless tasks you do before you play—and in between songs—is getting your instrument in tune. There are several ways you can do this: You ...

Doubling simple strummed open chords is another great way to use Nashville tuning. On its own an acoustic guitar could sound ...

Does anyone remember tuning before smartphones? In the era in which I started learning to play guitar (middle millennial here), there were these little electronic tuners. Remember those? To be honest, ...

How it works: Swap the lower four strings for high‑octave counterparts from a 12‑string set, leaving the top two strings the same. Famous users: Keith Richards, David Gilmour, and Taylor Swift have ...