Electric Chili

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OK, this is a pretty basic tip but it’s my first one so give me a break…lol. I believe that you absolutely need to tune your guitar (or Uke) everytime you pick it up, even if it’s just for a minute. The reason for this is that you need to develop an ear. What I mean by this is that you need to get to a point where you can strum a chord and know that something is out of tune. You can develop this skill by always having an insturment that is in tune. A benefit of knowing what an “in-tune” E sounds like, for example, is that when you hear one on the radio, you’re going to know it. That puts you that much closer to being able to listen to a song and be able to decipher it into the appropriate chords. If you let your tuning go, you won’t be centered where you should be and your ear won’t get trained. So tune it EVERY time you pick it up. It only takes a minute or two.

Here’s a link to an online tuner that you can use if you don’t have a tuner or a piano as a reference.
Tuner