Tuner

Guitar tuner: Major thirds

Tune your guitar to Major thirds: E A♭ C E A♭ C, from string 6 to string 1.

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Press Start tuning, then play one string

Input
A =440 Hz

The microphone is asked for only when you press Start, and heard only while the tuner is on. Nothing is recorded or sent.

How to get to Major thirds from standard tuning

  1. String 1 (E): down 4 half steps to C.
  2. String 2 (B): down 3 half steps to A♭.
  3. String 3 (G): down 3 half steps to E.
  4. String 4 (D): down a whole step to C.
  5. String 5 (A): down a half step to A♭.

Tune down a little past the note, then up to it: a string tuned up to its note holds it better. Then check every string with the tuner, as the neck settles. The other string stays as in standard tuning.

The chords in Major thirds: every chord, with every shape it has in this tuning, in the Library. Or go back to the guitar tuner in standard tuning.

How to tune a guitar

  1. Press Start tuning and allow the microphone when your browser asks. A quiet room helps.
  2. Play one string, open, and let it ring. The tuner names the note it hears and the string it is nearest.
  3. If the needle is left of the middle, the string is low (flat): tighten it. If it is right of the middle, it is high (sharp): loosen it. Turn a little at a time, and play the string again.
  4. When the needle sits in the middle and the note turns green, that string is in tune. Go on to the next.
  5. Tune each string up to its note rather than down to it: the string holds its tuning better. Check them all once more at the end, because tuning one pulls a little on the others.

No microphone? Click a string above to hear its note, tick Keep playing the string I click, and turn the peg until your string and the note sound the same, with no slow wobble between them.

Tuners for other guitar tuning

Standard tuningE A D G B EHalf step down (E flat)E♭ A♭ C♯ F♯ B♭ E♭Whole step down (D standard)D G C F A DC standardC F B♭ E♭ G CDrop DD A D G B EDrop C sharpC♯ A♭ C♯ F♯ B♭ E♭Drop CC G C F A DDrop BB F♯ B E A♭ C♯Double drop DD A D G B DOpen DD A D F♯ A DOpen EE B E A♭ B EOpen GD G D G B DOpen AE A C♯ E A EOpen CC G C G C EDADGADD A D G A DB standardB E A D F♯ BDrop AA E A D F♯ BG Wahine (slack key)D G D F♯ B DOpen BB F♯ B F♯ B E♭Open FC F C F A COpen D minorD A D F A DOpen E minorE B E G B EOpen G minorD G D G B♭ DOpen A minorE A E A C EOpen C minorC G C G C E♭Open F minor (Albert Collins)F C F A♭ C FDsus2 (DADEAD)D A D E A DCsus2 (CGCGCD)C G C G C DGsus4 (DGDGCD)D G D G C DAsus4 (EADEAE)E A D E A EEsus2 (EBEF#BE)E B E F♯ B EOrkney (CGDGCD)C G D G C DC6 (CACGCE)C A C G C EFACGCEF A C G C ECGDGBEC G D G B EAll fourthsE A D G C FAll fifthsC G D A E BNew standard tuningC G D A E GIris (Goo Goo Dolls)B D D D D DNashville (high strung)E A D G B E