Thomas asks…
How can you teach yourself to play the acoustic guitar?
Is it possible to teach yourself how to play the guitar from the comfort of your own home?
Is there such thing as an online tuner? The part that I struggle most with is tuning the guitar.
Are there any useful sites or books that can help me learn basic cords and songs? Your help is much appreciated.
admin answers:
There are online tuners. They don’t actually tune your guitar for you but show you the sound each string makes. The easiest thing top do is buy a chromatic tuner.
To learn chords, I just have a chord book that I use. It has most every chord in it. They also have chord finders, where you insert the chord you want to know and it tells you what variations there are.
To learn songs, I use tabs. Just search for tabs for the song you want to learn. Some tabs are bad, but most of them are pretty accurate.
Nancy asks…
How to tune an acoustic guitar by EAR?
Ok I can do it by an electirc tuner but how do I do it by ear? I’ve been trying do it but I have a hard time getting String 1 to E with out the tuner? I cant seem to get it, I’ve watched videos read things online. I’ve been using an online tuner to try and match the sounds. Is it just because the online tuner is bad?
admin answers:
Get an E or an A tuning fork and then you can tune the guitar by ear by using the fifth fret and fourth fret for the pertinent string tuning. The E tuning fork will assist in tuning both E strings. With those in tune you can then tune the remaining strings in the fifth fret except for the B string, which is tuned in the fourth fret from the G string.
I trust this hasn’t confused you.
Steven asks…
How do I tune my Acoustic guitar?
I can’t buy a tuner right now, and Im having a lot of trouble with the online “tuners”
ALL of the chords are untuned and I don’t know how to tune them. Therefor, I can’t play my guitar 
admin answers:
Actually it’s pretty easy, and you don’t need a tuner. It helps a lot, but it isn’t what one always uses when tuning the guitar. You do it by ear. Or, starting out, if you know the E, the largest string, you can tune each other string from after.
After you find out what E is, you hold down the 5th fret on that string and play it. Then you play the next string up, A. Keep tuning A until the sound is the same when you were holding the 5th fret on the 1st string. You do that for each one except on the G string, the 4th, where you hold the 4th fret and tune the 2nd to last string, B, to that.
Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzKCgwvv-vw
Maria asks…
Buying an acoustic guitar for someone, and I know nothing about guitars. Do I need a tuner?
So I want to buy an acoustic guitar for my boyfriend for Christmas. He does know how to play, and he has an old electric right now. I’ve heard him say multiple times that he was going to buy an acoustic. I know he probably just doesn’t have the money for that though. I was looking at some good acoustics online and I think I have the one I want picked out. However, I don’t know anything about the tuner aspect. Should I get him a tuner as well? I don’t even know if there are reasonably priced ones. I don’t know if he has one for his electric or anything, really. I can’t exactly ask because he’d know I was up to something… I want this to be a complete surprise. I really need to know more about this, and fast. I want everything to be here by christmas so I have to start ordering!
admin answers:
A tuner is a great accessory. For acoustic guitars the best tuners clip on to the headstock. You can never go wrong with a IntelliTouch like this one:
http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Intellitouch-PT10-Mini-ClipOn-Tuner?sku=502816
It’s reasonably priced and very accurate. Plus, since it tunes by vibrations it can be used even when there’s a lot of noise in the room.
Good luck.
Jenny asks…
I just bought an acoustic guitar off of eBay?
Here’s the link to what I recently purchased off of eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-BLACK-Acoustic-Guitar-GIGBAG-STRAP-TUNER-LESSON-/250789026157?pt=Guitar&hash=item3a6430d96d#ht_2684wt_964
Please read the full page from the link to come to a conclusion and answer.
Well, I’ve really wanted an acoustic guitar for a while, so when I found that one on eBay considering the price and stuff included, I sort of jumped at the offer. So, a couple of days after ordering this, I’ve been reading some articles and stuff online saying that buying acoustic guitars off of eBay are a bad idea. Is this true, in my case? And by “in my case,” I mean taking into consideration the official brand name, guarantees, price, etc. all as stated in the page from the link above. So short and simple, after reading the page from the link, do you still think it was a bad idea to order that acoustic guitar off of eBay? I’m just checking to make sure, because honestly in my opinion, the feedback and official look of it got me before I asked anyone else’s opinion, but I still thought it was a good deal. Thanks for any and all answers in advance!
Okay, I can admit that some acoustic guitars can be really bad when purchased online because you don’t have the chance to hold them and try them out. But seriously, you kind of have to take into consideration the reviews and feedback for the specific guitar I’ve ordered. An acoustic guitar is an acoustic guitar, the authorized company could not possibly sell something so outrageous as a “toy” or even a classical acoustic guitar, it’s JUST an acoustic guitar…just to get that out of the way…and I also don’t understand how it’s so cheap either. I’ve done some reading up on the preferred materials of acoustics and this one definitely has some of the quality materials. Maybe you’re just really skeptical or don’t believe in an honest deal. Because if you were the least bit optimistic about the purchase, you might have taken the time to look at the “Top-rated seller” label along with “Consistently receives buyers’ highest ratings” and “Has earned a track record of excellent service” label
admin answers:
My problem with the item is that it is made in China. So you are going to get what you paid for; a cheap guitar. Sorry, but for that price and type of guitar, I’d have gone down to like Wal-Mart or something. Or to my local music shop, most of which sell used guitars at reasonable prices that might be a better deal.
On the other hand, you did not spend much money, so you can drag it around anyplace and not worry about it. But don’t expect it to hold tuning well or have a good sound, either, really.
IF / WHEN you learn to play well and learn to understand guitars, take a look at US made ones – like Martin guitars, made in Pennsylvani, by hand. Are they more expensive? Sure – but they SOUND GREAT, play well and get even more mellow and joyous with age.
As to buying guitars on ebay, I know a lot of folks that have done it and been thrilled – even when buying GOOD, expensive guitars. And I’ve known a few that regretted their purchase as well. So it is sometimes a tough choice. Bottom line – if you really want a GOOD guitar with GREAT sound – you need to hold it in your hand and PLAY it before you shell out the money – and you just can’t do that on the internet.
Good luck, though.
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