How Tune

I'M IN MY 40s AND YOU KNOW I DON'T REMEMBER NOTHING ABOUT,HOW CAN I TUNE THE GUITAR CAN YOU HELP ME??? PLEAAASE BECAUSE IS THE ONLY WAY TO START SOME LESSON AND MAY BE I CAN REMEMBER??

Buying an electronic tuner is probably your best bet.

there are many ways.

this site has a tuner you can use if you down load it. you can buy an electric tuner for $20 or less. you can also tune the guitar to its self to do this you need to start on the low e string (the thickest one) at the 5th fret, play the note then play the open a string, tune the a string until it matches the pitch. continue on the other strings until you reach the b string (second thinest) then its the 4th fret on the g string then back to the 5th fret for the high e. im more than sure there is a few lessons on tuning on here.

Always best to tune up, rather than down. Better to start with a flatter tone and sharpen it up, as opposed to trying to make it flatter to suit.
If it won't stay in tune then you probably need new strings. :)

Definitely use a tuner. You'll have to tune by ear if it's acoustic but just make sure the low E(6th string) is in tune, then you can proceed to tune the rest of the strings to each other. Example hold down the 5th fret on the low E string and play it and the A(5th string). You'll know it's in tune once both sound exactly the same. You can hear the frequencies beating when it's out of tune and not beating when it's in tune. It's easier to show you than to explain but I'm betting there's a youtube video of it somewhere.

Originally Posted by: KwoteDefinitely use a tuner. You'll have to tune by ear if it's acoustic but just make sure the low E(6th string) is in tune, then you can proceed to tune the rest of the strings to each other. Example hold down the 5th fret on the low E string and play it and the A(5th string). You'll know it's in tune once both sound exactly the same. You can hear the frequencies beating when it's out of tune and not beating when it's in tune. It's easier to show you than to explain but I'm betting there's a youtube video of it somewhere.

I bet ya so, too. :)

As far as getting a "starting" string in tune, I was an early adopter of the A string. I've read the recomendation here and there and have known many players who tune A, then tune the rest off that. When the switch broke on my tuner years ago, I just got it set on A, and left it there. (Going back before tuners could figure out what string you were playing!) :)

There's always the good-old tuning fork! Most of the ones I've had/seen were all A-440 (concert pitch), which is probably why people get in the habit of tuning to A. There's actually an ISO standard which specifies that A is 440Hz. I found that a bit interesting/funny really, having to deal with standards all the time at work. I may have to slip an ISO 16 reference in my next spec. at work to see if anyone catches it (LOL to self).