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One of the first thing's you have to do when you get a guitar, and something you'll always have to be doing is tuning your guitar. A guitar can become out of tune, either by time or by use. It is always a good idea to take a little bit of time before each playing session to make sure every string is aligned at the right pitch. As if it is out of tune, it would compromise your playing ability. Most people have a tuner device, either physically or on an application on your phone. I personally use a free app on my phone called GuitarTuna. It is a free app, and has served me well over the years. You can tune in a regular key or do different styles such as Drop D tuning, etc. Overtime and with practice, you might be able to tune with your ear due to the sheer number of times you've heard the correct pitch. Personally, I like to start tuning the the thinnest string first. As I find that normally the thinner strings are usually the culprit for being out of tune. With the app, it t

A typical guitar starts with 6 strings, varying in thickness. The thicker the string, the lower the pitch will be. The thicker strings are at the top of the guitar, and gradually get thinner. The higher you play on the fretboard the higher the pitch is going to be. So let's say that you a standard F chord on the first fret. If you move that same chord starting on the 6th fret, it will become a much higher pitched chord.  In standard tuning the 6 strings are in a E,A,D,G,B,E format. As you can tell from the diagram below, going from E to an F and a B to a C is a half-step apart. Meaning it takes a one fret distance to reach between the two. Whereas, going to a G, A, B or D takes a whole step, meaning it takes would require to two fret distance to reach. It is rather important to memorize the fretboard early on (or at least the low E and A string) to help understand the logic behind forming different chord shapes and solos. The reason why knowing the thickest two strings (E and A) is

 Hey, I'm Alec Wolfrum and I am a self taught guitar hobbyist and the writer for WolfrumGuitar. I started learning guitar when I got one under the tree for Christmas back in 2016. Guitar is one of the most rewarding hobbies I have picked up. The feeling you get when you perfect a song enough to make it sound exactly like the record is almost unmatched. However, my guitar journey wasn't always a straight path. There were many times where I wanted to quit and just give up playing altogether. My journey was filled with ups and downs and lots of challenges along the way but persevering through them helped form me into the guitar player that I am today. In my blogs I am going to be writing about my experiences past and present to give new/beginner guitarists a straighter and more efficient path to becoming an intermediate and advanced guitar player. Ocassionally, I'll throw in a different style of post every now and then to change things up. If you ever want to come in contact w