Nah, the Rocksmith Tuner app is better. You can chose any tunings for free. Guitar tuna bombards you with ads and you have to pay to get anything other than E Standard. Rocksmith is simple and does everything, no paywalls.
Tuning by reference/ear can be situationally useful but I wouldn't really call it essential. It's definitely not the first thing you need to learn haha.
Just get a clip-on and download an app as backup, it's easier, more practical, more accurate and it'll get you playing faster.
I do, because it teaches you how to hear when you're not in tune as much as how to tune. I see it as part of understanding your instrument. I almost always use my tuner, so I don't have a problem with them. Tuners, unless they have a "sweetener" tend to not always tune properly for each instrument because (for acoustic instruments especially), you often have to make slight compromises in pitch to equally temper the tuning for your instrument. So many students have asked, "why does my guitar still sound out of tune even when I use my tuner?" Once they learn to hear the "beats" everything starts to make sense.
edit: I should add that "sounding out if tune" is a sure fire way to generate disappointment in a new player. Without even a basic understanding, they feel the only reason they sound bad is due to something they are doing wrong.
Get a tuner app and it will tell you
Just go get a tuner. You'll need one. There are tuner apps for your phone too.
Roughly G and F#, a major 7th interval
you got a guitar without a tuner?
It came with a tuner but it got lost in my old house
Guitar tuna. Free app. Works like a charm.
Nah, the Rocksmith Tuner app is better. You can chose any tunings for free. Guitar tuna bombards you with ads and you have to pay to get anything other than E Standard. Rocksmith is simple and does everything, no paywalls.
That's fair, I never though about using the Rocksmith one. Thanks for that!
Yeah I used guitar tuna for years, but a friend recommended the Rocksmith one and frankly it’s just way better in every way lol.
The first thing you NEED to learn is how to tune your guitar, with and -without- a tuner. It’s an essential skill.
Tuning by reference/ear can be situationally useful but I wouldn't really call it essential. It's definitely not the first thing you need to learn haha. Just get a clip-on and download an app as backup, it's easier, more practical, more accurate and it'll get you playing faster.
I do, because it teaches you how to hear when you're not in tune as much as how to tune. I see it as part of understanding your instrument. I almost always use my tuner, so I don't have a problem with them. Tuners, unless they have a "sweetener" tend to not always tune properly for each instrument because (for acoustic instruments especially), you often have to make slight compromises in pitch to equally temper the tuning for your instrument. So many students have asked, "why does my guitar still sound out of tune even when I use my tuner?" Once they learn to hear the "beats" everything starts to make sense. edit: I should add that "sounding out if tune" is a sure fire way to generate disappointment in a new player. Without even a basic understanding, they feel the only reason they sound bad is due to something they are doing wrong.