I've been a giutar player for years. I 've allways had trouble with tunning. Just never could devlope a good ear. But thanks to the Electric tunner, that is a small problem. A few years ago I was diagnoised with cancer. Brain tumors on both the left and right side of my brain, as well as bone cancer. So my hearing has been compromised evan greater. Recently my fingering ability has been reduced. So I have been wanting to learn the mandolin since the neck is so much smaller. For Christmas my wife gave me a mandoline. I love it. But now I have the problem of tunning it. I am able to tell when the string pairs are in tune with each other a.k.a. "G &G". But I just can't get them to standard pitch. I need a solution. I love my new toy, but I'm unable to tune it, HELP!
Thanks, Royce
You have a couple of options.
1. If you have a PC and a microphone (or the mandoline has a pickup), you can get a tuner software off the internet and use your PC as a tuner.
Click here to get the AP Guitar Tuner
2. Buy a chromatic tuner. Korg CA30 is a good option for around $20.
Both of these will allow you to tune to any tone you want. What it can't do for you is determine the correct octave - which could lead to broken strings. You may need to use the reference tone (built in to the tuner - AP doesn't have one) to get one string close to concert A. From there you can roughly tune the rest (against the one tuned to concert A) and, then accurately tune them with the tuner.
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An electronic chromatic tuner is a great option.
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AP Tuner tells you what octave you're in.
