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A free application that can assist users tune their guitars to the perfect pitch and frequency

A free application that can assist users tune their guitars to the perfect pitch and frequency

Vote: (262 votes)

Program license: Free

Developer: Guitar-academy

Version: 1.50

Works under: Windows

Also available for Android

Vote:

Program license

(262 votes)

Free

Developer

Version

Guitar-academy

1.50

Works under:

Also available for

Windows

Android

Pros

  • Download is fast and easy
  • Application is available immediately
  • Notes can be played as many times as needed to match the instrument to the perfectly pitched tones
  • Users can take as long as they need before moving on to the next note
  • A helpful, uncomplicated tuning aid anyone can use

Cons

  • It could use an automatic repeat so the user would not have to reengage the tone manually
  • Works best with Windows 8.1

Guitar Tuner for Windows 8 is a free software application that downloads quickly and immediately allows guitarists to tune their instrument by ear. An attractive image of an acoustic guitar body from the perspective of looking over the bridge toward the soundhole displays the six strings from Low E to High E. By simply clicking on each of the big black dots denoting Low E, A, D, G, B and High E, their respective tones will sound.

Where is Middle C?

When there is a piano close by, guitarists have no trouble doing a quick tuning of their instrument. Without a piano or a pitch pipe, it is still possible to tune the strings by ear if you are a musician who possesses the rare auditory phenomenon of absolute pitch, but the odds of that are about 1 in 10,000 people. It is possible to tune the strings to each other using harmonics, but again, this requires knowing the correct pitch or else playing with other instruments or to tunes on the radio will have you very possibly out of key.

The Guitar Tuner for Windows 8 is a practical yet simple application that downloads in minutes and is ready to go giving you exactly what you need to tune to the open pitches from Low E through the six strings to High E in Western music – not to be confused with Country and Western music. The beauty of this layout is the ability to repeat the tones as often as you need for comparing to your turning the keys to establish the correct tension in achieving the exact pitch. The user interface is completely uncomplicated and aimed at helping guitarists access the correct pitches to tune the strings to quickly and easily. Users are able to use a mouse to click on the notes as they are displayed or use the keyboard to select the keys E, A, D, G, B and H – for High E.

Pros

  • Download is fast and easy
  • Application is available immediately
  • Notes can be played as many times as needed to match the instrument to the perfectly pitched tones
  • Users can take as long as they need before moving on to the next note
  • A helpful, uncomplicated tuning aid anyone can use

Cons

  • It could use an automatic repeat so the user would not have to reengage the tone manually
  • Works best with Windows 8.1