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 Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:33 pm
Alright, I just recently purcheased a 5 string Titan Bass, and I have absolutly no idea how to tune it... >.< I know the knobs need to be turned, pretty much it. but I dont know which frets to press though...
also, how to tune a four sting would be nice as well, considering I have an out of tune Washburn and am working on a four string Epiphone Thunderbird.
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 2:53 pm
well you need to have at least one string in tune first of all... I do it by ear... but i recomend you get a tuner since you've just started playing
standard tuning for a 5 string is B E A D G
standard for a 4 string is E A D G
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:24 am
Get an electronic tuner, like the Boss stompbox, or something similar. I own the Bossbox, and I love it to death.
If you have access to a piano or (pref.) a keyboard/synth, you can tune with the help given in the previous post. Just press the corresponding keys, and let your ears and the tuning knobs do the work.
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:42 am
An electric tuner works best, and it is indeed BEADG (low to high) on a five-string and EADG on a four-string, but if you only have one string tuned, you can figure out the others. The fifth fret of B string should sound like the open E string. The fifth fret of E string should sound the same as the open A string. The fifth fret of A string sounds like the free D sting, and so on.
Still, electric tuners will be more accurate.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:16 pm
Antiklontermiddel Get an electronic tuner, like the Boss stompbox, or something similar. I own the Bossbox, and I love it to death. If you have access to a piano or (pref.) a keyboard/synth, you can tune with the help given in the previous post. Just press the corresponding keys, and let your ears and the tuning knobs do the work. Me, I got a little TU-80. Twenty bucks and the thing kicks butt. I need to get myself a rack tuner though, metal musicians look silly with a gap in their rack.
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:31 pm
I tune with harmonics. Lightly touch the strings at 7 a higher pitched string and 5 on a lower piched string, turn the knobs until the pitches match to the one that is in tune. But I have a really good ear and rarely use a tuner, you'd be best just to use a tuner.
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:41 pm
Well after playing and listening to the notes for a while, you won't need a tuner.
You can use the harmonics stated by Exorb, but you can also hold the 5th fret on the lower string and hit the next string. They should sound almost exactly the same, except for slight semitones. But I won't get into that.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:44 am
KamikazeSkies
Well after playing and listening to the notes for a while, you won't need a tuner.
You can use the harmonics stated by Exorb, but you can also hold the 5th fret on the lower string and hit the next string. They should sound almost exactly the same, except for slight semitones. But I won't get into that.
Yeah, you're making it harder than it actually is. =P Nobody can remember exactly what notes sound like. You'll always need a reference, unless you've been trained for years and years on recognizing such things. But if you haven't, you'll never be able to play in tune with other musicians in your band(s). Save yourself a lot of trouble and get yourself an electronic tuner.
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:49 am
Nah Ive been playing bass for four years and my E is always dead on, and ive had no training, you just kind of remember the tone after a while. You don't even realize that you know it until you go to try to tune it without a tuner and then check it and realize you were right.
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