Guitar Strings Identify
How do I get better at hearing tone?
I’ve been play guitar for 1 year now and I still can’t tune a guitar or identify simple tone. i’m not tone deaf, but when I try to tune, the 5th fret and the next open string sound nothing alike to me. I know they have different “tone” but the same pitch, I just don’t hear it. And I’ve heard people say, don’t use tuners or tabs. But I disagree, I think if you don’t use tuners, then your never gonna know what an in tune guitar sounds like. And you can’t not use tabs. I mean I try to figure songs out, but some songs are just too hard to figure. Any help would be appreciated.
Also, any easy songs I could try to figure out would be much appreciated thanks.
You need to do ear training. In my case, I can tune a guitar without a tuner and have it right on pitch. I don’t even need a reference pitch. I know what the pitches sound like but it took me lots of ear training to learn. Practice singing the pattern of the open strings. E, A, D, G, B, E.
I’ll edit this answer tomorrow and put in some good ear training exercises for you to work on. Remember that music is all in your ears, that is the most important thing for you to work on. You should also learn to read and study a little bit of harmony too.
Acoustic Guitar Lessons : How to Identify Guitar Strings