Guitars are more sensitive than most people realize, so bear these things in mind.
1) Tune up EVERY time you play.
- As a beginner, your ears won’t be able to tell if your guitar has gone slightly out of tune.
- Guitars drift out of tune every day and there is nothing more demotivating for a guitar learner than sounding bad when playing. (I often speak with guitar learners who are feeling down because they think they’re not playing ‘well’, but their guitar is out of tune!)
2) Keep your guitar out of hot places
- Your guitar is like any other piece of wood. Temperature affects it. Keep it out of the sun, out of your car on a hot day etc.
- Don’t ever rest it against a radiator or any other heat source.
3) Keep your guitar out of cold places
- It doesn’t have to be Arctic, even a gentle draft from under a door will nudge your guitar out of tune.
- Don’t leave it in your car overnight!
4) Loosen the strings before storage or transport
- Loosening your guitar’s strings slightly beforehand allows your guitar to relax and cope with changes in humidity and temperature.
5) Avoid impacts, big and small
- Any kind of bump will knock your guitar out of tune. Of course, if it falls over it will go out of tune, but even little bumps (like a door opening against it) will knock it out.
- Also, remember that general play causes your guitar to go out of tune from the constant pressing of your fingers on and off the strings. It happens. It’s normal.
6) Replace your guitar’s strings regularly.
- Dirty, corroded and over-stretched strings become brittle and harder to tune. They also sound terrible!
In out next lesson we will tell how to tune your guitar using mobile apps.
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