How to Tune a Mandolin
from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can EditThis will show how to get your mandolin into the most common GDAE tuning.
Steps
- Get a violin tuner this has
the same tuning as the mandolin.
- Turn the tuner so when you
play a string it picks the sound up.
- Play the eighth string and
tighten until the light says it is tuned to G. Repeat this with the
seventh string.
- Do the same with sixth and
fifth but to the note of D.
- The same with the fourth and
third but to the note of A.
- And then the same with second
and first but to the note of E.
- Your ready to play have fun.
Tips
- Get a good tuner cheap ones
work badly
- Remember to tune regulary a
out of tune instrument will ruin the song
Warnings
- DO NOT TUNE STRING TOO TIGHT
IT WILL SNAP AND HURT YOU
Things You Will Need
- Mandolin
- Violin electronic tuner or
Pitch pipes (If you have a good ear)
- A quiet room so there is no
interference with the sound.
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(American) Banjo
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You
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to Play the Harp
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