Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Can you use a guitar/bass tuner to tune other string instruments like a violin?

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Can you use a guitar/bass tuner to tune other string instruments like a violin and cello?


Answer
Yes. A violin is tuned to a higher octave, but shares the same notes. It's actually exactly backwards from a bass: G-D-A-E. A guitar tuner will work fine. Some instruments have more and/or different notes than the six on a guitar/bass tuner. For them you need a "chromatic" tuner which tunes all 12 notes of the scale.
I use a chromatic tuner for my pedal steel guitar, and so does my daughter for her sitar.



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