How to Play the Mandolin : How to Tune the Mandolin

[museken]

The ending answers a question I have. Will a KORG automatic tuner using E..A ..D..G.... work? My Mandolin is a Ibanez M510 A-Style Mandolin. Is this a good one? The wood features seem equal too or above much more expensive models..you tune from High to low...Why? I tend to tune from low to high is there a difference. THX

[gva128]

Hey friends, I wanted to know what is the tuning john paul jones from led zeppelin uses... anyone knows?

[pasajero15]

tune your ads damn vid

[Chaz6993X]

The Mandolin is tuned to 5ths correct? the first set of strings are E/B correct? then A/E then D/A then G/D?

[thedict8or]

@Chaz6993X no. G, D,A, E. the courses (pairs of strings) are tuned in unison. so from highest pitched string to lowest, it would be ; E,E,A,A,D,D,G,G.

[ZombieJakeinator]

Thanks for helping my Hobo cousin man.

[eskimokissesyay]

you are such a hunk.

[OthelloNC]

thanks man. good lesson.

[starbuttonstitch]

AAAAAARGH thnx for helping,,

but i just can't get it tuned properly.

just when i thought i had the right note,, my string snapped..

*wheewhee*..

i'll have it another go ^^

[mightytalon28]

Dude, I just spent 7 minutes watching your vids. and you know what? I can play it like I play the guitar for the past 34 years . it is so easy Cuz Of you, Thanx dude, Peace,Talon

[RachieMyers]

I have a huge problem on tunin' my mandolin.

I've spent 20 minutes tunin' one string set (two of 'em), 'n when I thought I got it, turns out I didn't.

[dutchpuppy2]

@RachieMyers I LOVE electronic tuners.... No matter how much I think I've got an instrument tuned, I check it with an electronic one and it all sounds sooo much better. It's been a year for you...have you got it all figured out by now and are playing?

[jfbrown42]

If you buy an electronic tuner, make sure it has a "violin" or "chromatic" setting. You can use a guitar tuner if you have to because guitars have G-D-A-E strings too, but a violin tuner is a little easier to use. You can get tuners that clip on to the headstock of the instrument and sense the vibrations. That's great when you are trying to tune in a noisy place.

[deathblw1wheel]

this may sound silly but i imagine you a refering to string "1" ,"2", vica versa to be the combination of the grouped strings.?

[nickmusic12]

thanks

[saullouis]

Thanks

Nice to have an on line tuneing checkup place.