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I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
When I've tuned up I always strum an E chord, for some reason it's easier for me to hear if any strings need tweaking.
Don't know why!
So far away - E
Johnny B Goode - A
Rock n Roll - D
Ticket to ride - G
Hotel California - B
It won't be as accurate as a tuner, nothing ever is but if i'm stuck without one they're the songs i hear in my head to tune to.
My 'In tune' chord is G but i add the D in at the 3rd fret on the B string because it sounds a bit more full.
When i use a tuner, i still have to check the G chord to hear it's right.
“Theory is something that is written down after the music has been made so we can explain it to others”– Levi Clay
Dunno why.
Open G is the best chord to check tuning with, though, nowhere for those out-of-tune strings to hide with that one.
As long as all the strings are roughly the same tension, that's enough for me.
A "tuning song" is a song you know so well, internally, that you can sing the first note or the root note to the first chord to within a few cents, every time, without reference to anything... and then use that to rough-tune a completely out-of-tune guitar. In other words, it's a technique for reproducing, or faking, perfect pitch on one specific note.
My "tuning song" used to be the extremely obscure but rather lovely Faded Glamour by Animals That Swim. Lovely big fat chiming D chord intro... I could hit that on the nail just about every time.
I've let the talent slip of late, though.
Wanted Dead or Alive - D
Sorry, I'm a child of the 80's
There's also the following (if you want to be just far enough from 440 for it to grate a little).
Take it Easy - nearly G
Layla (intro riff) - almost, but not quite A