Guides

Articles that explain tuning and help you get more out of the tuner: what reference pitches mean, why an instrument drifts out of tune, and how to make it stay in tune.

• Why your guitar goes out of tune so fast (and how to stop it)

  Why a guitar goes out of tune on its own or so quickly: new strings, temperature and humidity, tuning pegs, the nut, the tremolo and intonation, and what to do about each.

• 432 Hz vs 440 Hz: what they are and which to tune to

  What 440, 432 and 442 Hz mean, how they differ, what is actually true about 432 Hz, and which reference pitch to use when you tune your instrument.