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Tenor guitar tuner
A free tenor guitar tuner in your phone's browser: four strings in fifths, C G D A, or Chicago tuning D G B E, one string at a time, with a needle and the cents. Nothing uploaded.
Fifths or Chicago, four strings either way. Mika asks which before he listens.The microphone closes when you stop, when all is in tune, or after half a minute of quiet. Nothing is recorded.
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The strings in Hz
Standard (C G D A)
| String | Note | Hz |
|---|---|---|
| 4th | C3 | 130.81 |
| 3rd | G3 | 196.00 |
| 2nd | D4 | 293.66 |
| 1st | A4 | 440.00 |
Other tunings
| Tuning | Notes | Hz |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago (D G B E) | D3 G3 B3 E4 | 146.8 · 196.0 · 246.9 · 329.6 |
At A4 = 440 Hz; the reference switch above moves them all.
How to tune
The tenor guitar was made in the 1920s for tenor banjo players, so it kept their tuning: C G D A in fifths, the same notes as a viola. Fifths spread wide, so a chord covers a lot of ground with few fingers.
Chicago tuning, D G B E, is the top four strings of a guitar: guitarists pick a tenor up and play with the shapes they know; it's the second switch. In C G D A the thin A string is under real tension on a short neck; tune it up last and slowly, after the others have pulled the neck into place.
Then play something
The notes you tuned can go into Brumm as a short melody over a beat. Hum a line on top and it becomes an instrument.
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