Doubling simple strummed open chords is another great way to use Nashville tuning. On its own an acoustic guitar could sound ...

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How it works: Swap the lower four strings for high‑octave counterparts from a 12‑string set, leaving the top two strings the same. Famous users: Keith Richards, David Gilmour, and Taylor Swift have ...

Tuning with history: Guitar World details Nashville tuning’s high‑octave stringing, tonal sparkle, and use by artists from Pat Metheny to Taylor Swift. Practice tech surge: Platforms like GuitarForge, ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. If you'd rather not use this automated tuning, or find that it doesn't quite work, you can tap a string to tune it ...

If you play guitar or another string instrument, one of the thankless tasks you do before you play—and in between songs—is getting your instrument in tune. There are several ways you can do this: You ...

Does anyone remember tuning before smartphones? In the era in which I started learning to play guitar (middle millennial here), there were these little electronic tuners. Remember those? To be honest, ...

I’ve been working with computers for ages, starting with a multi-year stint in purchasing for a major IBM reseller in New York City before eventually landing at PCMag (back when it was still in print ...