How do you tune a Violin?

Question

How do i tune my Violin? I know that i have to move the knobs and tuners and things, but what way to move thekm and stuff? How to tune it regularly? Help!

Answer 1

I've played the viola for 29 yrs. (MAN I sound old!) Any music store that sells musical instruments and sheet music will sell a violin pitchpipe to you with the notes you need: E, A, D, & G. If you live in a more rural area and can only find a pitchpipe (or even a pitchFORK) of the note "A", you can properly tune the rest of your violin. You match the pitch for A (or any string), by turning the knob at the top if there's a LOT of difference. If it's only a LITTLE sharp or a LITTLE flat, you want to use the tiny knobs near the bottom where the strings are attached. After you have the A-string tuned, move on the the D-string. If you don't have a pitchpipe, use your third finger on the A string...it will be D. (Just play a scale to make sure you have the perfect note) The two should sound the same, just different octaves. Continue with G the same way. When A, D, and G are tuned, use your fourth finger to match THAT "E" with your E string. You are perfectly tuned. Stringed instruments expand and contract with temperature and humidity, so you will always need to tune it before playing.

Answer 2

You either get a violin teacher to teach you how to tune it properly or you go to a music shop and ask for help.

There is a lot you need to know.

1) 1st you need a beginner's book that will teach you the names of the parts of the instrument.

2) You use the wooden pegs to get the strings almost in tune, but you also get the fine tuners , loose first, so that after you tune with the pegs, the fine tuners can be used to get more closely in tune.

3) You need to know how to check the bridge and make sure it is straight. If it leans any, eventually it will become warped. Sometimes the strings have to be loosened some to allow you to straighten the bridge and then retightened and retuned.

4) When the strings are new, on some violins they may slip out of tune easy and frequently. But in a few days they are more stable. After that the violin should stay pretty much in tune, except if it gets bumped, or sometimes a change of weather will make it go out of tune.

Cold weather, or rainy, or humid weather are factors in the violin slipping out of tune

5) Even if you cannot afford a teacher on a regular basis, you at least need one long enough to get you started and to teach you care of instrument, basics,and tuning of the instrument.

6) also the names of the strings which are G-D-A-E. The fattest string is the G string. This is the same G that is the one below middle c on the piano. But a violin pitch pipe or an electronic tuner makes it easier to tune. The next string is D which is the same as the D right next ot middle C, but like I said the pitch pipe made for a violin is better. The next string is the A- (440) . This A is located to the Right of middle C. And the last string is the E, which is about 10 notes above middle C. The E string is the thinnest string, and it is the highest pitch string.

1st it is best to tune the A string. Next you tune the D string, Next you tune the G string. Then check to make sure the A is still in tune , Then tune the high E string. Some cheaper violins , fall out of tune by the time the G string is tuned and it may take more than one try to get it all in tune. Don't let that discourage you. You will eventually get it. If you tune the strings to the piano , they won't be exactly in tune. That is why the electronic tuner is better. Also, the pitch pipe sometimes doesnt' blow a nice clear sound. The Tuning Fork is always in tune, but it is just for the A- string.

Once you learn to tune the 440 A, Then if you can learn to hear fifths, YOu can bow the A and D together to tune the D , then do that with the D and G, then do that with the A and E strings. Tuning by playing 2 strings together, you can learn to tune by 5ths and get a much better in tune.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

The first thing to do is to get a tuner. If your strings are off by a large amount you use the pegs to get it as close as you can to the correct note. Once you do that, you use the fine tuners (the things at the end of the strings closest to the chin rest) to tweak it a little. For the fine tuners, you turn it right to make the note higher and left to make it lower. The general procedure in tuning strings is to first tune the A string then the D string, G string, and then the E string.

Answer 4

The easiest way would be to buy an electric tuner and then tune each string until the tuner says that it is in tune (usually a green light signifies it is in tune). The wooden knobs you use to get to a reletively close pitch and then use the metal small tuners to get it excactly in tune. You should tune about every day.

Answer 5

tuning a violin is easy,counting on i play violin.all you have to do is turn the pegs at the top of the violin or,if you have these,you can use the fine tuners,i think they're a lot easier.an easy thing to do is go to a music store and buy a pitch pipe. they only cost about $5 or a little more.and if you tune with the pegs be very careful because sometimes the strings may break if you twist them to much.(and when you use the pegs push them while twisting,it may lead to the strings coming off.)

Answer 6

A violin don't need to be tuned regularly!!!



However, everyday you play... you check for it sound!



I played violin a long ago... and I only tune it up once a week... however... it was a Stradivarius! I still keep him... but I have to change the cords... one has broken... but... the unique way to tune in a violin is hearing it... or with a piano!... but I advice you to get used to the sound... because You won't have a piano always right besides you! :)



I know you have to tune him in this order



left to right (in a right handed player ("normal") violin)



G - D - A - E (I believe I just told you the letters for the scale notes in this order: 5th - 2nd - 6th - 3rd)



Hope have helped

Answer 7

Violintly

Answer 8

Buy an electronic tuner.