D'Addario Core: How to Tune Your Violin or Viola

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[@Violamanben]

It's also important to note that the pegs are held in place by friction, and that one must push in while turning the peg or it will frequently slip.

[@bla_zian]

I wish I'd known this before snapping my string back in the 4th grade 😂

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@bla_zian Geared tuners would solve the tuning problem

[@christinereyes5900]

@@RockStarOscarStern634 hi I want to ask a question since I don't fully understand the main comment. If I'm going to tune, I must held the peg and push it in? That's what I'm doing when I'm tuning my violin but idunno if that is right. Before I'm not pushing it in and the string will be broken or it will slip.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@christinereyes5900 Geared tuners would solve that problem cause they turn more smoothly.

[@bluefantam0655]

@@christinereyes5900 that is right

[@hamiltonlover-uu1vd]

as a beginner tuning, I use 3 different apps plus youtube

[@KamikaziHobbit]

i like the pluck tuning.

[@yxz5198]

GUYS, heres a tip. Get an app that tells u the hertz of ur a string, if its not near 440, slowly tune up to 440

[@hyperautos14]

"So how do we make those adjustments?"
"Yes"

[@blk7445]

I broke my string and I just got it today so ummm I’m very sad

[@risingkhero1714]

Dang. I hope u got it fixed!!

[@lunaleonmange6031]

That's why Im watching this video:/

[@typokween7980]

But thing is if it tune it using ur ear only what if it’s slightly off then all the positions you’re actually used to r wrong??

[@bun2738]

Bro u ain’t gonna teach how to tune e, d, g, and c??? Ik how to do it but for the people that don’t cmon it’s not that hard. If ur gonna make a tutorial u might as well teach those too

[@saphia8811]

What’s the intro song called ?

[@benzenehydrocarbon]

it’s a *PIECE*

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

There are now geared tuners

[@vittysomba5998]

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[@Olivman84]

How do you do if you only have tuning fork for A, like they probably used to back in the days?

[@UnequalTemperament]

I used to have a cheap, little tuning fork, when I started playing doublebass. I'd hit it (on my knee or somewhere) and, if it was hard to hear, hold it up closer to my ear or touch it to the bridge of the instrument -- if you do the latter, it amplifies the sound quite a bit! I'd match the A-string to the A of the tuning fork, as you would with an app or little metronome/tuner that plays an A.
I you're wondering how to tune the other strings, then (without having separate reference pitches for each), usually, on violin, viola, or cello (which are tuned in 5ths), you'll play the A and D strings at the same time and listen for the 5th. The A is already in tune, so you leave it alone. The interval of a 5th is very acoustically pure -- almost as pure as a unison or octave -- so, ideally, you should be able to hear it settle in and become "one sound" as the D approaches pitch. When the D is in tune, you use it to tune the G in the same way, then use the G to tune the C, etc. (Definitely listen to some videos or have someone help you if you're brand new to this.)
On bass, people will often use harmonics (you can play the same harmonic note at different points on adjacent strings - if they're in tune with each other, those pitches should match exactly). Sometimes cellists will do this. I haven't seen violin and viola players do this, though they could in theory.
There are other approaches -- and more you could say about the ones outlined above -- but the basic idea, if you have only one reference pitch, is to tune a string (usually it'll be A) to that, then use it as a reference for the other strings (usually with 5ths or matching harmonics).
Hope that helps!

[@chickenbunsenyklmsdf337]

In the fine tuners how do I know if I should go left or right?

[@hyperautos14]

Fine tuners:
Right/clockwise - When you need to go higher (the pitch is too low; tightening the string)
Left/counterclockwise - When you need to go lower (the pitch is too high; loosening the string)

[@lilipie6240]

I don't understand. How do I know that I'm in tune?

[@pauladal3968]

Get an app that gives you the certain pitch of each string

[@Cozyjoe_]

Stop the waves 🌊

[@nayellihernandez2676]

i use an app called ‘simply tuner’. you can also buy an electric tuner but the app is more accurate