The shorter the scale length the higher above concert pitch c the guitar tuning needs to be to get a decent tension and sound right.
Small guitar standard tuning.
Or try tuning to g for less string tension but still more than if in e.
The guitar is a transposing instrument music for it is notated one octave higher than actual pitch to reduce the need for ledger lines in music written for the instrument and simplify reading.
Normal guitar strings are made for optimal tension and play ability at these scale lengths when tuned to the concert pitch of c.
If you want to play along with your son with your guitar in standard tuning put a capo on the 5th fret if he is tuned to a or 3rd fret if he is tuned to g.
Standard tuning on guitar eadgbe the guitar is normally tuned eadgbe on the pitch standad a440 which is 440 hz frequency this means that the notes from lowest to the highest strings sound as the tones e a d g b and e see picture and if you are using a elctronic tuner it s recommended that you use 440 hz.
Free online guitar tuner from fender.
While many half size guitars also called short scale or student guitars can be tuned to standard tuning thickest to thinnest string.
1 string e 4 the thinnest 2 string b 3 3 string g 3 4 string d 3 5 string a 2 6 string e 2 how to tune a guitar.
The venezuelan concert cuatro is very nearly the same size and shape but has its neck laid level with the sound box like the portuguese cavaquinho.
The toy guitar here has a very small scale length.
So i measured the length from the saddle to the nut and then measured out the same length from the saddle on a full size guitar making note of which fret i landed on.
Tuning was too low for it.
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The advice about stretching the strings from my previous answer still applies.
Standard guitar string notes.
The brazilian cavaquinho is slightly larger than the portuguese cavaquinho resembling a small classical guitar its neck is raised above the level of the sound box and the sound hole is usually round like cavaquinhos from lisbon and madeira.
I ended up on the 3rd fret so i tuned the small guitar to g as if it were a full size guitar with a capo on 3rd fret and it sounded great.
Separation of the first high e and second b.
Tuning a half size guitar is tuned in the same fashion as a 3 4 or full size guitar but may use different notes than the standard guitar tuning used on larger guitars depending on the make and model.
Tune your acoustic electric or bass guitar select from standard tuning 12 alternate tunings or customize your own.
Sick of those guitar tuning videos with distorted sound and or only play the note 2 or 3 times which doesn t give you enough time to properly tune each note.
