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Our range of tuners and metronomes covers clip-on tuners for acoustic instruments, pedal tuners for a board and desktop units that combine both functions. Playing in tune and playing in time are the two habits that separate a musician who improves from one who plateaus, and both of these cost very little. Found it cheaper elsewhere? We will match the price.

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Clip-on, pedal or desktop?

A clip-on tuner reads the vibration of the instrument through the headstock rather than listening through a microphone, which means it works perfectly in a noisy room and is the practical choice for acoustic guitars, violins and ukuleles. A pedal tuner sits on a board, takes the signal by cable and mutes the output while you tune, which is what you want on stage so the audience does not hear it. A desktop unit usually combines tuner and metronome with a microphone and an input, which suits practice at home.

Chromatic or guided?

A chromatic tuner shows the nearest semitone to whatever you play, which means it will tune any instrument in any tuning, including alternate and dropped tunings. A guided tuner expects standard tuning and tells you which named string you are near, which is friendlier for a beginner but useless the moment you drop to D. Chromatic is the more useful choice long term, and most beginners adapt to it quickly.

Accuracy, cents and what actually matters

Tuner accuracy is quoted in cents, where 100 cents is one semitone. Anything within one cent is far beyond what the ear can detect on a guitar, so the headline accuracy figure rarely matters in practice. What does matter is how quickly and steadily the display settles, because a tuner that hunts around the note is slow to use in a gap between songs. Pick the note cleanly and let it ring rather than plucking hard, since a hard attack pushes the pitch sharp momentarily.

Alternate tunings and capos

If you use dropped tunings, open tunings or a capo, a chromatic tuner handles all of them without any special mode. Some tuners add a capo or transposition setting, which shows the pitch you would name rather than the actual sounding pitch. That is convenient but can be confusing, so if readings look wrong by a fixed interval, check whether a transposition setting has been left switched on.

Practising with a metronome

Most players find a metronome frustrating because they start too fast. Set it slower than feels comfortable, play the passage cleanly, and only then raise the tempo, since practising something quickly and badly simply makes the mistakes permanent. A metronome with a subdivision setting lets you hear eighths or sixteenths within the beat, which is where timing problems usually hide. Vary between clicking on every beat and clicking only on the first of the bar to test whether your time is genuinely internal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Clip-on or pedal tuner?
A clip-on reads vibration through the headstock, so it works in a noisy room and suits acoustic instruments. A pedal tuner takes the signal by cable and mutes the output while tuning, which is what you want on stage.

What does chromatic mean?
The tuner shows the nearest semitone to any note played, so it works with any instrument and any tuning including dropped and open tunings. A guided tuner only expects standard tuning, which limits it later on.

Does tuner accuracy matter?
Less than the specification suggests. Anything within one cent is beyond what the ear detects on a guitar. How quickly and steadily the display settles matters far more when you are tuning between songs.

Why does my tuner show the wrong note?
If readings are wrong by a consistent interval, a transposition or capo setting has probably been left on. Also pluck the string cleanly and let it ring, since a hard attack pushes the pitch sharp for a moment.

How should I practise with a metronome?
Start slower than feels comfortable and play the passage cleanly before raising the tempo, since practising fast and inaccurately makes mistakes permanent. Use a subdivision setting to hear eighths within the beat, where timing problems usually hide.

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