Should guitar strings be very tight? & which octave?

Question

Well listen I oredered a tuner but until then I use my onboard laptop microphone and software to tune the strings.

The thing is that I am a beginner

And that the software tells me that my 6th string E is in the 2nd octave

my 5th string A is at the 2nd octave aswell

my 4th D is at the 2nd all ok till here...

but my 3rd string G is at 3rd octave

also my 2nd string B is at the 3rd octave :S

and of course my 1st string E is in a twice higher octave than my 6th E ( the 4th octave).

QUESTION:So why the 3rd and the second string are one octave higher than the previous?? Shouldnt all the strings (with the 1st beeing an exeption) be in the same octave??


COMMENT: when I untight the strings they dont get the right notes so there is no meaning for me to try to get them to the 2nd octave that way.. and I think they will break if I tight them so much to regain their notes beeing tighter ...

Is that the way it should work or should all the strings be like that? I have a YAMAHA guitar and strings

Answer 1

Ok...



Low string should be E 2nd octave

5th string - A 2nd octave

4th string - D 3rd octave

3rd string - G 3rd octave

2nd string - B 3rd octave

1st string - E 4th octave



an note is an octave higher when it has twice the frequency. The high E string is 2 octaves higher than the low E string, so it makes sense that it is in the 4th octave instead of the 2nd octave.

Answer 2

1. You're using the wrong software. Simply use an online guitar tuner like this one:



http://www.gieson.com/Library/projects/utilities/tuner/



This gives you the exact note to tune to for each string. Stop worrying about octaves.



2. Get a guitar teacher and take lessons. Your teacher will help you with this.

Answer 3

They have a lot in common - it's good to learn both. The biggest difference is on bass you play single note patterns, not chords as on guitar. Bass forces you to learn the notes on the fret board - always a good thing.