Violin Tuning
How to tune a violin? A well tuned violin is very important in creating a beautiful sound from your violin.
Having a well-tuned violin creates a beautiful sound from your violin a sound that would be perfect for a concert performance.
The violin has four strings – each string is tuned in fifths (5ths), this means that each string has a five note interval from each other.
The first string (thinnest) is the E string. The next string is a little thicker, this is the A string. The third one along (noticeably thicker than E and A strings) this is the D string; the last string is the thickest this is the G string.
The strings have graduated sounds - the thinner the string the higher the pitch - the thicker the string the lower the pitch.
To tune your violin, you always start with the A string. Majority of people always start with the A string because it’s an open string - no fingers required to tune.
Even if you use a ‘pitch fork’ to tune your violin you don’t need to worry that the A string will loosening up and go out of tune again before – this makes it easier for a reference point in tuning the other strings.
This is the order that a violin gets tuned first the: A string, E string, A string, D string, A string, G string back again to the A string.
After each string is tuned individual, you can fine-tune your violin by playing double stops on both A and E strings, A and D strings, and D and G strings.
