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Listening is still the best way to tune. Music is a listening skill,
so it only makes sense to practice tuning by ear.
Use each of the tracks listed below to tune your instrument. Listen
and observe the beats that are created by playing out of tune. If
you can't tell whether you are sharp or flat, pull out till you
know you are flat and work your way up to playing in tune (this
is an old guitarists trick).
If you are close and don't want to start so far out, lip the note
up and down, trying to play on both sides of the note, slowly narrow
your focus until you are right on pitch. Sometimes, playing purposefully
out of tune makes playing in tune easier.
Once you can play a note in tune, expand to playing scales and
intervals while the track is playing. Eventually you should use
these tracks while you are practicing passages of your band music
and solos. Each track represents a separate key or key area. If
you can't figure out which track to use while practicing your music,
ask a teacher.
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