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I find it easier not to tune either high to low nor low to high, but use lots of cross-string intervals and a variety of chords. Since my tuning fork is a stand
by dahart 5y ago
I find it easier not to tune either high to low nor low to high, but use lots of cross-string intervals and a variety of chords. Since my tuning fork is a standard A, I start on the A string, and use that to tune both E strings and the D, then B relative to high E and D relative to A. It’s good to tune G using both octaves from the low E and A string. This way you never tune a string more than 2 steps away from the reference, as opposed to tuning E,A,D,G, which gives you a G string 3 steps away from the reference.
But recently I discovered the most helpful trick, use a fifth from G down to the A string, and also use a fifth from the D to the low E string. Those last two intervals can be the most surprisingly out of tune intervals when using either ear tuning or an electronic tuner.