Free Online Guitar Tuners
There are plenty of free online guitar tuners available which means the days of having to buy one for the practice room are long gone. This is our guide to the best the web has to offer and includes acoustic and electric guitar tuners.
Superb online guitar tuner from http://www.gieson.com. Features different guitar tones, delay effect and kill switch which is all wrapped up in a nice interface.
Multifunctional guitar tuner from www.howtotuneaguitar.org which allows you to tune to multiple tunings and also features various tones
One of the oldest online guitar tuners courtesy of Hotfrets.
JamPlay's own online guitar tuner features several tuning configurations including open tuning, ethnic, open c, drop d, open g, d minor, open d, or modal. You can also select the playback speed for each tuning note.
Ultra simple guitar tuner from http://www.guitarforbeginners.com.
Nicely designed bass guitar tuner from www.get-tuned.com.
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Another worthy guitar tuner : http://www.tictone.com
Great post. I have yet to find an 'active' online guitar tuner, that is, one that takes the sound from your guitar and tells you whether you need to tune up or tune down. Now this doesn't mean they don't exist, the technology is certainly available, but from my brief research I haven't found one. So, as far as an online guitar tuner goes, we'll have to settle for a passive one and the ones above are great for this.
You just need to know the basics of how to tune your guitar. It's recommended that you really only use the online guitar tuners if you're just playing by yourself or need a quick tune-up before you start practicing. In a band situation you need to not only be in tune musically but you also need to be in tune with the other musicians, in that case an online guitar tuner would not really work.
Thanks for the great comment Mark! I think a guitar tuner like that would be pretty awesome to be honest. Like you say it's also a completely different skill to know when your out of tune in a live music situation (i.e. a band) and having the ability to quickly tune your guitar without ruining your performance requires skills and experience.