Hi, I’m a beginner learning guitar. I noticed that after a month or so my guitar doesn’t sound the same but it’s not too bad. And I am hesitant to tune my guitar frequently because I’m afraid that some strings might snap.
Is it fine to not tune guitar until it sounds garbage (unrecognizable)?
You really don’t have to worry about tuning your guitar too much. It won’t break the strings–they’re stretchier than they look. Plus, they need to be changed every so often, anyway. You gotta play a guitar pretty hard to bust a string unless they’re super old or you tune them way too high or something. I tune every time I play and I don’t change my strings as often as I should, and yet I think I’ve broken maybe one or two strings in the last 15 years or so. lol
But is it bad practice? That depends. If you’re playing with a band, yes. You gotta have your instrument in tune. If you’re playing by yourself for fun? No, just do whatever sounds good to you; but, if you’re just learning guitar, I would very much recommend keeping it in tune when you play so that you can train your ears effectively.
Thanks, I’ll tune then.