Automatic Guitar Tuner

The goal of our project is to design and develop an automatic electric guitar tuner that would eliminate the hassle involved with tuning a guitar manually. Although tuners exist in the marketplace today, many are handheld requiring the user to pluck a string with one hand, hold the tuner with another hand, and adjust the tension in the strings with another. Clearly too many hands are needed, and the tuning process is unnecessarily time consuming. The few existing automatic guitar tuners cost thousands of dollars, and prove unaffordable for the general public.We envision an automatic guitar tuner that would be installed in a guitar at the time of manufacture. This accessory will be capable of tuning a guitar with one simple strum, and would be suitable for all skill levels ranging from beginner to professional. The tuner can help to ease the learning curve for a novice guitarist or provide a performer on stage with a quick and effective means for tuning their guitar between songs to whatever settings they desire.