THE GUITAR TUTORIAL!


Sense this is the new site, we will be using the old tutorial! On the guitar!

 

Got a new guitar?

Finally! Your parents or yourself got a new guitar! Well lets take a look what we have to learn about that guitar if you are a little unsure what to do or expect

 

 

 

 

 Alright here we have my two favorite of my guitars the Gibson Acoustic, And the Gibson Electric. Now you either have a Acoustic which is the one above, or the Electric which is below. Lets start with the acoustic

The acoustic is a hollow guitar with a big head and a short neck usually with only 20 frets Lets take a closer look shall we?

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Ok lets start off with the basics

 Here is a basic guitar neck. Now you have 18 frets in the picture.

Those little white dots are the punctions (We will get to those later)

And those silvers bars are the frets, well this is simple eh?

The spaces between the frets are where you will put your fingers

And of course as smart as you are you would know thats strings, well... are the strings.

Your finger will press up agaisnt them

Now simple steps to starting =

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 IMG_1013.jpg neck of guitar image by briankummer13

 

Holding a guitar

girlandguitar.jpg image by x3Laceyy

Shown in a picture above -Supplied by Jessica MMG Main Member-

You see -Jessica- holding a guitar.

This is how you will hold your guitar. Unless you are left handed and want to turn it the other way. So hold it like she is doing.

Using a pick

Ok now that you know how to hold a guitar lets see how to hold your pick with your main hand, Listed in a picture below.

GuitarPick.jpg Hand Holding Guitar Pick image by dark-paladin

Hold your pick just like in the drawing above -Supplied By Aleister-

See how the thumb is flatley laying on the pick and the first finger is kinda like a circle. Try to get it to look like that.

start to play

Ok now that you can hold your guitar, and a pick lets see how to start playing

Heres a video on how to start playing -Supplied By ExpertVillage-

try some more tutorials

GREAT! You've got the basics of playing a guitar!

Try some of our other tutorials and videos on how to improve your guitar playing.

Remember, you'll only get better.

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