Learning playing guitar for beginner

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You And Your Guitar

There are a few things about your guitar you should be familiar with before you start playing guitar. Some may sound stupid but they are important:

Your guitar has 6 strings.

Each string has a designated note.

Highest pitch to lowest pitch they are e,B,G,D,A,E. (note: its easy to remember by using this formed, from lowest to highest string, easter Bunny Gets Drunk At Easter)

Every metal bar on the fretboard represents a fret.

Each fret on one string has a different note however some frets on other strings may have the same note.

tuning a guitar by ear is a very important lesson because you are not always going to have a guitar tuner with you.

Guitar Holding and Pick

You should just hold the guitar in a position that is comfortable to you and doesn’t restrict your guitar playing. However I will reccommend a position I used starting out which later allowed me to develop my own stance and style.

# Sit Up, preferably straight to avoid any back pain.
# Rest the area of your arm just below your elbow on the top “corner” of the guitar.

If you follow this correct order, you can avoid any muscle pain due to most of the song you will play will be 2-3 minutes and above. So its really IMPORTANT to attain good position of your arms.

Strumming

Strumming is the most important aspect of guitar playing because if you hear any acoustic version, strums is needed to backup the song other than plugged version(where got electric guitar) . So without fretting any notes I want you to use your strumming hand and do the following strums of all 6 strings - up, down, up, down etc. You should be using the area of your arm - from elbow to fingers_ to create a smooth flowing rhythm pattern. The resulting sounds should be smooth and not sound like each string is being picked at different times ( which is called arpeggiating.. A lil theory for you; which means SUCKS sounds ! )) . Strumming shouldn't feel forced so avoid exerting too much energy and effort. If you start to feel your arm go stiff, stop. Try to keep the same timing with the strums, so strum them at the same pace or beat. Keep practising and it'll soon come easy.

The Basics Of Tableture

Tableture, or "Tabs", are one of the most common ways to write out songs for guitar these says. Tabs are written on a picture like the one below:

Eg.1
e|-------------   >Thinnest string
B|-------------
G|-------------
D|-------------
A|-------------
E|-------------   >Thickest string

Each of the six lines represents a string on the guitar. The lowest sounding string, "E", is the lowest on the chart followed by the next lowest, "A". Single notes written in tab form look something like this:

Eg.2
Lady at the Gate - Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----2/3-0-------------------------------------------|
D|----------3-0-0-3-5-3-0-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------3-0-3-5-3-0------------|
D|---------------------------------------------5-3-0--|

The numbers on each string represent the fret that is supposed to be played. For instance, "G|----2/3-0--" would mean first play the second fret followed by the third fret and ending on an open note. "0" represents a the string played without touching an of the frets called an open note. Chords are written in tab form look like this:

Eg.3
e|---2---0-------
B|---3---1-------
G|---2---0-------
D|---0---2-------
A|-------3-------
E|---------------

When notes are placed directly above or below one another on a tab it represents a chord that is to be played. The tab above shows a "D" chord followed by a "C" chord. The "D" shows that you have to have your fingers placed on e-2, B-3, G-2, and play an open on "D". Strumming this whole pattern will result in a "D" chord. Here is an example of a both concepts in one tab:

Eg.4
e|------0-------0-------3----
B|------1---1-0-1-------0----
G|------0-------2-------0----
D|------2-------2--2-0--0----
A|--0-2-3-------0-------2----
E|----------------------3----

As you may have noticed in Eg.2 there is a "/". this represents a slide which is a guitar technique. A list of how some other guitar techniques are written in tab form are shown below. (these are standard ways of writing them and may not be how some people write them)

Key:
/    - slide up
\    - slide down
.    - palm mute
h    - hammer-on
p    - pull off
~    - Vibrato
^    - bend
r    - release bend
T    - tap
x    - Kill string (stop the string from vibrating)
< >  - Pinch harmonic (the number inside reprents the fret)

Tuning Your Guitar

To tune your guitar by ear follow these instructions:

e|-------------
B|-------------  the 5th fret on "B" and open on "e" should sound the same
G|-------------  the 4th fret on "G" and open on "B" should sound the same
D|-------------  the 5th fret on "D" and open on "G" should sound the same
A|-------------  the 5th fret on "A" and open on "D" should sound the same
E|-------------  the 5th fret on "E" and open on "A" should sound the same

Now unless one of your strings are at their own perfect note than your guitars not going to be perfectly in tune. However, each string will be in tune with the others so you songs will sound good but might be higher pitched or lower pitched depending. To have a perfect tune you would need to tune at least one of the strings to someone else's guitar that is in tune, an electric tuner, a pitch pipe, or some other source of that note.

note: this is the standard tuning. If you wish to know more, they are several of it such as, drop D, half step down and many more.

Basic Chord

Next is i show u a basic chord is most important..the basic of its consist of major and minor chord..soo i show u the major first..

MAJOR CHORDS

• E major
  

e|-----0-------
B|-----0-------
G|-----1-------
D|-----2-------
A|-----2-------
E|-----0-------

• A major

e|-----0-------
B|-----2-------
G|-----2-------
D|-----2-------
A|-----0-------
E|-----x-------

• D major

e|-----2-------
B|-----3-------
G|-----2-------
D|-----0-------
A|-----0-------
E|-----x-------

• C major

e|-----0-------
B|-----1-------
G|-----0-------
D|-----2-------
A|-----3-------
E|-----0-------

• G major

e|-----3-------                 e|-----3-------
B|-----3-------                 B|-----0-------
G|-----0-------      OR        G|-----0-------
D|-----0-------                 D|-----0-------
A|-----2-------                 A|-----2-------
E|-----3-------                 E|-----3-------

MINOR CHORDS

• E minor

e|-----0-------
B|-----0-------
G|-----0-------
D|-----2-------
A|-----2-------
E|-----0-------

• A minor

e|-----0-------
B|-----1-------
G|-----2-------
D|-----2-------
A|-----0-------
E|-----x-------

• D minor

e|-----1-------
B|-----3-------
G|-----2-------
D|-----0-------
A|-----0-------
E|-----x-------

This is all for beginners only. If you wish to learn more such as barre chords, "caterpillar" , fingerpicking and many more, stay tuned to this blog as i will
try my best to give out all for you out there, who wants to learn GUITAR !