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Be Loam & Master Guitar fz LEGACY SESSION 1- Starting Off Rig “it's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itselt.” The Parts of the Guitar ‘There are three main types of guitars, the steel-string acoustic, the nylon string or classical guitar, and the electric guitar Bridge Body Headstock Neck o Fretboard } ‘Sound Hole Tuning Keys Pick Guaré Proper Right Hand Technique Hold the pick between your thumb and first finger. The thumb and pick should form a 90 degree angle. The pick should be sticking out from Underneath the thumb a 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch, Bracing your hand gives your hand the Bach The Names of the Strings The six strings of a guitar are numbered from first to sixth starting on the thinnest string and counting up to the thick- est string. The strings also have letter names that corre- ‘spond to each string. Memorize the names of your strings. 1 2 4 3 4 5 2 ¢ 6 1 6 EADGBE EADGBE Proper Left Hand Technique Hoid your thumb on the back of the fingerboard on the upper side of the neck. Be careful not to put your thumb on top of the neck. Your wrist should be low with some air space between your palm and the neck ofthe guitar. Your four fingers should be evenly EW vwecded stability to accurately switch spaced, Notice how the middle SSF between strings. Athough there are ‘wo fingers are coming straight Hf ary cifferent ways to brace, placing ‘onto the fretboard. Your frst and P your pinky on the soundboard right fourth fingers are curved slightly below the first string is the most com- toward the frets ‘mon way. You don't need to press hard. SSSONT 2 Stang OF Right ovanneu wut vainnoté 2 Pe team & Maser Gitar LEGACY Tuning the Guitar Your guitar will need to be tuned before playing. Tuning involves tightening or loosening the strings to raise or lower the pitch to match a constant pitch. There are three main ways to tune your guitar. You can tune your guitar by using an electronic tuner, or you can tune by “ear” using the other strings of the guitar, or you can tune to a Keyboard, Tuning with an Electric Tuner Many electric tuners come with a built in microphone for use with an acoustic gui- tar. if you are using an electric guitar you can plug your instrument cable directly into the tuner. According to the directions of your specific tuner, it will display whether you need to tighten or loosen the string in order to be in tune. Electric tuners are an easy to use, fast, and accurate way to tune your guitar. Tuning by Ear ‘You can also tune your guitar by listening carefully to the other strings and tuning each string to the others. Here is the process. + Put your finger on the fifth fret of the sixth string. Now, play the sixth string and the open fifth string. Listen to the ‘wo pitches. If the open fifth string sounds lower than the sixth string then tighten the fifth string tuning Key until the two notes match. Ifthe open fifth string sounds higher than the first note then loosen the fifth string tuning key. You always adjust the tuning keys of the open string, not the string that you are fretting, + Next, play the fifth fret on the fifth string and the open fourth string underneath it. Listen to the two pitches care- fully and adjust the open fourth string accordingly. + Pray the fourth string at the fifth fret. Listen and tune the open third string to it. «To tune the second string, play the third string at the fourth fret and tune the open second string to it. This is the only string that does not use the fifth fret as the reference. + Lastly, play the second string fingered back at the fifth fret and tune the open first string to it. ath string Sth sting 4th string ‘rd string © 2nd string é 1st string QOS mogo>m sth Frat Migaie ¢ Tuning to a Keyboard You can also tune your guitar to @ keyboard or piano The open strings of a guitar correspond to certain notes on a keyboard : 6h ait, at, ft sting sing sting stag sting SSSONT a Stating OF Right ‘ovannveu nu wantot 2 Pe team & Maser Gitar LEGACY How to Read Guitar Tablature TABLATURE is a type of musical notation that guitarists have developed to describe what strings on the guitar are being played at any point and what frets need to be fingered. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 ‘strings The Tablature Staff ‘Single Notes in Tablature Chords in Tablature 18-€ 3 o- 0 ms S se + $ wo WR 4K ay 3 snk at B B B $ ‘he 6 nes conga tthe stings on Tenants tou which sou ned ton amo wap at te yom pits putyour ges on ond whch ets owe Ss te cae te. ft ord hth example ou wou pay he tat seg =x sts abe open. et it fettat eit et, Tend enol fee wo ete et etn be bet rst sting ate re. Ten. te Sty Te lar anc tse vel nae Second ting te ted son tego beet tes ce Finger Exercises ‘These finger exercises are designed to build coordination between your right and left hand. Proper picking and fingering hand ‘coordination is vital to good controlled guitar playing, Directions: Play each finger pattem on each string. Start on the first string, then the second, third, etc... Although a litte dit- ficult at first, these exercises quickly build the motor skill control needed to play the guitar effectively. Practice with an even, steady rhythm. The goal is contro, not speed. Right Hand Picking: Down-Up-Down-Up Repeat for all Strings Right Hand Picking: Down-Up Repeat for all Strings a a 4 4 aA B Right Hand Picking: All Down Repeat for all Strings SSSONT 4 Stating OF Right ‘ovannveu nu wantot 2 Pe team & Maser Gitar LEGACY 4. Repeat for all Stings pp bb Repeat for all Strings How to Read Chord Blocks CHORD BLOCKS are diagrams that tell you how a chord is to be played. They include information about which frets are to be played by which fingers and which strings are to be played or not chord Name == C Stings ty at an ae and bomtry sting) Orrin pn

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