tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786294987998014472024-03-12T18:04:53.721-07:00Beginner LessonsGuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278629498799801447.post-61739936443734664182015-08-01T05:56:00.003-07:002015-10-02T18:04:04.292-07:00Guitar Basics-- Part One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The most important thing to remember about proper finger notations is that the <b>THUMB</b> is notated as "T" and not by the number "1". The other four fingers are designated "1--2--3--4".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The strings are NUMBERED in Reverse Order. Start from the string on the bottom and number from 1 to 6. The heaviest or Bass (lowest sounding) string is the 6th string. It is the TOP string on the guitar. The lightest (or highest sounding) string is the 1st string. It is the BOTTOM string on the guitar. This appears a bit backwards at first, but not for long. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ALSO-- learn the strings randomly, as well as in order. If I were to ask you, "what is the 4th string?" you should be able to immediately answer, "the D string". Conversely, if I asked you, "which string is the B string?" you should be able to tell me, "the 2nd string."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are a number of memory tricks or techniques for remembering the string names. You may NOT think of this-- learning the strings-- as important, but you will soon see its importance. Use the following acrostic sentences (if helpful) as memory tools.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>E</b>-very <b>A</b>-ngry <b>D</b>-og <b>G</b>-rowls and <b>B</b>-arks at <b>E</b>-veryone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>E</b>-ddie <b>A</b>-te <b>D</b>-ynamite. <b>G</b>-ood <b>B</b>-ye <b>E</b>-ddie.</span></div>
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GuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278629498799801447.post-44689649923495807702015-01-24T18:02:00.000-08:002015-10-02T18:05:51.849-07:00 Fingering Notes & Chords-- Airplane VS Helicopter<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's a one-page primer on Fingering Notes and Chords. This is one of the MOST important and LEAST understood concept for Beginner Guitarists. Most new guitar players realize that a LOT of their notes do NOT sound exactly right. In fact, sometimes they sound odd or do NOT sound at all. But many of them pay little or NO attention to (1) how they are playing notes; and (2) how they can make it better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">READ the following and then be sure to also READ the additional notes at the bottom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Most fretting errors can be traced to one of two common problems. Oftentimes, it is a combination of both of these.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(a) Ignorance of WHERE the fingers should be properly placed-- not understanding chord charts or the guitar fretboard;</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(b) Fingers inadvertently moving or slipping out of their proper position, due to inability to stretch and reach notes;</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(c) The fingers are in the proper -<i>fret</i>- location, but located TOO CLOSE to the metal fret bar, which causes muting of the notes.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(c) Improper or uncomfortable positioning of the hand. This is sometimes remedied by repositioning the THUMB against the BACK of the guitar neck.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope this will help solve some of your Playing Problems and get you on the Right Track<i>!</i></span></div>
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<br />GuiTarHeelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413857762949356012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278629498799801447.post-69401080271057044082015-01-22T00:30:00.000-08:002015-01-23T12:10:55.388-08:00Learning Guitar T A B<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;">Guitar <b>TAB </b>is short for "tablature." It is a unique form of music note reading for guitar. We are going to learn the basics of <b>TAB</b> here. I teach <b>TAB </b>in my guitar classes and we use it almost weekly to learn to read notes and in playing songs.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> If you are familiar with sheet music, you already know the concept of "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"><i>five lines & four spaces".</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.7900009155273px;"> Guitar <b>TAB</b> is different, yet similar at the same time. Instead of lines and spaces, we just have <b>six (6) lines</b>. These lines stand for the six (6) strings of the guitar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The six strings of the guitar are as follows- (<i>try not to get confused- it's really simple).</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial;">1st string- E 2nd string- B 3rd string- G 4th string- D 5th string- A 6th string- E</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Be forewarned- when you are viewing guitar music- or even songs in our classes- the "cheat sheet" (string numbers to the LEFT and string names to the RIGHT) will not always be provided. These are shared for your benefit in learning and memorizing the strings. Do your best to put these to memory, so that later, you will not need to keep referring back to these.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Many times, you see the strings listed in <b>REVERSE </b>order (<b>E-A-D-G-B-E</b>) because as you are holding your guitar, the sixth string (low E) is on <b>top</b>, and the first string (high E) is on the<b>bottom</b>. If it helps you, there are a couple of acronyms that we have shared to memorize the names of the strings. Some players may not need these to help, but if you do, here they are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> <b>E-</b> Every <b>A-</b> Angry <b>D-</b> Dog <b>G- </b>Growls & <b>B- </b>Barks at <b>E- </b>Everyone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>E- </b>Eddie <b>A-</b> Ate <b>D-</b> Dynamite <b>G- </b>Good <b>B- </b>Bye <b>E- </b>Eddie</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead of notes (on music lines & spaces), guitar <b>TAB </b>has the notes indicated by <b>fret numbers. </b>If you haven't already learned, the neck of the guitar contains what is called the<b>fretboard</b>, and on the fretboard are the <b>guitar frets</b>. These metal bars separate the guitar into various places for us to <b>finger </b>(<i>or fret) </i><b>notes.</b> We place our fingers on the fretboard<b><i>between </i></b>the various frets to make different pitches. The higher up the string we fret, the greater tension on the string, which produces a higher pitch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> The guitar usually will have around 22 or 23 frets. We are only going to be concerned with the <b>first five (5) frets </b>as we learn to play as beginners. Count the first five frets. You can play each string in each fret. Try playing each note with the same finger as the fret you are playing. <b>1st fret- 1st finger, 2nd fret- 2nd finger, 3rd fret- 3rd finger</b>, and so on. Keep in mind that at this stage, all of your fingers are probably not as strong or as flexible as the others. Your pinky will probably be the worst of all, because many times, we do not use it as much. Work on getting all of your fingers to be flexible and usable to play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Here is an exercise that you can learn to play. It is a good exercise to warm up with each and every time that you practice your guitar. Expect that it will be difficult at first. You have to use your fingertips to play the notes on the guitar. It is a bad habit, but most beginners tend to "lay" their finger down to make the notes, instead of using the fingertips. This is made worse if you happen to have long fingernails. Guitar players should trim their nails so that they are able to play with the tips of their fingers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> This exercise should accomplish two things. First of all, it will help you get to know your guitar and its fretboard better. Eventually, I will teach you how to <b>name the notes</b> as you play them. For now, just concentrate on getting a <b>clear tone </b>with each note. You will hear some muting <i>(or muffled tones) </i>in the beginning. This is caused by one of two things- either you are not pressing the string down firmly enough.. or.. you are playing the note too near the fret bar. The second way that this exercise will help you is in <b>exercising your fingers and making them more flexible</b> and your making your fingertips tougher. As you play, you may experience some pain or discomfort in your fingers. The longer you play, the less you will be bothered by this, and eventually, you will begin to stop feeling it at all. Be encouraged- as they say, <i>no pain- no gain! </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> Start on the <b>sixth (6) string. </b> Don't get confused. Remember- the sixth (6) string is the string on the <b>TOP</b> of the guitar. <b>0 = "open."</b> This means that you play the string, but you do not use your fingers to fret the note. You play it "open" or unfretted. Then use your first finger, place it in the first fret, play the note, and then move up, ascending one fret and one finger at a time. When you get to the highest note noted (<i>no pun intended</i>), then move up to the next string. When you get all the way up to the <b>first string</b>, play up to the 4th fret, and then- because we are out of fingers<i>!- </i>slide your pinky finger up to the play the 5th fret. Then if possible, play all of the notes in descending order. As you begin, your note playing will be choppy and sloppy. <i>(this time- pun intended!- you can laugh at me) </i> It will neither sound particularly smooth or soothing to your ears. This is no piece of cake, but with practice, you should be able to play it fairly well in a few weeks. Keep working at it <i>!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> If you have any questions about learning <b>Guitar TAB</b> or about the above exercise, let me know. I will be glad to clarify and answer any questions that you may have. See you in class<i>!</i></span></div>
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