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How To Hold The Guitar
There are two ways of holding the guitar. The classical way and the modern way. See the pictures below and select the position which feels most comfortable to you. If you have very small hands, let me suggest you at least try the classical position because it often offers greater access to the fretboard. There…
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Alternate Picking
Fig. 1: Simple Alternate Picking Exercise Fig. 2: Alternate Picking Variation Alternate picking is a guitar playing technique, used only by pick users, that employs strictly alternating downward and upward picking strokes in a continuous run, and is the most common method of plectrum playing. If this technique is performed on a single note at…
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Strumming To A Beat
Following The Beat When listening to music, you might find yourself tapping your foot along with the beat. The beat keeps track of the song’s time, by creating a regular pulsation against which the length can be measured. The beat may be fast or slow, but it must be regular. Each beat has to have the…
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Measures
When writing music down on paper for other musicians to play the music is divided into what is called measures. The measures are divided with vertical lines. The lines that musical notes are placed on are called staffs. Can you see the vertical lines in the music staff below? Same thing here in this tablature staff: Note:…
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A Crash Course In Power Chords
In this lesson, you’ll find the different ways to play a power chord. 6th String Root Power Chord Below is what the 6th string root power chord looks like in the open position. Played in the open position it’s an E power chord because the root note is the open E string. Here is its…