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Contents
Selecting Your Guitar
Guitars come in three different sizes. Guitars also come in three basic types.
Electric guitars are thinner and usually easier for beginners to hold. Acoustic guitars have a clean, bright sound and are portable. Classical guitars have nylon strings which are often easier on the fingers. Choose a guitar that best fits you.
Holding The Guitar
- Sit up straight and relax
- Place your feet flat on the floor or place one foot on a foot stool
- Tilt the neck of the guitar slightly upwards
- Raise your thigh to prevent the guitar from slipping; adjust chair or foot stool
- Look at the photos below and match the body position
Hand Position
Left Hand
Fingers are numbered 1 through 4. Press the string firmly between the frets.
Place your thumb in the middle of the back of the neck. Arch your fingers and keep your palm clear of the neck.
Right Hand
Hold the pick between your thumb and index finger.
Pluck the string with a downward motion of the pick or thumb halfway between the bridge and neck.
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TUNING NOTES
The C Chord
A chord is sounded when more than two strings are played at the same time. To play your first chord, C, use your 1st finger to press the 2nd string at the 1st fret.
Music has a steady beat, like the ticking of a clock. Count aloud as you strum.
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Are You Strumming?
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The G7 Chord
Use your 1st finger to press the 1st string at the 1st fret.
Bar lines divide music into measures . A double bar line means the end.
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Coconut
Words and Music by Harry Nilsson
1972 (Renewed 2000) EMI BLACKWOOD MUSIC INC.
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Changing Chords
Practice strumming the C chord, and then move to G7.
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Yellow Submarine
Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Copyright 1966 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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