How to playing guitar: 2011

TABLE OF CHORDS

I advise you to copy this table and memorized the formula of chord.

When you listen to one of your favorite songs you become aware to the fact that it is built up of notes and chords that are changing and causing the song to evolve in a way that is pleasing to the ear. The question that I want to look at today is: why do some chords sound good together and others sound absolutely terrible?

To answer this, we need to look at root notes as they are the base that chords are built upon. If we take the notes of a scale and number them from 1 to 8, you will find movements between notes 1, 4 and 5 consistently sound better and stronger than between any other

number. Let's take a look at a scale (for learning purposes we will use the C Major Scale):

C Major Scale 2 octave

c d e f g a b c d e f g a b c

" There are many different scale types. Each of these scales has a unique sound. Some of the scale types are: pentatonic, minor, natural minor, and harmonic minor. For now we will only study the major scales. Each scale type has it’s own formula. The formula for the major scale is: The distance from one note to the next is one whole step (2 frets), except from the 3rd to 4th note and from the 7th to the 8th note, where the distance is one half step (one fret) "

Rhythm Exercises

We usually practice rhythms by clapping them, so we do not have to worry about playing the guitar at the same time. Naturally you will not hear the notes sustained, but rather only the beginning of each note.

Tuning The Guitar

For now we will tune the guitar with use of the tape (Lesson one, track one). First you will hear the high E-string (first string). Try to match the sound of your E-string to the sound of the E-string that is on the tape. The E-string will be played a couple of times. Listen to it as much as you need to. Follow your instincts. If you think you have matched the sound on the tape, you will probably be correct. If the strings are put on correctly on your guitar, the pitch will go up when the tuning peg is turned away from you, and lower when the peg is turned towards you. When the first string is in tune listen to the sound of the second string on the tape, and repeat the same procedure until all six strings are in tune.

Note: Tuning a guitar is not as hard as you might think, but it will take some practice. So if it takes a while to tune the guitar the first couple of times, do not get frustrated; it will become easier in the future.

Basic Terms And Symbol In Music

Music for any instrument is notated on the staff. Do not confuse the staff with the strings of the guitar.

Treble cleff.
This sign appears at the beginning of every line of guitar music.
The purpose of the treble clef will be explained at a later point.

To organize music we use measures.

A double bar signifies that this is the end of the piece or exercise.

The quarter note:

Quarter notes are half as long as half notes, so they will receive 1 beat each.

The eighth note:

Two or more eighth notes can be notated like this :

Eighth notes are half as long as quarter notes. So two eighth notes have to be played in the same time it takes for one quarter note to be played. To count eighth notes we have to use SUBDIVISION. We subdivide the quarter beat into two eighth note beats by using the symbol & (and).