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34 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Action Adjustment
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Making sure that your guitar strings are not too far away from the fret board so that it is easy to play.
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Guitar Tuning
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6 - Low E
5 - Low A 4 - D 3 - G 2 - B 1 - High E (above middle C) |
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Ways to Tune your Guitar
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tune to a piano, tune the guitar to itself using unisons (5th fret for strings 6, 5, 4, 2 and 1; 4th fret for 3rd string), guitar tuner
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Holding the Guitar
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neck should have some upward tilt; use the right arm and chest to support the guitar so that left arm is free to move; wrist must be straight; hold pick between thumb and forefinger
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Nut
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Thick fret right before the tuning pegs
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Fret
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metal dividers on the guitar
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X
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string not played
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O
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"open string"; played but not pressed with the left hand
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• (small filled in circle)
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shows where to press the left hand fingers
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1, 2, 3, 4
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numbers telling which left hand fingers to use
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Left Hand
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Numbers; Index - 1, Middle - 2, Ring - 3, Pinky - 4
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Right Hand
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Letters; P - thumb (pulgar), I - index, M - middle, A - ring
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D Major
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Primary Chords: D, G, A7; principle of placing
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Placing
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a chord change is easier if a specific finger is placed first
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E7
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Straight Strum
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easiest right hand technique
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Strum Pattern #1
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D D u u D - 1 2 & & 4; used in 4/4 or 2/4
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Strum Pattern #2
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D D u D u - 1 2 & 3 &; used for 3/4 or slow 6/8
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Strum Patter #3
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swing strum; D u D u D u D u (all triplets)
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Proven Practice Method
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1) Left hand - practice smooth chord changes, lh only
2) Right hand - practice strum/bass strum/fingerpick; rh only 3) Both hands - left hand changes chords of a key while right hand does the strum/bass strum/fingerpick 4) Song - use the chords and rh pattern in a song |
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G Major
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G, C, D7; principle of common finger (C to D7)
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Common Finger
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If there is a finger common to two chords, keep the finger pressed during the change
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C Major
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C, F G7; principle of placing the 3rd finger; F chord - squeeze & loosen
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Placing the 3rd Finger
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Resist the urge to place the index finger first
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Order of the Strings
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EADGBE (Elvis Ain't Dead but he's Got Big Ears)
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B7
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Bass Strum
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Plucking the bass followed by strums
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Thumb Only BS Method
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Pluck the bass downward and strum the remaining strings with your thumb
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Flat Pick BS Method
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Pluck the bass downward with the pick and then strum the rest of the strings with the pick
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Thumb and Fingers BS Method
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Pluck the bass downward with the thumb, then use your i, m, a nails on your right hand to strike the strings with a short flick; more percussive
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Bass Strum Patterns
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1) B s B s B s B s - 4/4
2) B s s B s s - 3/4 3) B d (tie) udu B d (tie) udu |
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A Major
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A, D, E7; sliding principle; all open bass chords
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Sliding Principle
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Slide a finger along a string rather than take it off completely; used heavily with bar chords
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E Major
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E, A, B7
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