How The Guitar Strings
Are Identified
Knowing how the guitar strings are identified is foundational to everything else you will learn on the guitar. You will find this first lesson to be very easy and straight-forward, but don't overlook it's importance! Click the arrows on the bottom right corner to enlarge the video. Did you know that you already understand something about playing the guitar? That’s right! Seven simple letters: A B C D E F G These seven letters make up the Musical Alphabet and with them you will learn... - How the Strings are Identified
- How the Fretboard Works
- How to Read Music
- How to Play Chords
And that's why I like to say... It's as easy as ABC! But, before we go any further, let's take a minute to become familiar with the various parts of a guitar... ACOUSTIC GUITAR
Here is another graphic showing the parts of an electric guitar.
ELECTRIC GUITAR
The basic guitar is equipped with six strings. They are numbered in order from the highest sounding (first), down to the lowest sounding (sixth). 1 = First (high pitch)
2 = Second
3 = Third
4 = Fourth
5 = Fifth
6 = Sixth (low pitch) Each one is also identified with a letter from the Musical Alphabet: 1 = E
2 = B
3 = G
4 = D
5 = A
6 = E Here is a simple acrostic which I have my students use to help them memorize the letters associated with each string. Start from the sixth and move up to the first. --------------------------------------------------1 = Ears--------
------------------------------------------2 = Big------------------
----------------------------------3 = Grow------------------------
--------------------------4 = Dogs--------------------------------
------------------5 = And-----------------------------------------
----------6 = Elephants------------------------------------------- They are referred to as OPEN tones when played in this manner.
LESSON OBJECTIVE: To memorize the letters and numbers associated with each string. PRACTICE: 1. Play the open guitar strings by starting on the sixth string and moving to the first. 2. Say the acrostic out loud as you hear the sound of each tone. 3. Repeat the process saying just the first letter of each word in the acrostic. 4. After you have memorized the letters associated with each tone in this order, try saying them in reverse by starting on the first and moving back to the sixth. LEARN MORE:
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