Teaching notes
Posture and Equipment
How to sit correctly to reduce the chance of injury and improve your playing.
Using the right hand - Free Strokes
Free strokes are the most common and useful plucking technique.
Walking Fingers and String Crossing
Cross String Puzzles
Sometimes it is obvious which right hand finger should pluck a string, but sometimes you need to look ahead a little...
Using the left hand
Now we will look at how to use the left hand to play different notes on each string.
Reading Music - B, The Second String
We will learn the notes B, C and D on the second string. The fingering is the same as the first string:
Reading Music - G, The Third String
We only have one new note to learn on this string because you already know the open G.
Interesting Fingering - Part 1
Sometimes we use a different finger to play a note. This section explains why.
Tied Notes
Sometimes we need to join two or more notes together to make one long note, these are called tied notes.
Rests - Musical Silence
Rests show you where not to play. A rest means you should be silent which is actually quite hard when playing the guitar. If a string is ringing, you must silence it.