How to Play Guitar
The guitar is a very complicated yet very fulfilling instrument. I was first intrigued by the guitar when I was sixteen years old. I don't know what it was about the guitar that I found intriguing, but I knew I wanted to play it and become very much involved in it. There are quite a few aspects of the guitar and it is a science that I have not yet learned every minute detail about, but what I do know I will share in an attempt to make it not only understandable, but also enjoyable for the reader. There are three main aspects that I will be covering. Now keep in mind that there are far more than three main aspects about the guitar, but I have decided to describe the three main parts that I have found interesting and vital to the process of playing the guitar. The first being the actual notes and what they mean in relation to the guitar. The second being the types of chords you can make on the guitar, and finally the last part is about soloing and how to master it. As you go on reading, you will notice how the many aspects all tie into one another almost like they are pieces of a puzzle. Now, the first aspect of the guitar that I have chosen is the notes. A note is a single pitch that can
be made anywhere on the guitar. Lets use the A note for example. Moving up the guitar you will notice the notes in succession make a pattern that is the basis or foundation of the guitar. Starting from A and moving up the neck, you will find an A# (sharp) note, after that is the B note, followed by a C note. Keep in mind there is no B# or E#. After the C is a C# followed by D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, and finally taking you back to A after the G#. If you were to pick any note at random, this is the pattern you would follow up the neck of the guitar. The next aspect is the types of chords you can make. The first type is a power chord. The second is a barre chord and the third is an open chord. The power chord can be made very simply by taking any note on the bottom two strings (E and A strings) and taking a note at random, lets say the A note for arguments sake. All you would have to do is place your first finger on the A note on the E string, which would be the fifth fret. You would then place your ring finger on the note which is one step down onto the A string and over two spaces onto the seventh fret which would happen to be the E note. This is called an octave; it is always one step down and two steps over. You can move the power chord around anywhere you wish as long as it is on the bottom two strings. Power chords are used in almost every
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