Learn to play Guitar: Lesson # 8

Now that we have figured out how to get the notes of a chord and how to plot those notes in a guitar fret, Now lets try and practically do it.

We will play the same chord we plot in the guitar in the previous lesson which is C Major Chord

First place fingers on the fret step by step.
As you know, you have to place fingers on B,G and A string which are 2nd,3rd and 5th strings on the guitar

So you need to place the fingers as explained in the lesson # 7

We need to press first fret of 2nd string, second fret of 3rd string and 3rd fret of 5th string.

Step 1:
Place the index finger on the 1st fret of B(2nd) string.

Step 2:
Place the middle finger on the 2nd fret of G(3rd) string.

Step 3:
Place the ring finger on the 3rd fret of A(5th) string.

So that's about it for this lesson. Next up, I'll be talking about strumming , Also I'd uploading a video in order for you to learn better how to strum and play a chord.

Stay tuned for the next one! Adios!! .

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Learn to play Guitar: Lesson # 7

Now its time to give you a pictorial representation of the mapping of the chord notes on a guitar.

The filled circle represent where the finger is to be placed and the unfilled circle refers to the free string.

As you can see if you place the fingers as in the picture and strum with the other hand at the body of the guitar, you'll be playing a C Major Chord.

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Learn to play Guitar: Lesson # 6

Plotting of the chord notes in a guitar
Let's now plot for C Major

As learnt from the example of lesson # 5,The three notes for C Major are C,E,G

Now we'll plot the chord string by string, on each string we will calculate whether the string will be played free or which fret needs to be played

1st String E : Play Free
Let's take the first string which is 'E'
As the note is one of the note from C,E,G so this string will be played free

2nd String B : 1st Fret
Lets take the second string which is 'B'
Let's take the progression
Free     1st Fret
B           C

3rd String G : Play Free
Lets take the third string which is 'G'
Let's take the progression
Again as the note is one of the note from C,E,G so this string will be played free

4th String D : 2nd Fret
Lets take the fourth string which is 'D'
Let's take the progression
Free     1st Fret    2nd Fret
D           D#              E

5th String A : 3rd Fret
Lets take the fifth string which is 'A'
Let's take the progression
Free     1st Fret    2nd Fret  3rd Fret 
A           A#              B               C

6th String E : Play Free
Let's take the 6th string which is 'E'
As the note is one of the note from C,E,G so this string will be played free

I hope this illustrates well how to plot the chord notes in a guitar . But to further clarify more details will be given in the next lesson along with pictures of the plotting. So Stay Tuned!

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