Electric Guitar Tutorial: Your Path to Rock-Stardom

If you don't know yet, the difference between an acoustic and an electric guitar is that acoustic and classical guitars have sound holes, which are their natural amplifiers. Electric guitars don't have sound holes, instead, they have all those dials ('volume' and 'tone'), and a place for you to plug the guitar into an external amp.

Therefore, the main difference between acoustic and electric guitars are that an acoustic guitar 'amplifies' its own sound via the sound box and the sound hole and it does not need electricity to play. In contrast, the electric guitar, as its name implies, needs electrical power to be played through an electronic amplifier and loudspeakers.

When it comes to getting an amp (if you didn't get one with your electric guitar), remember that, in the beginning, a small amp should work just fine for you. Don't go spending a large amount of money on an amp as big as a house.

The standard electric, acoustic and classic guitar has six strings. An electric guitar with four strings is called a bass guitar.

Each of these 6 strings has a name and number:

Many of the parts of an electric guitar are the same as that of an acoustic/classic guitar, with the exception of the sound hole, and some others:

Your left hand's fingers have numbers, which can be used in an electric guitar tutorial to indicate which finger must press down on which string when playing a chord:

Your right hand picks or strums the strings. You can use either a pick or your fingers to do this. Most electric guitar players prefer a pick, but if you'd rather use your fingers, nothing and no one can stop you.

TAB is one of the most important things an electric guitar player should know and it should be part of any good electric guitar tutorial program. TAB basically shows you which string should be pressed in which fret. Here's what an empty TAB diagram looks like:

Now, when you add a number to the empty diagram:

it means you're playing the 2nd string in the 2nd fret.

You can also use TAB for playing more than one string at a time (in other words, to play chords). This is what a C-Chord looks like in TAB-form:

If you have a hard time with all this, don't give up on your rock star dram just yet. Practice each day, if only for a short time, and you will make progress.

This electric guitar tutorial shows you only the basics of playing the electric guitar. My advice for you would be to find a good online course, like this one, that will guide you on the rest of your guitar playing journey.

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