Want to get some real good lessons on acoustic guitar ?
Mastering guitar comes only with persistent practice and determination. You have to be extremely patient to learn different techniques on your guitar as it can take some time. So if you want to play some real good riffs, start allocating atleast 2-3 hours daily for practice.
I will be discussing few techniques here in this lens that you can take it as lessons on acoustic guitar. If you are planning to learn guitar or you have just started out, you should always start practicing on acoustic guitar. The reason for that is, you will develop a great deal of perfection if you play on acoustic guitar. You must be thinking how !
These are the reasons how it helps,
* Helps develop more finger strength - The strings on an acoustic guitar is more strong and it is not very close to the fret board as it is on an electric guitar also, the neck or fret board of an acoustic guitar is broader than that of an electric guitar. So naturally you will press hard to strike a note and this will ultimately develop your palm and finger strength.
* Play it anywhere - An Acoustic guitar can be played anywhere, because you don't need an amplifier to get the sound out.
* Affordable - You can buy an acoustic guitar for a very cheap price. Where as if have to spend atleast 4-5 times on an electric guitar of a good company. And that's not all, you have to purchase a good amp and to get some jazzy and fancy sounds, you have to have a nice digital processor too. So all these will cost you a fortune.
Now we will look at how you can play some melodious Chords on your acoustic guitar !
Table of Contents
- Understanding Musical Notations - Staff, Ledger Line, Middle C and G Clef
- Ready to learn some CHORDS?
- Watch how to play C Major Chord
- Watch how to play F Major chord
- Watch how to play Gdom7th or G7th Chord
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- A Sample JamPlay Guitar Lesson
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Understanding Musical Notations - Staff, Ledger Line, Middle C and G Clef
STAFF NOTATION is a must to be a complete musician !
Staff or Stave(Plural of staff)In Western music, the staff or stave is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces where the notes are written, each of which represents a different musical pitch.
Ledger Line
A ledger line or leger line is musical notation to represent notes outside the lines and spaces of the staff. A line little longer than the note is drawn parallel to the staff, above or below it, spaced at the same distances as the notes within the staff. (See the First part of the figure, where the higher and lower notes which cannot be represented in the staff are written. Such as A B C D E F on the upper part of the staff and C B A G F E on the lower part of the staff)
Middle C
Middle C is the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff. The C note played on the 3rd Fret of the 5th String on a guitar is a Middle C which comes in G Clef pitch.
G Clef
There are different Clefs for different pitches in music.The different pitches in music are Treble, Bass, Alto, Tenor and Soprano. Here I will be defining only G or Treble Clef and F or Bass Clef. In Guitar there is no Bass or F Clef, it is only used for denoting the lef hand BASS notes in a Piano.
This Clef is also known as Treble clef that indicates the pitch of the notes following it in the staff: a clef that puts the G above middle C where G is on the second line of the staff. And F or Bass Clef indicates that F which is marked on the fourth line is below the middle C note.
Ready to learn some CHORDS?
Chords are the building blocks of music !
What are chords ?Chords are a group of notes played together, be it guitar or piano. This creates a more melodious sound than a single note. Chord progressions can be made very melodious to our ears if you know how to group them well. For this we need to learn some basic chords first.
You can check out my article on "Get yourself a guitar to learn how to play!" to get an idea about the very basics of guitar like Octaves and C Major scale.
Pentatonic Scales are the staple of rock music, you can check out my hub to see how you can create Pentatonic scales easily - "Do you want to play Pentatonic solos easily?"
The first 3 chords that you can learn are C Major, F Major and G7th. We can say that, these chords are from the same class or family because, all the above 3 chords are derived from the very basic and simple C Major scale.
Let's see how these 3 chords are derived from the C Major scale !
C Major
In C Major scale, C is the first or root note. The first chord will be always formed from the first note of a scale. In this case "C". This note is also called the Tonic Note. Hence C Major is the Tonic chord. C major chord is made up of any combination of C, E and G (1, 3 and 5 from the C major scale)
F Major
F is the fourth note or at the fourth degree in C Major scale. The fourth note of a scale is called the Sub-Dominant note. And, the second chord is formed from the Sub-Dominant note, hence F Major is called the Sub-Dominant chord in C Major scale.
The notes of F Major chord are F, C, F, A, C and F. This chord is played by placing a barre on the fret with your index finger.
G Dominant 7th(popularly known as G7th)
G is the 5th note of C Major scale and the fifth note or degree is called the Dominant Note in every scale. Hence G7th is called G Dominant 7th chord. The Dominant 7th chord is formed on the 5th degree from the Tonic(i.e. C in this case)
The notes in G7th chord are G, B, D, G, B and F. The 4th(D), 3rd(G) and 2nd(B) strings are open. When a seventh note(i.e. F in this case) is added to a major chord(G Maj in this case) we get G Dominant Seventh, which gives a more bluesy tone.
This is just the beginning to a wonderful and exciting journey ahead to the world of guitars and music.
You can also check out my lens and Learn to build guitar major and minor scales
If you are really interested in mastering all the important stuff like Chord Building, Scale building and many other things, I can suggest you a nice and easy to understand guide that i purchased recently, I found it to be very helpful. Hope it will be the same with you too. All the best.
Watch how to play C Major Chord
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Finding the right guitar tutor often becomes a very intimidating task for most beginners. But ultimately when you find one, it will change every negative perspective of guitar learning that you had till now. So I cannot emphasize enough on how important it is to learn from a professional guitar tutor who really knows his job.
These are some of the other good guitar learning sites that I would recommend. Please do have a look at them.
These are some of the other good guitar learning sites that I would recommend. Please do have a look at them.
- JamPlay
- JamPlay is an online guitar course which has a wide range of genre specific video guitar lessons for beginners, intermediate and advanced guitar players designed in an easy to navigate and easy to follow manner. It also provides many other benefits to it's members like live web cam chat with the instructors, forums and community features to interact easily with your instructors and other members to name a few.
- Gibson's Learn and Master Guitar
- Gibson's Learn and Master Guitar have their learning materials spread out on DVDs, CDs and books which you can learn at the comfort of your home. This course will help you build a strong foundation on the concepts of guitar starting from the beginner level and gradually progressing towards the advanced level guitar concepts and techniques in a slow and easy pace.
- Learn and Master Blues Guitar
- Learn and Master Spotlight Series Blues Guitar will teach you not just few blues licks from here and there, but the concepts in-depth, chords, techniques, and riffs that will groom you into a full fledged blues guitarist. This course will guide you from the most basic concepts till you become a seasoned blues solo player. This blues guitar course is one of the best of the breed in it's class that sets Legacy Learning sytems on a higher pedestal than other online guitar courses.
- Learn and Master Guitar Setup & Maintenance
- Guitar Repair or Luthier Course will teach you how to setup your guitar to make it play and sound the best on stage and at the studios ! he Spotlight Series on Guitar Setup & Maintenance from Legacy Learning Sytems will guide you step-by-step and show you how to set up your guitar at home using a few easy-to-use tools. You will learn to make basic adjustments to your guitar so that you can get a better playing and sounding instrument always.
- Pentatonic Power
- The patterns of the pentatonic scale lay comfortably under the fingers allowing guitarists from the beginner on up to quickly get this scale under control and play lead guitar.This is a specialized Online Guitar Course that claims to teach you the nuts and bolts of Pentatonic Scale in 150 Days of daily lessons.
A Sample JamPlay Guitar Lesson
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JamPlay has tons of guitar lessons for beginners, intermediate and expert level players and also on various genres and styles. Check out this blues guitar lesson by one of the most admired guitar tutors in Jamplay - Hawkeye Herman. I love his teaching style.
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