Guitar: The Parts of the Guitar
There are two main types of guitars: acoustic guitars , which produce sound naturally without external amplification, and electric guitars , which require electricity and an external amplifier, or ... Tags: bridge fret body amp music guitar guitar skills parts of a guitar guitar gear www.quamut.com/quamut/guitar/page/the_parts_of_the_guitar.html
Guitar: How To Hold the Guitar
You can play guitar either seated or standing up. Seated: Spread your legs a bit and position the rounded middle portion of the bottom of the guitar on your right leg. Use your right arm to suppor ... Tags: Holding a guitar guitar guitar skills seated with guitar standing with guitar www.quamut.com/quamut/guitar/page/how_to_hold_the_guitar.html
Guitar: How To Play Notes on the Guitar
When you pluck or strum a guitar string, the string vibrates, creating a sound with a certain pitch , called a note . You can play different notes by fretting —pressing down on the string a ... Tags: guitar notes playing fret guitar guitar skills pitch talblature chord diagrams www.quamut.com/quamut/guitar/page/how_to_play_notes_on_the_guitar.html
Guitar: How to Tune Your Guitar
When you first pick up a guitar, it will likely be out of tune , which means the notes of open strings will not be E, A, D, G, B, and E. In order for the notes you play to sound right, you’ ... Tags: guitar tuning electronic tuning tuning forks 5th fret method standard tuning guitar guitar skills www.quamut.com/quamut/guitar/page/how_to_tune_your_guitar.html
Guitar: Guitar Chord Basics
A chord is a combination of three or more notes sounded at the same time. Since guitars have six strings, guitar chords can have up to six notes. There are two fundamental types of chords that you ... Tags: chords guitar chords chord diagrams standard musical notation guitar guitar skills www.quamut.com/quamut/guitar/page/guitar_chord_basics.html
Guitar: Open-Position Chords
Nearly all beginning guitarists start off by learning open- position chords , since these chords: Are easy to play using chord diagrams Form the building blocks of most folk and rock songs For som ... Tags: chords open-position chords finger position guitar guitar skills www.quamut.com/quamut/guitar/page/openposition_chords.html
Guitar: Barre Chords
Barre chords offer guitar players a lot of flexibility: They can be played at any fret. They enable you to play chords that can’t be played as open-position chords. They make it easier to p ... Tags: chords barre chords E-form A-form guitar guitar skills chord progressions www.quamut.com/quamut/guitar/page/barre_chords.html
Guitar: Power Chords
Popular in hard rock, power chords get their name from the full blast of sound you can achieve when playing them on an electric guitar with distortion . Distortion is one of dozens of guitar effec ... Tags: chords power chords distortion guitar guitar skills www.quamut.com/quamut/guitar/page/power_chords.html
Guitar: How to Play Songs with Tablature
Chord diagrams help you play chords almost instantly. But tablature makes it possible to play chords and melodies on the guitar within minutes. (Melodies are the tunes that define a song—th ... Tags: tablature reading tablature tab playing songs with tablature guitar guitar skills www.quamut.com/quamut/guitar/page/how_to_play_songs_with_tablature.html
Guitar: Chord Progressions
A chord progression is a series of chords played in a particular order. Most popular songs are composed using a simple chord progression that repeats. The melody, usually sung by the lead singer, ... Tags: chord progressions reading chords Tab chord charts strumming style guitar guitar skills www.quamut.com/quamut/guitar/page/chord_progressions.html Copyright © 2008 Barnes & Noble, Inc. |