Lesson 1 (Hindi) Lesson contains
1. Familiarization with Guitar Parts
2. Tuning of Guitar
3. Note Identification on Fretboard, and
4. Basic Finger Exercises
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1. Familiarization with guitar parts:
guitars shown here are; first one is classical/Spanish guitar second is electrical guitar.
1.Headstock, 2.Nut, 3.Machine heads (or tuning keys, tuning pegs), 4.Frets, 5.Truss rod, 6.Inlays, 7.Neck, 8.Heel (acoustic or Spanish) – Neck Joint (electric), 9.Body, 10.Pickups, 11.Electronics, 12.Bridge, 13.Pickguard, 14.Back., 15.Soundboard (top), 16.Body sides , 17.Sound hole, with Rosette inlay, 18.Strings, 19.Saddle, 20.Fretboard (or Fingerboard)
2. Tuning of Guitar: tuning means adjusting guitar strings for desired sound.
* there are 12 notes in western music known as ‘C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B’
*C# also called Db, D# as Eb, F# as Gb, G# as Ab, A# as Bb.
these note can be well understood by piano, keys are in bunch of 12 ( 7 white+5 black) known as one octave. ll together piano has 7 complete octave , 4th is known as middle octave. ( see picture below for clarification.
Full piano keys.. 7 octaves.
In Image below I have shown only 3 octave i.e. 2nd, 3rd and 4th) to know the reference of our guitar strings..
Strings are numbered from below 1,2,3,4,5,6. In standard tuning_ 1st string is tuned to E note of 4th octave of Master Piano. 2nd string to B note of 3rd Octave, 3rd string to G note of 3rd octave, 4th string to D note of 3rd octave, 5th string to A note of 2nd octave and 6th string to E note of 2nd octave.
By now- Remember this only... our 1st string is E, 2nd B, 3rd G, 4th D, 5th A , 6th is E .
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3. Note identification on Fretboard:
*note: tone/sound denoted is called musical note.
You already know that in standard tuning our 1st string is E, 2nd B, 3rd G, 4th D, 5th A , 6th is E. And as we learned there are 12 note in music, ‘C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B’ , called chromatic scale if played together; and these chromatic notes comes on guitar on very next fret; from where you start.
example: see 2nd string is B in open then on 1st fret it would be C, because after B there is C in chromatic notes.. then on 2nd fret C#, then on 3rd fret D, then D# on 4th fret and so forth..
*Do not worry if it Is hard to remember notes on fretboard, slowly over period of time your mind will learn it automatically.
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Exercise 1. finger gymnastics:
Hold your guitar strong, hold your pick firmly, press string just before the metal strip(fret) for a clear sound. (refer this video for explanations)
Play it daily for 10 minutes. Play slow in constant timing AND get clear sound on every stroke. this exercise is for TRAINING your fingers, not for speed, so go slow, clear SOUND and in timing.
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Practice and tips for this week.
- Thanks, be encouraged, go through note identification very well ; it is really important to know notes on guitar..,
- Make all notes and drawing in you notebook for good learning (plain pages recommended),
- Go through exercise, do not intend to do 100% in first week, even if you get 70% move on, by practice it would be easy..
thank you,
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