Teaching notes
Posture and Equipment
How to sit correctly to reduce the chance of injury and improve your playing.
Using the right hand - Free Strokes
Free strokes are the most common and useful plucking technique.
Walking Fingers and String Crossing
Using the left hand
Now we will look at how to use the left hand to play different notes on each string.
Cross String Puzzles
Sometimes it is obvious which right hand finger should pluck a string, but sometimes you need to look ahead a little...
Reading Music - B, The Second String
We will learn the notes B, C and D on the second string. The fingering is the same as the first string:
Reading Music - G, The Third String
We only have one new note to learn on this string because you already know the open G.
Interesting Fingering - Part 1
Sometimes we use a different finger to play a note. This section explains why.
Tied Notes
Sometimes we need to join two or more notes together to make one long note, these are called tied notes.
Rests - Musical Silence
Rests show you where not to play. A rest means you should be silent which is actually quite hard when playing the guitar. If a string is ringing, you must silence it.