Ibanez JamPack – How To Play Guitar

Ibanez JamPack – How To Play Guitar

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1. The Guitar Fundamentals

The two fundamentals we will cover here are how to hold the guitar and the three basic numbering systems for the guitar.

How To Hold The Guitar

The Casual Method: There are several ways that you can hold the guitar, but we will just cover the most common one in this lesson. The casual method of holding the guitar is when you simply place the guitar on your right leg, if you are right handed, and pull it in close to your body. The temptation as a new guitar player is usually to let the guitar slide down your leg so you can see what is going on. Try to avoid that. Pull the guitar in close to your body and sit up straight.

The 3 Numbering Systems
Frets: The metal strips that go along the neck of the guitar. The one farthest to your left, if you are right handed, is the first fret. The next one to the right of the first one is the second and so on. This is very simple but it’s important to understand for when you start learning chords and scales.

Fingers: The numbering system for the fingers on your fretting hand is very simple but also important. Your index finger is your first finger, your middle finger is your second finger, your ring finger is your third finger, and your pinky is your fourth finger. Again, super-simple but really important for when you start learning where to put your fingers to make chords.

Strings: The final numbering system is for the open strings of the guitar. The thinnest string is the first string and the thickest string is the sixth string. Pretty easy to remember.

Fingers, Frets & Strings
For more on the 3 Numbering Systems For Guitar check out Fingers, Frets, & Strings.

2. Basic Strumming
The two main things we will be focusing on here, are using a guitar pick and strumming technique.