1-2-3 Guitar Lessons

Metronome is a device that produces metrical 'ticks' settable in beats per minute. Practicing with a metronome helps you to improve your skill far faster.  Start with the slowest tempo you can play clearly and continuously without mistake. Then slightly increase the tempo, and make sure you are still able to play the same stuff correctly,to the song's original tempo.  Find the hardest part that you always get stuck and practice particularly at the part. ( might be at somewhere between 2 chords) Someone criticise that practicing with metronome makes you being more mechanical.  Don't worry.  Just keep going.  At some point , you will play musically. Music will lead your way.  ^^ Now , I insist you to practice with a metronome. Find one and start playing.       

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Lost stars - Adam Levine intro Lost stars intro chord F maj7 There are 4 bars intro If you don't know what is " bar" in music. I suggest you to clap your hand along the song and count 1-2-3-4   You will see you can count 1-4 four times (which equals to 4 bars) One-bar mostly have 4 beats inside Like this chart If you are totally beginner, I suggest you to play only one whole note in a bar. Play at beat 1 and leave it last to beat4 then play again on1 on next bar. Anyway, if you wanna play exactly like the original intro of Adam 's  This is how to play Right hand swing up and down on the 16th notes but only yellow highlight beats that pick touches the strings.  To make it easier listen to the clip I speed down the intro to50%  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVu_vS5pMbs

Ok now you are with your guitar And you already search the chord from internet You see a sheet of A4 paper size with lyrics and chord on the top But... You still don't know what the chords are like  So you search and you see the chord charts.  Now. .. You ve got 2 problems First is how to read the chord charts  And second , how to play when you see this lyrics and chord sheet Let's begin with the chord chart.  You get this thing from internet How to read chord chart Chord chart displays guitar fingerboard as a plan / top view 6 Vertical lines mean 6 strings on fingerboard.  The double line indicates guitar "nut" which is between the neck and the head.  O - for playing opened string ( untouched string) X - for muting it Number is finger to play on the string.  Now I ll show charts of all chord in the song

As you know from the first post  1st string is E 2nd string is B 3rd string is G 4th string is D 5th string is A 6th string is E (2octave lower than 1st string) It's easier to use apps in you smartphone to tune the guitar Instuner lite is a good apps Most beginners don't know if their string is higher or lower if they see only A B c alphabet. This can help you locate where you are now and see if you need to go lower or higher.  Or you can search for other apps to tune your guitar on your phone. There are several good tuning applications.  Then start to tune your guitar. 

To hold a guitar There are several ways to hold Depends on what kind of guitar and what style you are playing Here is classical style Source: http://www.learnclassicalguitar.com/how-to-hold-a-guitar.html Below is another way to sit and hold a guitar http://yourbeginnerguitarlessons.net/classical-guitar-lessons-beginners-proper-sitting-position-simple-pieces-play/ Or this way if you d like Lovely...isn't she? Source:fretjam.com These pictures shoes how the right hand should be.  Or if you use a pick Your right hand will be like this Source:guitarnick.com Ok try to stroke down  Just try to move pick over the string The tip of pick passes string smoothly

Hi  Lets get start  First , getting to know your guitar. I'm sure you already know what guitar is. In the picture, left side is electric , right is acoustic The picture below display all components in a guitar and how to call each item. Then I 'm focusing on the acoustic first  ( i guess you own an acoustic one as your first guitar as I do too )  Let see what is  in the acoustic guitar The right one under your right hand (you are holding the guitar now) is a bridge.  then , The sound hole  and under the sound hole is the pick guard which protects your guitar top from pick scratching .  then on your left hand it is the guitar neck the thinner wood on top of the neck is the fingerboard which has metal lines called frets the left after your left hand is guitar head  with tuning pegs OKAY so we talk about the finger board Look at the fingerboard There are Fret Marker that help your easy to notice fret