Any note position on the first four frets of the guitar can be found using the flats and sharps relationships on the C major scale fingering position. Confusion arises when trying to find out the notes : Eb (near the first two strings), Bb, Gb, Db, Ab, Eb (near the 6th string). These are the Read the full article…

Tension on the wrist and hand General awareness of fingers Be aware of the tensions in your fingers. Your fingers should make a natural movement and press the notes on the fretboard. Any unnatural positions of the fingers have to be noted. Keep the fingers close to the fretboard, ready to use. Do not move Read the full article…

When taking classes for beginners, after showing them how to hold the guitar, we directly get to play the C Major scale and then a simple melody. Here i have included the C major scale and a melody. The C Major scale Download C major scale and simple melody (Janaganamana) in a zip file The Read the full article…

The following progression is based on C as the root, C major chord used as the root chord. The other chords are found from the C major scale (except for A major), and are chords which you will usually find together in many song situations. Basic chord progression on guitar Progression 1 : |C|Am|Em|G| Progression Read the full article…

9th, 11th, 13th notes 9th = seven + 2 = 2nd note 11th = seven +4 = 4th note 13th = seven + 6 = 6th note These notes are usually played one octave higher than the root. This way the root note comes in the bass section while the added 9ths 11ths or 13ths Read the full article…

The 'spelling' of a 7th chord is : root – third – fifth – seventh That is, when we add a seventh note to the basic triad (root – third – fifth), we get one of the seventh chords. How many sevenths – note options Root and fifth – there are only one note each. Read the full article…

If you need some help with Sequence of notes or Interval naming – naming the sequence of notes in terms of minor 3rd, perfect 4th, major 6th etc, please watch this video : Note sequence and Interval names If you are not familiar with naming of chords or how to form them from the sequence Read the full article…

Guitar offers us the freedom to play the same note at more than one position by choosing the string and fret we play. Along with the freedom comes the responsibility to choose. We can play the C major notes anywhere on the guitar, but if the root is perceived different from C, then it is Read the full article…

Know the open string notes of the guitar when tuned to Standard tuning. Use the Note sequence on each string, with the knowledge of what each open string note is. This gives us the notes on the whole fretboard on any string. When the sequence of notes is played as a scale, we get the Read the full article…