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When sitting down place guitar on right thigh, hold guitar against body and let your right forearm rest comfortably on top of your guitar.
When playing standing up you will need a strap you can get those at any music or guitar shop.
Place strap over left shoulder, tighten the strap until it is perfect for you and then you're done!
What are open notes?
Open notes are when you just play the string without putting your finger on a fret.
Tuning Your Guitar
1.Tune your low E string close to what you think it should be.
2.Fret the E string at the 5th fret to obtain the A note.
3.Tune your A, or 5th, string to that note.
4.Do not press to hard on the E string at the 5th fret as you will cause the A note to go sharp (higher in pitch).
5.Once the A string has been tuned, fret it at the 5th fret to obtain a D note.
6.Tune your 4th, or D, string to that note.
7.Next, fret the D, or 4th, string at the 5th fret to obtain a G note.
8.Tune your G, or 3rd, string to that note.
9.Here's a change in the pattern. Fret the G, or 3rd, string at the 4th fret to hear a B note.
10.Use that note to tune your B, or 2nd, string.
11.Finally, fret the B, or 2nd, string at the 5th fret to obtain an E note.
12.Use that note to tune your E, or 1st, string.
Notes On Guitar
On this chart it tells you which notes are on which frets!
1rst string or high E
string
The High E note (open)
The High F note (1st fret, 1st finger)
The High G note (3rd fret, 3rd finger)
2nd string or B string
string
the B note (open)
The C note (1st fret,1st finger)
The D note (3rd fret,3rd finger)
3rd string or G string
The G note (open)
The A note (2nd fret,2nd finger)
4th String or D string
the D note (open)
The E note (2nd fret, 2nd finger)
The F note (3rd fret, 3rd finger)
5th string or A string
The A note (open)
The B note (2nd fret, 2nd finger)
The C note (3rd fret,3rd finger)
6th string or low E string
The Low E note (open)
The Low F note
The Low G note
Quarter notes, half notes dotted half notes,
and whole notes
Quarter notes only get one pluck. They last one quarter of a full measure.
Dotted quarter notes get 1/8 extra of a beat making a total of 3/8 of a full measure
Half notes are double quarter notes so you let half notes ring longer than quarter notes. They are one half of a full measure.
Dotted half notes get an extra quarter so they take up three fourths of the measure. You let them ring an extra quarter than half notes.
Whole notes obviously take up one full measure and you let them ring one full measure, one extra quarter than dotted half notes.
