May162018 by lrojas12345No Comments

Guitar Range

Guitar, Instruction
The following diagrams illustrate the range of the guitar compared to the piano keyboard.  Guitar notation is written one octave higher than it sounds. So if you are tuning the guitar to a keyboard, the high E string on the guitar is tuned to the E key above middle C on the keyboard . High E string: B String: G String: D String: A String: Low E String: Copyright © 2015 Luis Rojas. All Rights Reserved.
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May162018 by lrojas12345No Comments

Introduction to the Guitar

Guitar
The guitar is part of the chordophone family of instruments. That’s a fancy way of saying that guitars are stringed instruments. Chordophones are musical instruments that produce sounds through vibrating strings. The strings are usually at tension stretched between two points and the sound is made by plucking, bowing, or striking the strings. Acoustic instruments usually have a cavity or resonator that amplifies the sound of the strings. Electric instruments can have either a hollow, semi-hollow, or solid body and one or more  electro-magnetic pickups that convert the movement of the strings or the vibration of the body to electrical signals that are then converted to sound using an amplifier. Guitar Types Guitars come in all kinds of styles and variations. If you are trying to decide what type of guitar…
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May22018 by lrojas12345No Comments

Guitar Fretboard

Guitar, Instruction
The following table shows the names and positions of the notes on the guitar fretboard(1). Fret 6th String 5th String 4th String 3rd String 2nd String 1st String (open) E A D G B E 1 F A#, Bb D#, Eb G#, Ab C F 2 F#, Gb B E A C#, Db F#, Gb 3 G C F A#, Bb D G 4 G#, Ab C#, Db F#, Gb B D#, Eb G#, Ab 5 A D G C E A 6 A#, Bb D#, Eb G#, Ab C#, Db F A#, Bb 7 B E A D F#, Gb B 8 C F A#, Bb D#, Eb G C 9 C#, Db F#, Gb B E G#, Ab C#, Db 10 D G C F A D 11…
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