How To Play Acoustic Guitar
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Use This Acoustic Guitar Lesson To Master The Acoustic Guitar!
Let’s learn how to play the acoustic guitar. In this lesson we are going to learn the G, C, and D guitar chords and then put a basic strumming pattern with them. I am going to assume that you have never even held a guitar before so lets start with the basics by learning how to hold an acoustic guitar. Rest your guitar over your right leg, and hold it close to your body with your right arm. Remember to sit up straight and relax. When you place your finger on a fret of the guitar, remember to place that finger very close to the fret. We have supplied you with some diagrams of the chords that you will be learning. Learn how to read chord diagrams here!
Let’s move on to the chord shapes. Don’t worry about making the chords sound perfect right away. Just focus on getting the shapes down. The strength in your left hand will come with some practice. Try to make sure that you are curving your fingers enough to play on the the very tips of your fingers. This will help the fingers that your are playing with to not mute the surrounding strings.
Our first chord will be a G chord. Put your 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the low E (6th) string, your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the A (5th) string, and your pinky on the 3rd fret of the high E (1st) string. Now take a pick, if you have one, between you thumb and index finger on your right hand and give all six strings a strum. That’s your G chord.
To play a C chord you need to put your 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the A (5th) string, your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the D (4th) string, and your 1st finger on the 1st fret of the B (2nd) string. Now strum all of the strings except for the low E (6th) string.
One chord to go. To make your D chord, place your 1st finger on the 2nd fret of the G (3rd) string, your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the high E (1st) string, and your 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the B (2nd) string. Now strum all of the strings except for the low E and A strings. Thats it, all three chords.
Practice these chords until you get the shapes memorized and then try changing from shape to shape. Don’t get frustrated if your fingers get sore or tired, thats normal. If you need some time to get the shapes down, take a few days to practice and then come back to this video and put the strumming pattern with the chords.
Now it is time to take the chords we have learned and put a simple strumming pattern with them. We will be using all down strokes for the strumming pattern. Make your G chord and get your pick ready in your right hand. Strum the G chord four times. Switch to your C chord ,and strum that chord four times. Finish off by making your D chord and strumming down four more times. Switching between chords smoothly is probably the hardest part of playing something like this. Try to make your strumming as even as possible, especially when your changing chords. Take it as slow as you need to at first. Don’t be in a rush to play fast, just focus on playing clean and evenly.
Knowing these chords, and a few basic strumming patterns, can enable you to play a lot more songs than you realize. Many many songs you hear on the radio are just a few chords with some basic strumming. Take the chords that you have learned in this lesson, experiment and mix them up. Try to come up with your own strumming patterns too.
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i just want to know while picking up the string with ur pick where should you place ur pinky whether it should touch the board or we should just move it up to make the picking fast
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Awesom!!!! Thank you so very much. You’ve helped me a lot. I’m looking forward to playing my guitar.
I just picked up an old guitar about a week ago and I have a couple of questions. fist, I’ve noticed that my high E string has some little nicks in it and needs to be replaced, but I don’t know how to unstring and re-string a guitar. could you tell me how. Secondly my fingers have been getting really sore when I play. How long does it usually take for your fingers to toughen up. my don’t seem to be getting any stronger.
Hi Amie,
Yes, playing a guitar with un-trained fingers is not fun. I took me a couple months of continous daily playing for them to finally stop throbbing. I use to put a drop of super glue on my finger tips before playing. That did help alot. Also go to youtube.com to learn to string your guitar.
Ive been playing for a little over a month and my fingers toughened up. You will develop calluses but those help pad your fingers so it doesnt hurt as much but I play like an hour every day sometimes even more
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Hi there,
Thanks for the lesson. In the previous lesson you mentioned that your thumb should be placed behind in the centre of the guitar neck, but in this video your thumb is looping over the neck. What is the best position for your thumb?
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i think ur doing a great job but i would like to learn how to play with my hand too.i will try to come to this site every day but i have a lot of work to do for school so no promises.
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What’s the other output jack for? How to play in 2 modes? Microphone and cnocented to an amp just like in the video? What happened if we play without microphones in front of the guitar? I heard that acoustic electrics have built-in microphone! What is that and what does that mean? What are transducers? To have built-in transducers, what does that mean?I have 2 more very important questions but can’t remember. Will post if I can remember them again! Hope you guys .
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when i play the d chord it hurts my fingers really bad. the d chord is the only chord i have a problem with.
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What are the solid black dots on top above the solid black line on the G and C major chord diagram mean.
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Hi, How do you change from chord to chord??? I can’t seem to get it right!! The chords always sound deadened.
Sounds like you are touching strings you don’t mean to when you are fingering the chord. If you are touching strings that aren’t in the chord, they won’t vibrate and will sound muffled or muted. Also, if you are having trouble transitioning from chord to chord, just take your time and go slow, beginners don’t have to be perfect, but try to make sure you are placing all your fingers down at once, instead of one at a time, and do it slow at first until your fingers are used to it. one day before you know it(took me like 3 days) you’ll pick it up and just start jamming those 3 chords out like nothing.
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That’s exactly how I make my G,lol
Acoustic Guitars don’t have spots to use amps.
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