Better Guitar - The instruction section has lessons on rhythm guitar, lead guitar, chords, and the basics of guitar playing. The Essentials section covers the basic things every guitar player should know, such as how to tune your guitar and how to change the strings, and the different parts of the guitar. I'll also answer some common questions and pass along some advice. Fretboard Diagram The diagram below is used on Better Guitar to represents the guitar fretboard. The left side represents the nut of the guitar and the vertical (up and down) lines represent the frets. Guitar String Numbers Guitar strings are numbered 1 through 6. Fret Positions Throughout this website you will hear phrases such as “Place your 1st finger at the 1st fret.” Finger Numbers In order make to teaching easier, fingers are numbered: Your thumb usually doesn’t play notes.
10 Essentials On Guitar Improvisation Photo by Simone13 AKA John Pastorello Besides writing and playing songs I just love improvising. When I practice improvising I always first pour myself a cup of green tea, I put on some folk music (e.g. Ray La Montagne, Damien Rice, Stephen Fretwell, Glen Hansard, Sheryl Crow, etc.) on Last.fm or Spotify.com and then I start to improvise over these songs. Other times I practice melodic patterns, triads, arpeggios, licks, everything that will spice up my improvisation skills. Improvising is one of the most fun and fulfilling aspects of guitar playing, but also something that requires a lot of hard work and dedication. Here are 10 basic essentials that will help you become a better improviser. 1 – Pentatonics / blues Learn to play the pentatonic/blues scale all over the neck in all five shapes. 2 – Major Scale Next to the pentatonic scale, the major scale is the most important scale to learn. Once you can play the scale in all positions, connect the different positions with each other.
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