How to choose a guitar, what is the guitar made of? How to learn to play a guitar from scratch, yourself?

If you want to learn how to play the guitar, then use our tips.

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Do you want to become a virtuoso game on the guitar? Then get ready for persistent hard work, and it will take a lot of time. But if you do not strive to conquer world concert halls and compete with Eric Clapton, but just want to delight yourself and friends with a sincere song around the fire or in a friendly company, then in a couple of months it is quite possible to master the necessary minimum.

Guitar game: how to choose the right tool?

Let's start with the tool, because it is impossible to learn how to play a guitar without a tool.

Do not choose from the reasons of “what is cheaper”, you should definitely try the “touch” tool, understand whether the strings are cutting the fingers. And even better to invite for this one of the acquaintances who own the guitar, who will say for sure whether Kolki is well holding the system.
A high -quality tool is necessary so that you do not abandon the development of guitar wisdom in a few days.
Now let's figure out which variety to choose. Acoustic guitars are of two main species. Classic - with a wide stamp, which reduces the risk of random troops of strings, with soft nylon strings, and a dreadnute on which it is much easier to play with chords, and metal strings contribute to the fastest loading of the fingers, which will negate the appearance of corns.
The choice of guitar depends on what you are going to perform on it, so again the good advice of an expert in this business will not be superfluous.

So, you decided on the purchase and the coveted guitar is now yours. Let's look at what it consists of.

Deco is the tool of the tool itself. It is believed that the most “correctly” guitars from the deck of spruce or cedar sound. It has a large hole in a round shape, it is called resonator.
A vulture has a head on the deck, on which there are stars fixing the strings. Also on the griffen there are crossbars (usually metal), which we call frets, strings are crushed to them in order to extract the sound.
The classic guitar has six strings.

Tuning guitar before starting the game

Do not play on a frustrated tool, especially a beginner. Therefore, it is worth looking for a special tuner in music stores or install the application in your smartphone. This will help you correctly tighten (weaken) strings.

If you do not have such an opportunity, try to navigate the fifth way. After all, if you squeeze the strings in certain frets, they will sound harmonious and each of them can act as a guide for the other.
It is enough to configure the first string. As a rule, it sounds open like a note "mi". To make sure that this is so, you can focus on the sound of piano or use a similarly tuned tuning fork.
Next, you need to press the second string to the fifth fret, and by weakening or pulling, achieve the same sound. Now listen to how the tuned open second string sounds and repeat the same sound, pressing the third to the fourth fret.

Three strings are configured. We listen to the open third and repeat this sound, pressing the fourth to the fifth fret. In the same way, we achieve that the open fourth and fifth, clamped in the fifth fret, sound in unison.
We finish the fact that we press the sixth string to the fifth fret, which should correspond to the sound of the open fifth. That is, all the strings (except the third), clamped in the fifth fret, as we see, are tuned in the sound of the open previous one.

What do you need to start playing a guitar?

The process of mastering the game on the guitar should be pleasure. You should not do it standing, because you are not a rock star yet, you are just learning.

Sit on a chair or on the sofa, put your foot on your foot or use a stand for your left leg. Now take the neck in the left hand and make sure that the thumb and Lada are parallel. Do not press your hand to the griff, this will not give anything but a quick tired brush.
The first fret is located on the head of the neck. The first string is the lowest and thin. Here, start with it, pressing in different ways and listening to the sound. Your task is now learning to press a string with the right force in order to extract pure sound.
Gradually use other strings, play with other fingers, let them also get used to it.
Pick up by ear or ask someone to show you simple melodies using one string. For some reason, all novice guitarists start with a song about a grasshopper. You can also follow this tradition.
And when you are masterfully, without falsehood and horseshoes, as they say, with closed eyes, you will begin to perform this masterpiece, consider that your fingers realized what they should do and it is time to master the next peak.

Three chords

For some reason, this is what they say about primitive melodies. But your task is not to master three, but as many as seven! We act on the same principle, only we press two-three-three-four strings at the same time. To begin with, let's remember the designations of the chords originating from the name of the dominant note.

So, the first note before, it is indicated by the Latin letter S. Then, as we recall, re - its symbol D. Mi is E, and F - F. The Note Salt is denoted by the letter G, La in the scores acts as a symbol a, and the last note SI is it like H.
Now we will deal with a cheerful major and a sad minor. It is simple: when the chord completes the lowercase tank m, for example, FM, then we play in f-minor. If just F-in Fa-Major. It is nice to write down all these designations so that they have them before your eyes until you learn them and you will read the chords without hesitation.
Now you have become more clear to all these letter designations, as they are called in the musical dictionary - applique. Please note that they depict a vulture with strings located on it. We look at the numbers. Roman means a way, Arabic - a string. Those numbers that are in circles correspond to the fingers of our left hand, from index (1) to the little finger (4). If, opposite a string, zero is drawn, it means that it remains free, the cross-the sound of the string should not be.

So, we play in La-Minor (AM), one of the main chords that any respecting guitarist should know. The second string to the first fret is pressed with the first finger, the fourth to the second - through the middle finger and the third string to the second fret presses the ring finger.
We master the rest of the chords with the same method, carefully looking at what kind of fret is pressed by what string. Only Fla Major (F) is distinguished from the general row, in which the index finger presses all the strings to one fret. This method of playing Barre is called.
Now that you understand theoretically, what all these numbers and letters in the appliances mean, it's time to move on to practice and start mastering the chords on a simple song. The cult "pack of cigarettes" Viktor Tsoi is the most!

We play with busting

Surely you heard a guitar overkill, which professionals call the word arpeggio. We also heard a battle that Vladimir Vysotsky very often accompanied his broken singing. The sound is extracted in different ways, but the chords remain the same, with the difference that in one case you touch the string with your fingers one after another, and in the other, hit them down and up (where exactly-the corresponding arrow-scheme indicates in the scheme ).

Exercises should be regular if you really set yourself the goal of learning to play the guitar. Of course, at first it will be difficult, confused, and sometimes it hurts. But you are faced with the task, but you remember the famous phrase: "I see the goal, I do not see obstacles." Study methodological manuals, use video tutorials and feel free to consult with those who have already mastered this wisdom.