The electronic guitar has made several pop icons popular amongst the young generation. The music produced with the instrument can send you in a trance. Most of the young music lovers want to become guitar players. So, let us learn how to play guitar .
Before you begin your learning and practice, you need to know that you have to be patient since learning the instrument may take a long time. It may even happen that you learn playing guitar in no time at all. You need to have a guitar, guitar picks, and a chair with no arms. If you are already playing a guitar, you must be fully aware of the names of its different parts.
At the top portion is a ‘headstock' which has tuners attached to it. ‘Tuners' are used to adjust the patch of the strings of the guitar. There is a small ‘nut' at the end of the headstock. There are grooves on it that lead the strings to the tuners. All these three components collectively form the ‘neck' portion of the guitar where you need to concentrate. You will produce different notes by placing your fingers at various places on the neck.
This neck is extended to the ‘body' of the guitar. The shape of the body of guitar varies from guitar to guitar. Electric guitars have a solid body and ‘pick-ups' instead of ‘sound hole'. ‘Pick-ups' are tiny microphones that captures the sound of strings and amplify them. ‘Bridge' is a component on the body of the guitar where strings are fastened. Metal strips on the surface of the neck are called ‘frets'.
Now, that you have learned about the components of a guitar and their usage, you are ready to learn how to play guitar . Be seated upright on an armless chair and make yourself comfortable. Pick up your guitar and hold it in such away that the back of the body of the guitar touches your chest. The neck of the guitar should be parallel to the floor and the thick string of the guitar should be close to your face and the thin one to the floor. If you are sitting while playing the guitar, the body of the guitar will rest on one of your legs.
The hand that is close to the neck of the guitar is called the ‘fretting hand'. Keep the thumb of your fretting hand at the back of the neck of your guitar and position your fingers, curled at the knuckles, above the strings. Buy at least nine or ten guitar picks of different shapes and sizes. Medium gauge picks are a better option for beginners. The hand close to the bridge is called the ‘picking hand'.
Curl the fingers of your picking hand, palm inward towards you. Position your fist in such a way that the thumb remains below the index finger. The knuckles of your fingers must face you. Slightly slide the pick in between your thumb and index finger. Keep your picking hand at the sound hole and strike the sixth string in an upward movement, and then give one stroke downwards. The same process should be repeated with 4 th , 5th, 3 rd , 2 nd and 1 st string.
The guitar is ancient musical instrument that produces music due to the vibration of strings. Usually, it has six strings, but you can also get guitars which have four, seven, eight, ten or twelve strings. Guitar is used in varied forms of music such as blues, country, flamenco, rock and pop. Earlier, guitars were a mere wooden frame and the music was produced by the vibration of the strings that traveled into the hollow of the frame. With the great advancement in the electronic field, the first electronic guitar came up in the 20 th century.