In standard tuning, strings 1-3 are E, B, and G.If you strum just those three strings without any fingers on the frets, you have a perfectly acceptable E minor. It’s not quite as full as the more common version above, but it will work! Depending on the sound you’re going for,...
Frets:The metal strips that go along the neck of the guitar. The one farthest to your left, if you are right handed, is the first fret. The next one to the right of the first one is the second and so on. This is very simple but it’s important to understand for when you start ...
When you're done, you'll have successfully made "Happy Birthday" an easy song using only three chords --- and it works well on electric or acoustic guitar. This version is great for jumping into a celebration without too much planning, and it doesn't require many guitar skills --- mean...
Cmaj7 Chord on Guitar: Open Position (v1) Armed with a bit of the musical theory behind the construction of a Cmaj7 chord, it’s time to learn to play it. One of the easiest ways to play the Cmaj7 chord is in the open position. This version of the chord usesstandard tuning. You...
Another reason to replace a fret is because it might be damaged. Dropping a guitar on the ground or on another guitar can hit a fret and put a large dent in it. It will be easier to replace this fret than to try to level all the frets down to the dented fret’s height. ...
To ensure success on your first electric guitar build, focus on the body, components, and dimensions. Guitar necks can be fussy to build—getting all the frets laid out right means the difference between an instrument that can be played and one that can’t. For this reason, we reached ...
If you have ever compared an electric guitar to an acoustic guitar, you know that they have several important things in common. Both acoustic and electric guitars have six strings, they both tune those strings with tuning pegs and they both have frets on a long neck. Down at the body end...
How to Read Guitar TAB: This instructable aims to take the mystery out of reading guitar TABs. It's the same method I use for my free guitar lessons I give on my site at http://guitarsix.com. Guitar TAB is written on a staff that mimics the strings of t
A standard guitar could actually continue even higher to hit another third and fifth; in E, the fretboard allows for a full four octaves of every note, just a few frets short of a fifth octave! Quite cool, and those of you with professional keyboards, grand pianos, and so on can ...
12 half-steps (twelve frets) = Perfect Octave To create a chord out of these intervals we do exactly what the name of the method implies: we stack thirds. Starting with the root note of the chord, we stack a major 3rd on top of it, and then a minor third on top of that. ...