Elko High School

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Elko High School

• Choral Music Department

Karen Rogers, Director
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Beginning Guitar

• Introduction and Basics of Beginning Guitar

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Types of Guitars

• Classical or Nylon string Guitar

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Types of Guitars

• Folk or Steel string guitar

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Types of Guitars

• Electric Solid Body guitar

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Types of Guitars

• Electric hollow body guitar

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The Guitar
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Tuning

• Tuning to a piano
• When you are tuning your guitar, you will adjust
  the pitch of each string by turning the
  corresponding tuning key.

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Tuning

• Tuning to a piano

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Tuning

• Relative Tuning
• Begin with 6th string. Press the 6th string at
  the 5th fret. The pitch should match the open 5th
  string.

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Tuning

• Relative Tuning
• Press the 5th string at the 5th fret. The pitch
  should match the open 4th string.

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Tuning

• Relative Tuning
• Press the 4th string at the 5th fret. The pitch
  should match the open 3rd string.

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Tuning

• Relative Tuning
• Press the 3rd string at the 4th fret. The pitch
  should match the open 2nd string.

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Tuning

• Relative Tuning
• Press the 2nd string at the 5th fret. The pitch
  should match the open 1st string.

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Tuning

• Relative Tuning

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Tuning
Free Online tuning Websites

• Online Guitar Tuner-8 Notes
• Online Guitar Tuner-Guitar Parts USA

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Tuning

• Tuning with an Electronic Tuner
• It will read the pitch of a sound.
• It will tell you whether the pitch is flat or
  sharp.
• This is a much more accurate method of tuning.

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Tuning
Once you have tuned with an electronic tuner, go
back and check the tuning with the relative
tuning method. Click on picture to go back to
relative tuning method.
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Playing the Guitar

• Seated position
• Position body, arms legs comfortably, to avoid
  tension.
• Keep the body of the guitar as vertical as
  possible.
• Avoid slanting the guitar so that you can see
  better.

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Playing Position

• Pick position
• Hold pick between your thumb and index fingers.

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Beginning Guitar
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