Fretting
When you play the guitar, you use the fingers of your fingering hand to press down the strings on the fret board of the guitar and use your strumming hand to pluck or strum the strings at the bridge end of the guitar. Which hand you use will depend on whether you are left-handed or right-handed. Using your fingering hand to press the strings on the fret board is called fretting. Here are some tips to help you with fretting:
1. Keep your fingernails short as you will need the tips of your fingers to press the strings.
2. When making a chord, be sure that each fingertip is placed as close as possible to the fret, the closer they are they less chance there is for buzzing strings.
3. Check to make sure that each string rings clearly and is not muted or buzzing.
4. It’s important to make sure that your fingers approach the strings on the neck at a perpendicular angle. If they are at right angles to the neck there will be less fret buzz.
As a beginner guitarist, it may hurt your fingers to play. This is normal. Every guitarist starts this way for the first couple of weeks. With practice, you will develop guitar fingers (hard skin on your fingertips).
Holding the Pick
1. Position the pick between thumb and index fingers as shown in the diagram below.
When you play the guitar, you use the fingers of your fingering hand to press down the strings on the fret board of the guitar and use your strumming hand to pluck or strum the strings at the bridge end of the guitar. Which hand you use will depend on whether you are left-handed or right-handed. Using your fingering hand to press the strings on the fret board is called fretting. Here are some tips to help you with fretting:
1. Keep your fingernails short as you will need the tips of your fingers to press the strings.
2. When making a chord, be sure that each fingertip is placed as close as possible to the fret, the closer they are they less chance there is for buzzing strings.
3. Check to make sure that each string rings clearly and is not muted or buzzing.
4. It’s important to make sure that your fingers approach the strings on the neck at a perpendicular angle. If they are at right angles to the neck there will be less fret buzz.
As a beginner guitarist, it may hurt your fingers to play. This is normal. Every guitarist starts this way for the first couple of weeks. With practice, you will develop guitar fingers (hard skin on your fingertips).
Holding the Pick
1. Position the pick between thumb and index fingers as shown in the diagram below.
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