Teach Yourself How to Play the Guitar Overnight

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1、TeachYourselfHowtoPlaytheGuitarOvernight!INTRODUCTION:Firstofall,wemustforgeteverythingwe’veeverthoughtabouthowcomplicatedplayingmusicis.Icompareitto‘mathanxiety’Manypeoplefearmusicandthinkthatittakesageniustobeagoodmusician.Tobeamasteritmighttakeagenius,buttoplaysongsontheguitar,sou

2、ndgoodandhaveagreattimeisonlyalessonortwoaway!Ihavebeenplayingandteachingmusicprofessionallyformanyyearsandwasachildpianoprodigymyself.Iplayandteach:piano,guitar,bass,fluteanddrums.Ihavetoughtmanyfriendsandfamilymembershowtogetstartedplayingsongsontheguitarpracticallyovernight.Whenyo

3、uarededicatedenoughandpassionateaboutlearningtheguitar,itcomesaloteasierthanyoumaythink.MyfianceeisalsoexcellingattheguitarandthebassguitarsinceI’veshownherafewmethodsandtricks.Ihopethisgivesyouthekickstartyouneedtogetstartedrockin’androllin’!Enjoy.LET’SLEARN!Grabyourguitar!Iamassumi

4、ngthatpriortoreadingthisyouhaveaprettygoodideaofhowtoholdaguitarandpluckthestringseitherwithyourfinger(s)orwithaguitar‘pick’.Ifnothere’stherundown:(ForLefties,Doeverythingoppositei.e‘leftupperthigh’etc.)Playingguitarforhourscanstrainyourbackifyoudonotmaintainanuprightposture.Pickupyo

5、urguitarandplacethebackoftheguitaragainstyourstomach.Ifyouarerighthanded,theguitarneckshouldbepointingtowardsyourleft.Resttheguitarbodyonyourrightupperthigh.Nowplaceyourlefthandaroundtheguitarneckandplaceyourrightarmaroundthebodysothatyourhandislyingbythestrings.Adjustyourbodypositio

6、ningsothatyouarecompletelycomfortable.HandPositioningIfyou'relefthanded,don'tworry.Youhavetwooptionshere.Thefirstoptionistobuyaright-handedguitarandre-stringit,sothattheorderofthestringsinfigure3isreversed.Thesecondoptionyouhaveistobuyaleft-handedguitar.Ifyou'rerighthanded,youwilluse

7、yourlefthandtoconstructchords.Thelefthandfingersarebentandpressingdownonthestringsonthefretboard.Thebackoftheneckiscurved,sothatyourhandmoldsintotheshapeoftheneck.Yourthumbisarchingaverthetopoftheneck.Thisisacommonthumbpositionforconstructingchords.Itisalsooktopressyourthumbintotheba

8、ckoftheguita