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YOUCANL EARNGUITAR !

BEGINNERGUITAR

WRITTENLESSONMANUAL

-WrittenbyDavidTaub 2

TABLEOFCONTEN TS:

LessonPage

Tenessenti alpointstoremember............................................................................4

Partsofthegui tar-acoustic&electric....................................................................5

Frequentlyaskedquestions,ac ousticorelectric? ...................................................6

Namesoftheo penstri ngs.......................................................................................8

Threegoalsandy ouwillbeplayings ongs..............................................................9

Readingchordchar ts...............................................................................................10

Frethandtechnique s-buildingasolidfoundation ..................................................11-12

Learningyourfirst chord..........................................................................................13-14

Learningyoursecond chord.....................................................................................15

Af ewtipsonpr acticing............................................................................................17-18

Frequentlyaskedquestiononpr acticing.................................................................19

Strummingandrhythmmechan ics..........................................................................20

Anothercoolstrumpatter n.......................................................................................23

Anotherfrequentlyaske dquestiononpracticing.....................................................24

Openpositio nchordstolearn..................................................................................25-26

TheFmaj orc hord....................................................................................................27

Chordchart andpracticerevi ew..............................................................................28

Chordchangi ngtechniquesandprinciple s..............................................................29

Theshar edfingerschordchan gingtechnique.........................................................30

Sharedfingersch ordchangepractice.....................................................................31

Thecluste rprinciplechordcha ngingtechnique.......................................................32

Clusterprinciple chordchangepractice...................................................................33

Theslide principlechordc hangetechniqueandpractice........................................34

Notesonth eFretboard............................................................................................36

-WrittenbyDavidTaub,co -creator,NextLevelG uitarInc.® Copyright©NextLevel Guit arInc.,2011-allrightsre served-unauthorizedduplicationor distributionofanypartofthisbookispro hibi ted

NEXTLEVELG UITAR®

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INTRODUCTION:

Hellogoodpeople !DavidTaubh ereandIwouldliketotake amomenttothank youforyourin terest inmyin structio nalproducts.Iamsoexcitedtogetyoustart edonyourguitarjourne y.W hether you havebeenplay ingforalittl ewhileorarejuststartingfromscratch, Iamtotallycon fidentthatmy lessonswillhelpyo uachieveyourg uitargoalsa ndgetyoup layingtheguitaran dhavingfun. Ith inkyouwillfind thatmytea chingmethods areofthebest availableont hemar kettoday.Ihave successfullytaughtth ousandsandthousands ofstudentsbothprivatelya ndonlinea llovertheworld. Ite achalllevels,fr omstudents whohavenevertouch edaguitar,on throughadvancedplayer s-soI recognizetheentirespectrum. Teachingawidearrayofst udentsallowsmetosee onadailybasisthecom monchal lenges thatal l studentsfacewhenlearnin gtheinstru ment.Thisgiv esmeuniqueinsightsoncreat ingexercise sand lessonplansto helpstudentsover comethe sechallenges andgetthemplayingtheg uitarinth e fastestandmosteffi cientmanne r. SoIkno wwh atworksandwha tdoesn't,wh atstudentsgra vitateto ward,whatemp owersstudents, andhowtog etstudents quicklym ovingfor wardontheinstrumentbya chievingclearcutg oalsand objectives-allwh ilehavingFUN! Likewitha nythingnewan ddifferent,diveintothes ematerial swithanop enmind.Knowthatifyou practicethesetechniqu es,workhard, andkeephoningyourskillsandrefinin gyourart,th ese methodswillbringresul tsandyouwill beplay ingguitarlikeyoualway sdreamedof. Guitarcanbeachallen gingin strume ntf orsure,butifyoufollowmystructuredcu rriculum,keepa positiveattitude,andpr acticetherightthings,thenyouw illsucceed.Th eguitarwillbesomet hingthat willbrin gyoujoyforthere stofyourl ife.Thegu itarisinf ectiousan donceyoust artrea pingthe rewardsyouwon'twantto stop.Infa ctyouwillprobabl ybeplayinggu itarf ortherestofy ourlif e. Enjoythesemater ialsandpleas eletmeknowifyouhaveanyquest ions.Ialwa yswelcomeyour insightsandfeedbackasI amconstant lytweakingmyinstruction alprod ucts tomaket hemthebest theycanbe.You canemai lmeatthenextlevelguitar@yahoo.com

Iwi shyoutheb estinallyo urmusicalen deavors.

Enjoythejourne y,andasal ways........ROCKON!

DavidTaub

www.nextlevelguitar.com ........Andpleasechec koutmyfullonvid eoinstructionalw ebsiteatwww.nextlevelguitar.com 4

TENESSE NTIALPOINTSTOREMEMBER:

1.Patience-Learninganinstrumentrequi respa tience.Manyofthetechniquestaketimeto

master.Evenfingerin gchordscanbe quitechallenging.Thisisnorma lsodonotget discouraged.Ittakestimetogetyourf inger s,tendons,andm usclesusedtoben dingi nthe waysnecessaryto playguitar.Takeyou rtime, bepatientand itwillcome.

2.Attitude-Apo sitiveattitudegoesalon gway.Youcandothis,sotryand staypositivean d

rememberthatyourguita rplayingisan evolution.

3.Propertechnique -Utilizingthepropertechniq uesandle arningtheproperfun damentalsis

essentialforb eginnergu itar.Anybadhabitsthatyo ustartoffwithwillbeve ryhardtou ntangle lateraswellast heywil limpedeyourp rogre ssdowntheroad .Sostrivetofo llowthetechnique guidelinescloselyatfirstandthenl aterdowntheroa dyouca ndeveloptheminto yourown personalstyle-firstlearnthe rules,thengoahe adandbrea kthem!.

4.Fingernaillength-Keepthefi ngernails onyourfrethandshort.Ifyournailsa retool ongthey

willinterf erewiththefrettingofnoteson thefinger board.Ifyoupre ssstrai ghtdownwi thone fingeronasolidsurf ace,li keat abletop,andy oufeelthenailhittingthe tablebefo re your fingertip,yournailsaretoolong andwillneedt obecut.

5.Cleanliness-Washandtho roughlydr yyourhandsbeforepickingupthegui tar.It willkeep

oilyresiduesa nddirtoffthefingerbo ardandyou rhandswillbe cleanandn otslidearo undon theneck.Wi petheneck downwithasoft clothafte rplayingasth iskeepsthene ckcleanand prolongsstringlife.

6.OnDis comfort-Fingertipsorenessandwristdi scomfortisnormalfort hebeginn ingguitarist.

Asyoup laymoreyo urfingertipc alluseswillb uildupstronge randthediscomfortwillgetless andless.Bu tifyoufee lmajorpai ninthe wristorar m-STOP.Bigpainis yourb odies'wayof tellingyousomethingmay bewrong. Giveitalittlerestandgobac ktoitlat erandc heckto ensureyouareuti lizingthe propertech niques.

7.Slowdown-Playingslowandintimeis ALWAYSbet terthanp laying fastandsloppy. Always

masteraconceptatsl owsp eedsbeforetryingt oplayi tfaster.Sp eedcomeswithtim e.

8.Notesontheneck-Notatfirst butev entuallyyouw anttotryt omemorizethenotesonthe

neckandth enotestha tmakeupagi venchordorascale .Youjustdon'twant tosolelyrelyo n justfinger ingsorshapes.Itwillmakeyouabette rguit aristinthelongru nandyo uwillbeable tospeak "thelanguage "ofmusicwhen conversingwithothermusicians,wri tingso ngs,playing withyourfrie nds,orinaban dsituation.

9.Developyourear-Isay thesew ordsoften,If eeldevelopingy ourearisoneofthemo st

importantthingsyoucandoasa guitaristormusician. intolearningsomemusictheoryhas greatval ue.Itwillmov eyourplayingforwa rdfastera nd allowyoutocommun icatethel anguag eofmusictoothermusicians.

11.Fun-Giveyourself plentyof"funtime"onth eguitardoingwhaty oulove todobest-learna

song,writean ewtune,dofunstuf f.D on'tspend allyourtimejustst udying andworkin gnew concepts.HAVEFUNANDSTAY POSITIVE-practicedoesnothave tobedrudgery ! 5

PARTSOFTHEGUI TAR-ACOUSTIC&ELECTRIC:

Inorde rtocommunicateef fective lyinguitarlingoy ouwillneedtole arnsomegui tarterminolo gy.The illustrationsbelowdisplaysomeofthecomm onpartsofanacou sticguitarandanele ctricguit ar. headstock tuningpegs nut frets neck frets body soundhole pickups bridge

ACOUSTICGUITARELECTRICGU ITAR

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FREQUENTLYASKEDQUESTIONS

Whichguitardo IchooseAcousticorElect ric?

Youhaveac hoicewhenyoust art tolearntoplayguit ar.Doy ouwanttolea rntoplayontheacoustic guitarorontheelect ricgui tar?Th eprincipl es,concepts,andtechniques thatyouwilllearnwhen first startingtoplayguitarar ethesa menomatterw hichoneyouchoose. However,therearesome basicdiffe rencesbe tweenthetwot hatIfeelareverymuchworth mentioning.Yourdecisionpartiallyl iesinwhicho nesoundsbesttoyourears andwhichonedoyou envisionyourselfplayin g. Manyofyouw illbe drawnmoreto onethantheot her.Youm aywanttoh avethatel ectricg uitar pluggedinthroughanamp lifier andeventuallyadddisto rtiona ndrockout.Or,youmayloveandar e moredrawntow ardthebeautifu lsoundsproducedbyar inging,fu ll-bodiedacousticguit ar. Bothinstrumen tsar etrulywon derfulandmostgu itarplayerseventuallyendup owningon eofeach,if notmore.I havetwelveguitar sa tthistimeand lovethemall-theyareall uniqueand havetheir own voices. Thebiggest thingtokeepinmindw henmakingthisdeci sionisthee lectric guitarisa littleeasierto learnonthananaco ustic.O nanelectricg uitar, thestringsareofaligh tergau ge,the actionislower, itseasiert opressdownonthe strings, andthebodyi sthinnerande asierto getyourar maround.So overalltheelectricwil lbeeasier toplayandlearnoninthebeg inning. Butlearni ngfirstonanacousticisfine ,itsjustalitt lemore challe nging.Eitherwayyouwan ttofin d thegui tarthatistheright fitforyourhan dsand bodyan donethatdoesnotfi ghtyou .Youwanta guitarthatissetupw ellandiseasy toplay .Youwillh aveeno ughtoworrya boutatfir stjustge tting overthephysi csoftheinst rument. Whateverguitaryougowith makesureit'stherigh tfitforyo urbody andhands.Therearemany differentmodelguitarsonthe markettoday.Som ehavewidenecksandsometh in,som ehavelar ge bodiesandsomesmalle r.Sofindi ngtherigh tsizedguitarthatfitsy ourhan dsandbodybest,is absolutelyessential.Thewrongsiz edguitarthatispoorly setupa ndhardtoplaywillin creaseyo ur frustrationlevelexponentially.Ke epthevariablest oaminimumandgettherightsizedguitar. Isug gestgoingwithwha tyoulove.Ifyou aredrawnmore towardtheaco ustic,andlo vethatacoustic sound-thengowithth at.You willprobabl yenduphavingatl eastoneofe achdowntheli ne,and thenyouwillh avethebe stofbothworld s. 7

UTILIZINGTHEPICK:

Therearebasicall ytwowayst oattackthestringsofthegu itar.Onew ayiswithyourfi ngersalone, whichiscalled finger pickingorfingersty leguitar.Anotherw ayisutilizingap lectrum orwhatismore commonlytermedapick. Iwa nttogetyoupl ayingt heguitar inthefaste stmannerpossiblesoletssta rtbyutili zingthepick. Fingerstyleisindeedawesome,bu tthebe ginningtechniquesar everychallengingandta kealotof timetodevelo p.Isugg eststartingoffbyusingapicka ndi fyoulikethatfin gerstylesoundthenthatis somethingyoucanstudydownthe roadafte ryouhavehadsome guitartim eunderyo urbelt. Guitarpickscomeinvar iousshapes ,sizes,thickness, andmat erials.Variousthicknessp ickswill actuallysounddifferenta stheyhitthe strings.Asyougetmorefamiliar withth epick,youwillw antto experiment.Trydiff erentmate rialsandsizestofindwhatfeel sthebestinyourhands,ANDsounds besttoyou rears. Iha vefoundthat beginningstudent sgravitatem oretowardpicksmadefromnylonth athaveraised lettersorridgesbuiltin tothem .Youdon'twantthepickmo vingorsli dinginyou rhandsoyouwillfind theraisedr idgesorletters actlikegrips. Oftenbeginnersf indthepickslippingintheirhan dastheystrum, soapickwit hgripsoni tcomesin veryhandy.The yalsomakepickswithhol esinthem,thiswaypartofyourfingerfitsintothathole. Thisaidsingr ippingthepick soitdo esnottwistorslideinyourhan d. Illustratedbelowarethetwomostcomm onwaystoholdth epick.Tryth embothan dseewhichfe els bestinyou rhand.

Aspera bovepictu re:Openyourhand and

haveyourpalm faceup.Next,p lacethepick withthepoint ytipfacing straightupflaton yourpointe rfinger.Lessthanhalfo fthepick shouldbeoffthep ointer finger.Th encome overthetopof thepickw ithyourt humband gripthepick firmlybut notwithexcessiv e pressurebetweenbo thfingers.Withthis methodthetipofth ethumbisup wardinthe samelineas thepointytip ofthep ick.

Aspert heabovepi cture:Turn thepicksideways

soth epointyti pispointedtowardy ourleft.P oint yourpoint erfing ertowardtheleftina straight- linehorizon talwiththepick.Thetipofyour fingershouldbepoint ingatthepoin tytipo fthe pick.Placeth epickontopof yourpoin terfinger, lessthanha lfofthepicksho uldbehangin goff yourfinger .Thencomeoverth etopofthepic k withyourthum bsandwichingth epickbetween yourpointe rfingerandthumb. 8

NAMESOFTHEOPENS TRINGS: What'st hataboutdynamite?

Let'slearnthen amesofthesixopen stringsfro mlowesttohighest . Atfirst youwanttobep layingin whatiscalled"StandardTuning"or"A440 tuning".Inthistuningth e openstringsfr omlowtohighringou ttothenotesE ,A,D,G,B, andE. ThereisalowE stringanda highEstring.

ThelowEst ringisalso call edthe6

th string,theAisalsoca lledthe5 th string,theDis the4 th string,G isth e3 rd string,Bisthe2 nd string,andthehighE isthe1 st string. It'sveryimpo rtanttoknowt henamesoftheopenstrings.Ihav eaneasy littlesaying thatwillh elp yourememb er,infactIdon'tthinkyouwill everforg etthemifyoucommitth isphrasetome mory. Toreme mberthenamesofthesixopen stringsju strememberthisst atemen t"EddieAteDy namite, GoodBye Eddie"-EADGBE-thereyouhave it-thenameso fthesixopenstrin gs.

EddieAteDynamiteGoodByeEddie

EADGBE

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Nut 1 st Fret 2 nd fret 4 th fret 3 rd fret AD G BE 9

THREEGOALSAND YOUWILLBEPLAY INGSONGS:

Itisim porta ntasyoumovethroughthisstructu redgu itarplant hatwesetafewg uitargoalsalongthe way.Weallkno wthatso ngsarever yimporta nttomusicians.I nfactmanyofus mayhavep ickedup theguitar withthegoalofbein gabletoevent uallypla ysongs.Well,Ia mgoing togetyoutothep oint whereyoucanplay songsbyfir sttacklin gthreecriticalguitargoals.

THREEGOALSTOBEAB LETOPLAYSONGS :

1.Learnsomeopenp ositionch ords

2.Learnhowtostru mwithrhyth m

3.Lear nhowtochan gechords

Ifyouca ndotheabo vethre ethin gs,thenyou willbeplayingson gs-thatfast.Whataresongs playedonaninstrumen t?Basic allya seriesorstringofnotesorchordspla yedwithacertainrhythm. Youcanbrea kthemd ownintoaseries ofchordchanges orchordprogre ssions. Soifyo ulearn somechords,l earnhowtostrum, andthenlearnhowtochan gechords,yo uwillb e playingsongs.It'squitea mazinghowfa stIcangetyoup layingmusicallyso undingexamples. Solet' sgetstartedwit hthefirstg oalandlearnsomechords. Iamgoingtoex plainhowt oread chordchartsand thenteachyou yourfirstt hreechords.Th iswillgetyo ustartedonyourfi rst chordprogressi on. Rememberthatwithjustahan dfulofchordsy ouwillbeabl etoplayth ousa ndsandthousands ofsongs. Someofthebest songseverwr ittena remadeupo fonlythre eor fourch ords.It's trulyamazinghow muchyouwillbeabletoac complishbyj ustlearnin gthechor dslistedinthi s book.Youwill amazeyourse lf! Alongwithlearn ingafewchords andpracticingthem,youalso wan ttostartle arninghowto strumwithrhythmandlearnso mestrumpa tterns.Sowecanwor konthefi rsttwogoalsatthe sametime.T henwhenyouhavet hefirsttwocho rdssoundinggo odwecanwor konchanging them. 10

READINGCHORDCHARTS:

Allmywri ttenil lustrationsareconsistent inthatthestrin gsarealwaysshownver ticalandt hefrets horizontal.Youwillhavetobeabletor eadthechor dchartsinord ertostudyt hechor dsthat wewill bele arning. Thechordsa redrawninastanda rdwaytha tyouprobablyhav eseenbe for e.Inthegridil lustration belowyoucanseeal lsixstrings areshow nvertica llyfromt heLowE totheHighE.Thegrid looks liketheactu alneckofth eguitar.Thefret srunhoriz ontala ndarenum beredinorderstartingwi ththe 1 st fret,2 nd fret,3 rd fret,andsoon.Noticet hethickhorizont allineatt hetopoftheg rid.Thisiscalled thenutand isnotcons ideredafr et. Atfirst youwillbespen dingaloto ftimewithin thefir stfivefretsworkingonop enp ositioncho rds,or chordsplayedwith atleastoneop enstring.Theseo penpositionchordsar ethefirstch ordsthatjust abouteveryguit arplayerlearnswh entheyfirststarttol earnguitar.These openpositionchords are alsoreferr edtoas"cowboychords","sixba ngers", or"the basicopenchords". **CHORD=Achordisdefin edas twoo rmorenotesplayed atthesamet ime.

LowHigh

Nut

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1 st fret 2 nd fret

3rdfret

4 th fret

Thefre thandfingers are

numberedinastandardway soyo ucaneasilykn owwhat fingertoplaceon what string.Thepointerfi ngeris "1",the middlefin geris"2", thering fingeris"3" ,andthe pinkyis"4".T hethum bis oftenreferred toas"T".Look forthese numbersatthe bottomofthegr idasth eytell whichfingerto usetofreta givennote. 11

FRETHANDTEC HNIQUES-BUILDINGASOLIDFOUNDATION :

Frethandt echniqueisabso lutelycriticalforoptimumg uitarp laying.Thepropertechniquewillgive youarocksol id foundatio nthatwecanbui ldonasyoumoveupthatguitarstair case. Atfirst whenfretting notes,youwil lexperiencesomemilddiscomfo rtinyourwristan dalsoonthe tips ofyour fingers.This onlylastsuntilyoubuild upsomecalluses onyourfingertips.Al lthis isnormal andIassure you thediscomfortint hewristand fingertip swillsubsidemoreandmoreea chdaya nd eventuallydisappearcompletely. Yourwristandf ingertendon swillgrow strongerandwillget usedtothep ositionsas wellasyour fingertipswillsoongetverytough. Whenyouseeth eskinonyour fingertip sstarttoripy oushouldbe like"YEAH! "-becausethatiswhatyo uwant-youwantt heskintoripand thenwheni tcomes back itwil lbetoughe randstronge r.Soconsidertherippedskinl ikeamer itbadge! KEYPOINT :Rememberaswegothrough thechordfin geri ngsfory ourfirs t batchofcho rds,don otgetdiscouraged, itmaytakew eekstogetthefing erings memorizedandforthechor dstosoundcleanandri ngtrue.Sta ypositiv e-and rememberthatyourp laying isanevolution! Youalsonee dtokeepthe fingernails onthef ourfinger sonyourfr ethandshort.Agoodtestisto pressdownonaf latsurfacewit hyour fin gertip,likeat abletop,andifyo ucanf eelthe nailbefore you feelthetipof yourfing er,thenth enaili stoolongand mustbecut. Youdon' twantyourfinge rnailtohitth efretboardb eforeyourfingertip.Ifyournail sareto olongitwi llquotesdbs_dbs13.pdfusesText_19