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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5ufAN0jjcQ Hello this is Neil Griffin here -- today we'll
focus on "how to play guitar for beginners lesson 1". When you are first learning to
play the guitar it is vital that you know how to tune the instrument and when I'm demonstrating
how to play guitar for beginners I always make sure that I start with this lesson.
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"how to play guitar for beginners" lesson 1 step 1 -Okay -- to tune your guitar it is
really important first to have one string perfectly in tune and you can do this by sounding
a note on a piano keyboard or maybe a harmonica like the one I have here. So for instance
if you have a harmonica in the key of C like this one, you simply put your first finger
on the first fret of the second string and make sure that note is in tune with a harmonica
when it is blown like so. To get all the other strings in tune with
the second string you go through a sequence -- when learning how to play guitar for beginners
you needn't be worry about this -- is actually really simple!
"how to play guitar for beginners" lesson 1step 2 - First of all put your second finger
on the fifth fret of the second string the top string the E string should now be perfectly
ensuring with the note you play on the second string.
how to play guitar for beginners lesson 1step 3 - Do same thing, third string but this time
puts your second finger on the fourth fret of the third string and again that string
should now be perfectly in tune with the second string. If it is not simply turn the appropriate
tuning key on your guitar until this the string is in tune.
how to play guitar for beginners lesson 1 step 4 - Next put your second finger on the
fifth fret fourth string and again that should now be in tune with the third string then
again down to the fifth string and again second finger on 5th fret -- should be in tune with
4th string. How to play guitar for beginners lesson 1
step 5 - and finally the same thing on the six string second finger fifth threat which
should be in tune with the fifth string. How to Play guitar for beginners lesson 1
step 6 - You may want to go through the whole sequence again and make sure that the guitar
is in tune with itself and then go and play and it will sound great - and you've completed
how to play guitar for beginners lesson 1! And don't forget -- if you want all the tips
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