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Summary of Contents for STRAT

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Page 2: ...003 ENGLISH BEHRINGER V TONE GM108 modeling amplifier BEHRINGER STRAT type electric guitar Adjustable black nylon strap 6 5 foot high quality instrument cable Vibrato arm 3 picks Guitar instruction book Padded gig bag Chord chart poster Amp manual ...

Page 3: ...e picks 5 Downward strum 5 Tuning 6 Introduction 6 Guitar pitch pipe 6 Keyboards 6 Relative tuning 6 Electronic tuner 6 Tuning with BEHRINGER guitar amps 6 Online tuning 6 Chords 7 Brief introduction to chords 7 First Steps 8 F major 8 Power chords 8 Easy chord progressions 8 Pentatonic scale 8 Care Maintenance 9 Cleaning your guitar 9 Care 9 Changing strings 9 Tips 9 ...

Page 4: ... you read in this book and elsewhere GUITAR FRETBOARD DIAGRAM Fretboard diagrams are like road maps for playing the guitar They show you what notes to play and what strings to strum Take note of how the diagram represents the guitar fretboard LEFT HAND POSITION Left hand fingers are numbered 1 to 4 be ginning with the index finger Always press the strings with the tips of the fingers keeping your ...

Page 5: ...t may also overwhelm your right hand when you are strumming Therefore adjust the strap so that you find yourself in a relaxed playing position allowing both of your hands to comfortably assume their positions SITTING STANDING This is how you hold a pick in relationship to the strings Try to relax and not think about what you are actually doing This will help you feel more comfortable DOWNWARD STRU...

Page 6: ...ative to one another provided one of them is tuned right What makes it even better if you don t have a reference tone against which to check your pitch simply choose a reference tone The following example uses the 6th string E6 as the reference tone 1 Tune the open no chord played 6th string E6 to a clear low pitch sound Get the string to the point of not being too loose otherwise it will buzz whe...

Page 7: ...ote and some additional notes that have a specific tonal relationship to the root This relationship or distance between the root and the other notes in the chord depends on the type of chord e g major minor or seventh chords being played This is why the finger positions for the C major C minor and C seventh chords are different Remember the last camp fire sing along with the guy playing the guitar...

Page 8: ...on in the key of A minor The tune has a total length of 12 measures divided in three parts of four measures each Start again from the beginning when you ve played it all the way through Each slash means a downstroke Study each chord as a single unit before you start playing the whole progression Strive for a slow but steady beat When you feel comfortable experiment with different tempos You can ea...

Page 9: ...NGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH BEHRINGER Spezielle Studiotechnik GmbH Hanns Martin Schleyer Str 36 38 47877 Willich Münchheide II Germany Tel 49 2154 9206 0 Fax 49 2154 9206 4903 HAL LEONARD GUITAR METHOD BOOK 1 Will Schmid and Greg Koch new revision More teachers prefer this edition of the now famous learning method by Will Schmid and Greg Koch because it is effective and user friendly The eas...

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