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Your Guitar ..................................................................................................................................................4

Introduction ................................................................................................................. 4
Parts of a guitar ............................................................................................................ 4
Installing the vibrato arm ................................................................................................ 4
Guitar fretboard diagram ................................................................................................. 4
Left-hand position .......................................................................................................... 4

Holding Positions .......................................................................................................................................5

Holding the guitar .......................................................................................................... 5
The 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

Summary of Contents for Vintager

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Page 2: ...NTAGER AC108 guitar amplifier Top notch 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 poste...

Page 3: ...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 t...

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 th...

Page 5: ...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 po...

Page 6: ...tive 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 exam...

Page 7: ...te 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...

Page 8: ...n 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 mean...

Page 9: ...ever Use the left hand finger exercises included plus much more info voggenreiter de ISBN 3 8024 0365 7 HAL LEONARD GUITAR METHOD BOOK 2 Will Schmid and Greg Koch The second installment continues in...

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