Week 1: Practice Video

Acoustic Guitar Lessons for Beginners Week 1: Learn how to hold the guitar and the names of all the strings
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Now Playing and saying the names of the strings going for the largest string to the smallest string. The string names are E, A, D. And let's try doing that again. And make sure to say them out loud as you play them. E, A, D, G, B. And now we're going to do it with the click track. Play each string as a whole note.

So each string will get four clicks. One, two, ready, go. Three, four, a 343-434-3434 now we're going to do the same thing with each string being a half note. So each string will get two clicks. One, two, ready, go. To try the same thing again.

One, two, ready go to a Now we're going to play the strings backwards using up picking. Starting on the high E. Now played B. Now play G, now play D. Now play a, and now play the low E. This time we're going to do again and make sure to say the strings out loud as you play them. AB. Now we're going to play them backwards with the click track as whole notes. So four clicks for each string.

One, two, ready, go. 343 434-342-3434 now we're going to play them backwards as half notes. So two clicks read string. One, two. Ready, go. Now we're going to play the strings forwards and backwards as half notes.

One, two, ready go to two Now we're going to play the notes forwards as quarter notes. So each string we'll get one click, and remember to keep seeing the strings out loud as you play them. One, two. Ready, go. Let's try it again. One, two.

Ready? Go. Try one more time. One, two. Ready? Go.

Now let's try playing the strings. backwards this quarter notes. One, two. Ready, go. A try it again. One, two.

Ready, go. One last time. One, two. Ready, go. Be. Now let's play them forwards and backwards as quarter notes.

One, two. Ready, go. Try it again. One, two, ready go.

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