What is a capo? ‘A capo (short for capotasto, Italian for “head of fretboard”) is a device used on the neck of a stringed (typically fretted) instrument to shorten the playable length of the strings, hence raising the pitch. It is frequently used on guitars, mandolins, and banjos. G.B. Doni first used the term in […]
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Learning the notes on the guitar – Key of G
Learning the notes on the guitar – Key of G The notes above give us all the notes from the ‘Key of G’. As in a previous lesson to help learn the notes better we are going to use somthing called modes. What modes are and what they mean is not important for this lesson, […]
Learning the notes on the guitar
This guitar lesson is a companion or can be seen as an alternative to a previous lesson that was writtem for this site. That lesson can be found here – click The following free guitar lesson will if followed closely give you a better understanding of the guitar and of music as well. Take a […]
Free Guitar Lesson: 1 String Exercise
Getting your fingers to untwist themselves can be a frustrating process. Practice is king – for the exercise we’re going to use the ‘G’ string as our basis and the notes from the A minor(natural) scale have been used – this will hopefully give us a few things, Learn how to use our fingers properly. […]
Learning the Notes of C Major on Guitar
Learning the Notes of C Major on Guitar: Exercise for Guitar: Across the top in capitals: Notes from stave Down the side: Strings on guitar Numbers: Frets in guitar Try learning the above in realtion to the stave Try picking out the different patterns. A clue, there are 5 patterns. There are 3 starting on […]