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INTRODUCTION TO THE GUITAR
Evolution of the Guitar
African Bowl Harp
Egyptian Tanbur 3500-4000 B.C
Moorish/Spanish Oud
4-String Renaissance Guitar 1600
6-String Guitar
Luis Panormo 1832
Fully Developed modern Guitar
Antonio Torres 1859
Steel String Archtop Guitar
Gibson 1900
Electric Guitar
Gibson ES 150 1936
Solidbody Electric Guitar
Leo Fender 1950
Parts of the Guitar
1 Headstock
2 Nut
3 Tuning pegs
4 Frets
5 Truss rod
6 Inlays
7 Neck
8 Neck joint/Heel
9 Body
10 Pickups
11 Pots
12 Bridge
13 Pickguard
14 Back
15 Soundboard
16 Sides
17 Soundhole
18 Strings
19 Saddle
20 Fretboard
Holding The Guitar
Left Hand Position
Posture
Anchor 1
Precise Finger Placement
Place the tips of of your fingers (not the pads) on the strings.
Your fingers should be bent, not straight.
Place the tips of your fingers close to the frets, not in the middle of two frets.
Tuning
Eddie Ate Dynamite...Good-Bye Eddie
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