Strings
A normal guitar have six strings which are of different sizes and notes.
In standard tuning, the bottom string (also the skinniest and highest sounding) is an E note. This is also known as the 1st string. The 2nd string up (a little bit thicker and lower sounding) is a B note. The 3rd string up is a G note, 4th is a D, 5th is an A, and the 6th string (thickest, lowest sounding, and closest to your body) is also an E note.
When your guitar is tunned when you play the 1st and the 6th strings open it produces the same note, but at different pitches. Mnemonic sentences can help you remember the order of the strings: For example, from top to bottom: Eat All Day Get Big Early. Or you can make your own.
While the strings divide the guitar from left to right, frets are small metal strips that divide the guitar into sections from top to bottom. If you look at your guitar from above, you can begin to see that the strings and frets together form a kind of grid that covers the entire neck of the guitar. Placing your finger on a string in between two of the frets is what enables you to play a note.
The higher up you get on the frets, the higher the notes sound. In general, each fret is a half-step higher than the previous fret.
Fingers
In the same way that we numbered each of the strings, we will also assign a number value to each of the fingers on your fretting hand so that you know which fingers to use when creating a chord.
1 = Index finger
2 = Middle finger
3 = Ring finger
4 = Pinky finger
0 = Play the note Open
X = Don't play the string
Now we're ready to go!
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