2.

How to hold guitar

Class Objective- Learning how to hold your guitar in a correct

manner and getting fluent with your right hand.

Concept A: Holding your Guitar:

1. The curved part of the guitar body should be

placed on your right lap if it's right-handed
guitar and on the left lap if it's left-handed
guitar.
2. The guitar neck should not be inclined
downwards.
3. The angle between your body and guitar neck
should be approximately 45 degrees.

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Concept B: Holding the plectrum.

Guitar is played using a small triangular piece of plastic

called plectrum or in short, we call it a pick. They are
available in different thickness , shapes and sizes . It may
vary the density of the sound produced by the string.
Initially you can use any size and shape which is
comfortable for you.
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Concept C: Introduction to Tablatures

Tablatures can be used to ready the guitar notations.

The abbreviation of Tablatures is ‘TABs’. As shown in
the diagram below there are six horizontal lines in
TABs for guitar.
● The first horizontal line represents the first string,
the 2nd line represents the second string and so on.
● The vertical lines which separate the TABs into
various parts are called bar lines.
● The names of each string which are represented by
each horizontal line are mentioned below.
Concept D: How to read the TABs:

● If it's written 0 on any of the horizontal lines we have

to play that string open. (Without pressing any fret)
● The number written indicates the number of frets
which has to be pressed.

Note: Firmly press the fret whose number is mentioned

on the tabs on a particular string using your
‘Fingertip’.

Practice A: MCQs

1. What are the vertical lines on tablatures called?

A. bar lines
B. Fret lines
C. Vertical lines
2. What if ‘0 ‘is written on any line?
A. We do not have to play it.
B. We have to the string open.
C. We have to jump to next note.

Answers to practice A: (1-A, 2-B)

 Title: Right Hand Exercises.
Objective: Using your right hand more efficiently.

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Note: play the above exercises without looking and your right
and by looking at your fretboard.

Practice B: MCQs

1.What are the vertical lines on the guitar called?

A. Bars
B. Frets
C. Fingerboard

2.What is the name of 6 th string?

A. E
B. A
C. D
 3.Which string is called G-string?
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
4.What is the correct order of string from the top?
A. E, A, D,G,B,E B. E,D,A,G,B,E
B. E, A, G,D,E,B

Answers to practice B: (1-A, 2-A, 3-C, 4-A)

Practice C: Try to create a right-hand exercise by yourself with

a symmetric pattern in the way we played it in exercise 1 and
2.

SELF-ASSESSMENT:

Good I was able to read the TABs and locate the

correct note immediately.

Fair I was able to read the TABs a bit slowly

but recognised the correct note.

Bad I was not able to locate notes correctly.