Proper Left Hand Technique

Left hand Technique

 Hold your thumb on the back of the fingerboard on the upper side of the neck. Be careful not to put your thumb on top of the neck.
Your wrist should be low with some air space between your palm and the neck of the guitar.

Left hand Technique

 Your four fingers should be evenly spaced. Notice how the middle two fingers are coming straight onto the fretboard. Your first and fourth fingers are curved slightly toward the frets.

Proper Right Hand Technique

Right Hand Technique

Hold the pick between your thumb and first finger. The thumb and pick should form a 90 degree angle. The pick should be sticking out from underneath the thumb a 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch.

Right Hand Technique

Bracing your hand gives your hand the needed stability to accurately switch between strings. Although there are many different ways to brace, placing your pinky on the soundboard right below the first string is the most common way. You don't need to press hard.

The Names of the Strings

The six strings of a guitar are numbered from first to sixth starting on the thinnest string and counting up to the thickest string. The strings also have letter names that correspond to each string. Memorize the names of our strings.

 The name of the Strings 

The Parts of the Guitar

The Parts of the Guitar

There are three main types of guitars, the steel-string acoustic,
the nylon string or classical guitar, and the electric guitar.

The parts of the Guitar