Hello everyone, this week of my guitar journey, I was learning how to fingerpick. Fingerpicking is picking the strings one at a time using your right hand. I learned that the thumb picks the bottom three strings (E, A, D), and your index, middle, and ring fingers pick the three top strings (G, B, E). I watched YouTube videos and some TikToks to learn beginner fingerpicking. One of the TikToks taught me an abbreviation for the fingers on your right…
Hello everyone! This week of my learning journey, I focused on chords and working on reading guitar tabs! The chords I’ve been working on are G, C, D, and E minor, which was the first (and easiest) one I learned. My brother mentioned to me most songs played on guitar frequently use the three chords G, C, and D. I tried practicing the chords with the song “Here Comes The Sun” by The Beatles, but I need to practice the…
Hey everyone! Welcome back to this week’s portion of my guitar learning journey! This week I started with the basics of the guitar, including learning how to hold one properly. I’m learning on an acoustic guitar, and there are six strings, so six notes. The notes are E, A, D, G, B, and E. My brother taught me an acronym he learned to help remember the notes and their order: “Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie. I have been utilizing…
Hello, everyone! For my learning project, I chose to learn how to play the guitar! The guitar is one instrument I’ve always wanted to know how to play, so I’m using this opportunity to kickstart the journey! My two older brothers as well as my sister-in-law all play the guitar, and my goal is to be able to play alongside them one day. Unfortunately for me, I don’t have a single musical bone in my body. I was in band…