SECTION ONE

ETS

s 5 4 3 2 1 STRING NUMBERS E: A D G B E NOTE NAMES

T O T U N E THE GUITAR: (using piano o r pitch pipe)

1. -1 une the open 1s t s t r i n e to the f i r s t E above middle C. . . 2 P r e s s the 2nd s t r i ng down a t the fifth f r e t and tune (2nd s tg . ) until i t

sounds exactly the s a m e a s the open 1s t s t r ing . . . . . . . 3 . P r e s s the 3 r d s t r i ng down a t the fourth f r e t and tune (3rd s tg . until ii

sounds exactly the s a m e a s the open 2nd s t r i n g . . . 4. I j r e s s 4th s t r ing a t fifth f r e t . . . tune to open 3rd s t r ing. . . . .

" 5th 1 1 1 1 I1 I t I1 1 1 " 4th I I 5 ' . . . . . . ..

THE STAFF: consis ts of 5 l ines and 4 spaces , and i s divided into h1EASl "i-; i s - by BAR LINES. . . . .

- I I - b a r b a r dot;?-, i - l ine l i n e i j ? :

CLEF SIGN: Guitar music i s writ ten in the TREBLE ( o r "G") clef , a n d t h e P ~ u : : , ~ of sha rps (#) o r f la ts (b) found next t o the clef sign indicate the I<f . : i SIGNATURE. ( to be explained m o r e fully a t a l a t e r t ime. . . )

"G" clef shows the position of the note G

" C O M M O N " TIME VALUES OF THE NOTES: eighth notes whole note half notes qua r t e r notes ( in groups ) . . . . . ( o r cl;:" ~ i .

4 beats 2 beats each 1 beat each 112 beat each

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TIME SIGNATURES: Next to the clef sign (at the beginning of a , u,r : , i -ire found two numbers (like a fraction) o r a symbc>~ uy: e - presents these numbers. The top number tells rt:v A ~ : y beats (or counts) in a measure, and the botton' ntdz indicates what kind of note gets one beat,

EXAMPLE: 1 means four quarters, o r four beats per measure wittl quarter note receiving one beat, o r count. The s y r n L ~ - is. . .C

Notes In The First Position (No sharps or flats. . KEY of C Najor)

frets axxi C fingers a

Order of the notes going up the scale A B C D E F G , A B C D E F G , A B e t c . . Start at any point, read left to right

e 4 etc. . .

4 count 1 2 a 4