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Tuning And Fretting Basics
Outline: Show student how to tune their guitar with a guitar tuner. Show student that tuning can be checked with the concept of relative tuning. Show relative tuning on the tablature staff to expose student to reading tablature. Show student a basic fretting exercise to gain familiarity and comfort with the guitar neck.
Techniques/Concepts: Tuning, Basic fretting, Finger Dexterity, Tab
Outcome/Goal: Learn basic tuning and fretting technique through relative tuning curriculum. Be able to fret notes without interference or buzz. Use each finger to fret any given string at any given fret. Understand the basic principle of what tab communicates.
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I’m excited,I think I need to be able to get back to this info to repeat until I totally understand it , how do I repeat this lesson?
nice starting
This is sweet, I was worried as pretty much a pure beginner this would be above my head but its getting down to basics, easy to follow and I’m exited about the journey ahead. My pinky’s been to the gym about 5 times already today!
So far so good!
Clear & concise!
finally an instructor who you can make you laugh
Great information. Learned something I didn’t know already. Thanks!
A very concise lesson and very useful exercise to begin with. Thank you.
I am a complete beginner and I am starting to feel so confident because of the nature of these lessons. I’m loving it!
Tony you take the fretting (i.e. Worry) out of learning the basics!
My hands are small and my fingers short. (and no it isn’t true). Seriously, I can not stretch my fingers to fret properly for sound quality and I cannot do four frets as Tony showed in this lesson. Short of surgery, what can I do?
I checked the pressure I was putting on the strings. I backed it off and still got a clean sound. Positioning next to the fret instead of in the middle has given me a great sound plus I’m not trying to push the string through the neck any longer! My fingers can now rest easy.
Hey Tony,
Thanks for putting together this course. I appreciate that you can get across the nitty gritty in an accessible and engaging way. Makes me confident that I will be able to get the fundamentals down pat and be a decent guitar player someday soon!
I really enjoyed this opening set of lessons, especially relative tuning and fretting basics. I had no idea as to how to tune the guitar by ear, and now voila! There is a way 🙂 Also, in regards to fretting, I was definitely a victim of not applying enough pressure and therefore getting a whimpy sound. After hearing what you said about this, I started to adjust how my hand was positioned and realized that I need to have my wrist curled up more in order to be able to apply more pressure and get a better sound. Time for pinky and ringer to hit the gym!
Great lesson. Just starting and already have a take-away – I didn’t realize you could put too much pressure on the strings. Definitely be doing the fretting exercise every day. Thanks!
Tony… thanks for the fretting lesson. After all of these years, I didn’t realize I was using too much pressure when fretting. This is the first time I’ve owned a tuner like the Snark (and I had it on for this lesson)… I noticed that I was going sharp on the cords as I was going through the progression…Ibacked off on my pressure and low and behold, the chords sounded better! Go figure… it is an eye opener. This is my first lesson here at TAC – can’t wait to do more. Thanks again!
Alan,
First off welcome!!! and secondly great work digging into this lesson and pulling a useful tip out of it!!! Keep up the awesome work!!!
Cheers,
Tony
I have a snark tuner like in the video. But I also have a second one where I can plug my guitar to it using a cable or just putting the tuner next to the guitar. Is there a benefit to using one over the other?
Tony,
Both methods will sufficiently tune but the plug in one will likely be more accurate due to the cleanliness of signal.
Cheers,
Tony
Awesome review. I needed to get back to basics!
Nice review on fretting and tuning. Thanks
Jerry,
You are welcome!!! Glad you liked it!!!
Cheers,
Tony
excellent
Tim,
Glad you dug this one 🙂
Cheers,
Tony