2. Playing Guitar

4. Parts of the Acoustic Guitar

5. Parts of the Electric Guitar

6. The Strings Head Body 1 2 3 4 5 6

7. The Strings The basic guitar is equipped with six strings. They are numbered in order from the highest sounding (first), down to the lowest sounding (sixth). 1 = First (high) 2 = Second 3 = Third 4 = Fourth 5 = Fifth 6 = Sixth (low) Each one is also identified with a letter from the Musical Alphabet: 1 = E Easter 2 = B Bunnies 3 = G Get 4 = D Drunk 5 = A At 6 = E Easter Or from 6 to 1 = Elephants -Are -Dirty -Grey -But -Elegant

8. Tuning the Guitar

9. The Frets Head Body 1 234 5 678 9 1011 12

10. 1 2 3 4 Fingering

11. E Major Chord 1 2 3

12. A Major Chord 1 2 3 Don’t play top string

13. D Major Chord 1 2 3 X X = Skip string

14. G Major Chord 2 3 4

15. C Major Chord 1 2 3 4

16. F Major Chord 1 2 3 X X = Skip string

17. B Major 7 Chord 1 2 3 4 X X = Skip string

18. A Minor Chord 1 2 3 X X = Skip string

19. E Minor Chord 2 3

20. F# Minor Chord 1 4

21. Smoke on the Water Stage 1 1 X X X

22. Smoke on the Water Stage 2 X X X 1

23. Smoke on the Water Stage 3 X X X 1

24. Smoke on the Water Stage 4 1 X X X

25. Smoke on the Water Stage 5 X X X 1

26. Smoke on the Water Stage 6 X X X 1

27. Smoke on the Water Stage 7 X X X 1

28. Smoke on the Water Stage 8 1 X X X

29. Smoke on the Water Stage 9 X X X 1

30. Smoke on the Water Stage 10 X X X 1

31. Smoke on the Water Stage 11 X X X 1

32. Smoke on the Water Stage 12 1 X X X

33. Wake Me Up When September Ends 1 3 X X X

34. 1 3 X X X

35. Wake Me Up When September Ends (3) 1 3 X X X

36. Wake Me Up When September Ends (4) 3 X X X

37. Blues in E 1 2 3

38. Down Strum

39. Up Strum

40. Down-Up Strum

41. Stop, or Mute