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(118 votes) Published: Apr 30, 2006 4:57 p.m. In 13 Favorites Lists Viewed 1387 times
So maybe you have been thinking of starting up guitar. Maybe you already play guitar and want a couple of pointers. In this egg you will find everything you need to get started and some things that might help you fine-tune your skills.
For starters you need to know the parts of a guitar. The main part is the body. On the body there is the bridge. This is where you string your guitar. Some bridges are tremelo bridges. This means that they can hold a whammy/tremelo bar. Whammy/tremelo bars are most seen in the 1960’s by Jimi Hendrix. Also on the body there are pick-ups. These make the noise through your amp. There are magnets inside that vibrate when a string is plucked. There are two types of pick-ups. Standard Single Coil pick-ups. And Humbuckers which basically are two standard single coils together (hard to describe). Moving to the bottom of the body there is the input jack. This is where you would plug your cable if you were playing through an amp. Then there are the control knobs. There are the volume and tone knobs. Obviously these control the volume and the tone.
For equipment you need an electric guitar, amp, and cable. For the guitar there are many possibilities. Odds are you are looking on the cheap side. If you like the Strat shape but don’t have money to spend on a Fender get a Squire. You could get a pretty good one for around $150. If you are looking for a little more out of a guitar I recommend a Epiphone Les Paul. You can get one for anywhere from $90-$300 for the beginner ones. Now to an amp. You probably won’t need more than 15 watts seeing as you won’t be playing any gigs any time soon. The two brands I recommend are Crate and Marshall. Remember those names. They make AWESOME amps. For a cable you could really get anything. A cable is a cable. However I recommend Monster Cable. Yes they are more expensive up front but it pays off. They have lifetime warranty. Yes lifetime. Meaning if you are playing it when you are 50 years from now and it dies, just take it back to the place of purchase and get a new one for free.
Ok, this is a tutorial that will teach you how to read tab, if you already don’t.
I’m pretty sure that all of you have 6 stringed guitars. In which case, each string has a seperate pitch, or a seperate sound. The guitar, when tuned, will give you six musical notes. They are, e (High), B, G, D, A, E (Low). The top and bottom strings, or the ones clsoest to the edge of the guitar are both E strings. However, the one closest to your face is the low E string. When looking down at the guitar, the strings will go...
E (Low)
A
D
G
B
e (High)
Now, more about the musical notes. The guitar has frets as I have explained to seperate each pitch or note. Thus, when looking at the high e string. Playing that string open will result in a e being played. However, if you were to play the first fret, then you would get and F.
Moving on to how to read tab. I will include two tabs, Smoke on the Water and Black Dog. Smoke on the Water is a really easy song, while Black Dog is more of an intermediate level song. Choose one or both.
1. Place your pointer finger (The one clsoest to your thumb) on the 3rd fret of the low E string. Place the middle and ring fingers on the 5th frets of D and A strings. Strum.
2. Place your pointer finger (The one clsoest to your thumb) on the 6th fret of the low E string. Place the middle and ring fingers on the 8th frets of D and A strings. Strum.
3. Place your pointer finger (The one clsoest to your thumb) on the 8th fret of the low E string. Place the middle and ring fingers on the 10th frets of D and A strings. Strum.
4. Repaet Step 1.
5. Repeat Step 2.
6. Place your pointer finger (The one clsoest to your thumb) on the 9th fret of the low E string. Place the middle and ring fingers on the 11th frets of D and A strings. Strum.
7. Place your pointer finger (The one clsoest to your thumb) on the 8th fret of the low E string. Place the middle and ring fingers on the 10th frets of D and A strings. Strum.
8. Repeat Step 1.
9. Repeat Step 2.
10. Repeat Step 3.
11. Repeat Step 2.
12. Repeat Step 1.
NOTE- I realieze this is a pretty fast song. However, take it real slow at first, but then slowly speed it up as you get better at it. I don’t expect anybody to get it perfect at first, but praticing helps a lot. I chose Black Dog, because it is a pretty hard song (So, it will make it very easy to play a lot of easier songs, and easier to play more difficult songs), it’s a fun song to play, and it is mostly single strings, which is easier to learn with.
As we know playing each string open will be playing a zero in tab. so if the tab read...
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-
-
-
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0
You would simply play the low string open. Now, for Black Dog.
This first note is a seven on the A string. Now, on your guittar go over to the A string, then find each fret. The first one will be 1.
1. Once you have found the 7th fret, play it.
2. Then move to the D string below (If you are looking down at the guitar) the A.
3. Play frets 5, 6, and 7 in a row.
4. Move back to the 7th fret of A and play it again.
5. Move tothe G string and then play the 5th fret.
6. Play the 7th fret of D.
7. 7th fret of G.
8. 5th fret of B.
9. Here is a little poblem, we have an "h" and "p." What those are is simply a hammer-on and pull-off sign. So, insted of playing 5 7 5 in a row. You, will play the 5th fret, and then while the note is still ringing, you will tap on the 7th fret with another finger, and then quickly pull it off. The result will give you all three notes, but in a different sounding way. Clapton uses a lot of these.
10. Play 7th fret of D twice in a row.
11. 5th fret of G.
12. 7th fret of D.
13. 5th fret of D. (Keep finger here while playing the next note)
14. 7th fret of D twice, then after the second, quickly pull off the finger holding this note, and if you held your finger on the 5th fret, then you will have created another pull off.
15. 5th fret A.
16. 7th fret A.
17. 3rd fret A.
18. 5th fret A.
19. Open A.
20. Place a finger on the 2nd fret of D, and play both the open A and 2nd fret D for a chord to end the rift.
For the other part, simply play as I have taught you.
Good Luck, and I hope this was helpful.
This tutorial was created by Led-Zeppelin, tabbed 100% by the same.
Now you are ready to start jamming. Some good songs to learn are listed below.
Good Riddance(chords) - Green Day
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
Brainstew - Green Day
Wonderwall (intro) - Oasis
Welcome to Paradise - Green Day
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
Highway To Hell - AC/DC
California - Phantom Planet
45-Shinedown
I Stand Alone-Godsmack
James Bond Theme Song
Come As You Are – Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
If you are looking for where to get tabs to these songs and others I recommend www.mxtabs.net
They seem to have almost every song.
Apr 30, 2006 5:13 pm - How can you give me a zero and not comment me on why?
Apr 30, 2006 5:26 pm - i fucking hate it when people think they know how to play smioke onn the water here is the real way dumb ass
and ive seen tomany guitar eggs0**
Apr 30, 2006 5:31 pm - Dude, What the hell is your problem you dont even know me and your being an asshole, and you have no grammar what so ever, fuck you pussy.
Apr 30, 2006 5:34 pm - And there is not and egg on here that goes into the detail that I do, if there is please post a link otherwise stfu noob
Apr 30, 2006 5:38 pm - Sorry about that my good sir,
you see i play guitar and im tired of seeing these
dumb moronic guitar eggs.
your just teaches us how to use tabs if we wanted to learn guitar, we would go to a guitar website.
and that is why i gave you a zero.
ps.can you play the domination solo?
pss.i can.
your just teaches us how to use tabs if we wanted to learn guitar, we would go to a guitar website.
That’s why the title of the egg is called "How To Play Guitar". And I put this on here so you wouldn’t have to go through the trouble of trying to find this on the web. It’s all right here in one guide
Apr 30, 2006 5:50 pm - Mine doesn’t just tell you how to read tabs it tells you what equipment to buy for beginners, also the prices of them, and the parts of a guitar. Yes, there have been alot of guitar eggs coming up as of lately, but most of them wern’t that great so I made one that was more informative.
Apr 30, 2006 6:27 pm - Anonmous, take the time to concider if you were just beginning to play guitar. You haven’t learned any songs. Would Black Dog rift seem fast to you then?
I know this would be slightly helpful to me about three years ago. 4* pics would make it alot easyer.
LedZepp lin made a good egg, and although this isn’t really "How to Play Guitar", it is a very good instructional guide for beginners to practice. He put a lot of effort and time into this egg, he formatted everything nicely, gave lots of information, and explained clearly, and it totally deserves a 5*, while your profile and all your eggs are going to get a 0* from me for being a jackass.
Al that egg is a conversation between you and a noob. [sarcasm]Highly egg-worthy.[/sarcasm]
Yo should learn proper spelling and grammar, too, it’s a useful skill in life (talking to AnonymousFag, not LedZeppelin)
So shut the fuck up, AnonymousFag, because LedZeppelin can probably play better than you, and even if he can’t (which is highly unliekly), he is an intellectual, which is something you’ll never be.
Apr 30, 2006 8:19 pm - Jetta, I never said they had to play those I just said they were some good songs to learn.
And I said that mxtabs SEEMS to have every song listed.
And magnum, a squire is a good guitar for beginners.
May 01, 2006 6:14 am - E (Low)
A
D
G
B
e (High) is upside-down
The smoke on the water tab is wrong, and is played how anonymous anarchist tabbed it
Only get a Les Paul if you want to play classic rock, although it’s an awesome guitar it’s not for metal/punk even though it gets used alot by crappy emo guitarists
May 01, 2006 7:13 am - Crate an Marshall are both good makes but different people take to different amps. Try out a few in the shop first. Line 6 is also a good make with a wide variety of sounds. 1*. Crap info really. If you want to do stuff like this go on guitar sites.
May 01, 2006 2:32 pm - this makes no sense, how can you advice people who have never touched a guitar to buy an electric guitar and a marshall amp? tell them to buy a few effects while your at it why dont you....and then they dont even know how to hold a guitar and you start off by teaching them chords? not only that but when you start playing guitar you cant press the strings and you need to get used to pressing them before you can actually make a sound,and here you just start off by telling them to play chords and songs like black dog............who here played black dog as his first song?!?!
May 01, 2006 3:35 pm - well this egg was pretty well explained but lacked pics and that might have made it easier for some noobs 5’s.
also dude, alot of the songs on that list are pretty hard man black dog isnt a walk in the park song songs theres alot of fingerwork going on, if they wanna learn some easy song play some ramones songs theyre only like 4 or thre chords somtimes.
Um also to that dumbass anonymousanarchist stop being an asshole. if you can play guitar as well as you say you do, great..but dont talk shit about somone who wrote this trying to help people out.
May 07, 2006 5:23 am - u cant jus say "how 2 play guitar"
u can say here r a few riffs on guitar
but there is no point in sayin tht coza guitar is a complex instrument which takes ages 2 learn properly
Nov 30, 2006 6:25 am - cool. i didnt read all of it but i think it would be usefull. ive done guitar for about 2 years now but havent done much at all this year. im putting it in my favs and rating it 5*
Jan 09, 2007 7:41 pm - lame This isn’t lame cause its another egg on guitar, its lame because everyone tries to teach classic rock. Those dudea are dead, or has beens and classic rock sucks a nut anyway, i just wanna say if you want to learn to play guitar do not use tabs, tabs leave with a this sense of accomplishment when you’ve just been told exactly what to do. Listen to the music as this will train your ear, and will help you identify notes easier, just teach yourself and learn scales, you’ll be playin i no time
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