Acoustic Guitar Basics:

#1: Types of Acoustic Guitar
#2: Parts of an Acoustic Guitar
#3: Notes on the guitar
#4: Tuning your guitar
#5: Styles of picking
#6: The Slide
#7: The Hammer On
#8: The Pull-Off
#9: The Bend

Acoustic Guitar Chords (Major):

Open Chords
The C Major Chord
The E Major Chord
The A Major Chord
The G Major Chord
The D Major Chord

Acoustic Guitar Chords (Minor):

The E Minor Chord
The A Minor Chord
The D Minor Chord

Other than the video, the other thing that really sets it apart are the jam tracks. After you learn a specific set of chords, there are CD’s with jam tracks so you can play along. No need to practice on your own anymore, just play one of the tracks  and you can play along like you’re part of an actual band.

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Date: Mon, 1 Dec 97 14:00:40 Romance Standard Time
From: Don Kurelich
Subject: Corrections: Hang by Matchbox 20

Band : Matchbox 20
Song : Hang
Album : Yourself or Someone like you
Tuning : Normal – No Capo
Transcribed by: Steven Batchelder
Corrected by : Don Kurelich

I’m improving on the basic transcription that SB did. It was basicaly
there, but some of the chords were wrong and I’m showing a few
enhancements. These are subtle changes in the basic chords and a
change in strum. The chord differences are noted below and change
only the tone of what’s being played. The strum in the intro and first
verse is using your fingers (i.e. no pick, either your thumb or first
finger). At the second verse he switches to a flat pick.

Chords:
G* G* C* CaddG Em* Em D
E:|–3– –3– –3– —– –3– —– –2–
B:|–3– —– –3– –1– –3– —– –3–
G:|—– —– —– —– —– —– –2–
D:|—– —– –2– –2– –2– –2– —–
A:|–2– –2– –3– –3– –2– –2– —–
E:|–3– –3– —– –3– —– —– —–

(*With finger strum*)

Intro: G* C* (play 2 times)

G* C*
She grabs her magazines, she packs her things and she goes.
Em* D G* C*
She leaves the pictures hangin’ on the wall. She burns all her notes
G* D CaddG
And she knows, she’s been here too few years, to feel this old.

(Switch to flat pick)

G* C*
He smokes his cigarette, he stays outside ’til it’s gone.
Em* D G* C*
If anybody ever had a heart, well, he wouldn’t be alone.
G D CaddG
He knows, she’s been here too few years, to be gone.

D G Am CaddG G Am CaddG
And we always say, it would be good to go away, someday,
Em D
But if there’s nothin’ there to make things change,
CaddG CaddG (hammer-on E)
if it’s the same for you I’ll just hang.

Solo fill: G, CaddG (notice switch to G)

G CaddG
The trouble understand, is she’s got reasons he don’t.
Em D G CaddG
Funny how I couldn’t see it all, ’til she grabbed up her coat,
G D G CaddG
And she goes. She’s been here too few years, to take it all in stride.
G D CaddG
Yeah, but still it’s much too long, to let hurt go (you let her go).

Am G Am CaddG G Am CaddG
And we always say, it would be good to go away, someday,
Em D
Yeah but if there’s nothin’ there to make things change,
CaddG D
if it’s the same for you I’ll just hang, same to you I’ll always hang.
G Am CaddG G Am CaddG
Well I always say, it would be good to go away,
Em D
But if things don’t work out like we think and
Em D
There’s nothing there to ease this achin’, but if
Em D
There’s nothing there to make things change,
CaddG CaddG
If it’s the same for you I’ll just hang.

PATIENCE (by Guns n Roses)
===========================

Intro:
C G A D    C G A D
C G C Em   C G D D

C
Shed a tear ...
    G
I'm still ...
A                            D
Girl I think about ...

C
Was a time ...
        G
But you set my ...
A                               D
There is no doubt, ...

C          G
Said woman ...
        C               Em
It will work itself ...
C              G               D
All we need is just ...

C          G
Sad sugar ...
   C              Em
It comes ....
C              G               D
All we need is...

Sit here on the...

D
We don't ...
D
Ahh and never ....
D
Cause I ...

Solo

G    C
A little p...
G    C
Mhh Yeah

G
I've been walking ...
C
Just trying to ...
G
It's hard to see with ...
C
you know I don't like ...
        G
And the streets don't change ...
C
I ain't got time for ...
        G
Cause I ...
                  C
Yeah Yeah ...
      G
Uh I ...
      D
Woh I ...
          G   C  G
Uhh ...

Did anyone figure out  the  Intro   and Solo ?
Your posting would be appreciated!

Have fun playing it!!!!!

Chord correction

After the solo, instead of playing G you play D and
instead of C you play G
Then,when you hear

"woh I need you"

you must play C,and the last line is D G D
I'd like also to suggest a figure that I worked out
for D at the end of
verses and choruses

e|----2--2--0--2--4--2--0--2--
B|----3--3--0--3--3--3--0--3--
G|----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
D|----------------------------
A|----------------------------
E|----------------------------

If you are new to the guitar then I suggest first that you learn the basics, like the parts of the guitar and then move onto to basic techniques like the hammer-on and pull off etc. Once you learn all the open chords and can play them and switch between them easily then you can try out some easy guitar songs. Learning the guitar is hard work but once you have its absolutely fantastic. I hope you find the information on this site useful and as time goes on Ill be adding more lessons and more songs to help you learn acoustic guitar.

learning the acoustic guitar

Once you have seen and understood the basics that i have on this site and you really want to take it a step further then i recommend you work your way up to the intermediate and advanced lessons through a structured course. You can try the one i used which took me from a scratchy player getting confused and frustrated with all the “free” advanced lessons out there. You can check out the Jamorama review i wrote and see if that program works out for you.

The best advice to start off with is to put your fingers into these positions and playing the chord, play it once, play it twice and get a feel for it, and try to keep your fingers away from the other string that way you can minimize any additional noise. This will definitely take some practice. Chords like C, E, Em, A, Am and Dm aren’t too bad and it shouldn’t take you too long to get used to them. Just remember, practice is everything.

When you are eventually used to playing some of these chords, find some easy guitar songs and try playing along or just strumming as practice.

Learn guitar chords (Major):

The C Major Chord
formed x32010

The E Major Chord
formed 022100

The A Major Chord
formed x02220

The G Major Chord
formed 320003 or 320033

The D Major Chord
formed xx0232

Learn guitar chords (minor):

The E Minor Chord
formed 022000

The A Minor Chord
formed x02210

The D Minor Chord
formed xx0231

                                prebend
    1/2     1         1/2       1/2
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|------------------|
B:-7^~~~---7^~~~---|-7^~~r------^7~~r-|
G:-----------------|------------------|
D:-----------------|------------------|
A:-----------------|------------------|
E:-----------------|------------------|

The first bend is a bend of 1/2 step on the second string 7th fret.
The second bend is a bend of 1 step on the second string 7th fret.
The third bend is a bend-and-release of 1/2 step on the second string 7th fret.
The fourth bend is a prebend of 1/2 step on the second string 7th fret, with a release.
The Basic Bend
The first bend shown in the above figure is accomplished by fretting the second string 7th fret (usually with your ring finger), picking the note, and actually pushing the string sideways to bend it. Keep the string pressed firmly against the fret, and make sure you keep your finger on the same fret (don’t slide up or down to a different fret). When the pitch of the string increases by one half step, you have correctly executed this bend. To play the second bend, use the same technique, but bend the string until the pitch increases by one step. The most important part of the bend is making sure you bend to the exact pitch. If you don’t, it will sound awful. It is usually easiest if you fret with your ring finger, but your index and middle fingers can be used as well. This will come with practice.

The Bend-and-Release
The third bend shown in the above figure is a bend-and-release. This is accomplished in the same fashion as a normal bend, but when the release in indicated, you gently release the string and allow it to go back down to the original pitch. Remember to keep the string pressed firmly against the fret while you are doing this.

The Prebend
The fourth bend shown in the above figure is a prebend. This is accomplished a fashion similar to a normal bend. However, instead of picking the note and then bending the string, you bend the string and then pick the note. Prebends are almost always followed by a release, as is shown in the figure. This gives an interesting sound: a note which starts high and bends down as opposed to a normal bend where the note starts low and bends up.

That’s about it for the bend. As you have seen, there are many types of bends and all appear in many different kinds of music. The prebend is the least used, so you don’t need to master it yet, but the others are very useful. And remember, the guitar is blessed by bends, so use them! Keep playin!

		Two Steps Behind  -  Def Leppard

Intro:  [A]  [D]  [G]  [D]  (x2)

Verse:
	      [A]  [D]        [G]       [D]
	Walk away,     if you want to.
	      [A]  [D]        [G]       [D]
	It's okay      if you need to.
		[A]	 [D]           [E]   [D]
	You can run, but you can never hide
		   [A]          [D]        [E]    [D]
	From the shadow that's creepin up beside you.

Chorus:
  [F#m]                           [D]
	There's a magic runnin' through your soul
	    [G]   		   [E]
	But you can't have it all.     (What ever you do)
  [A]		     [D]     [E]		[D]
	I'll be two steps behind you     (Where ever you go)
  [A]                [D]     [E]        [D]
	And I'll be there to remind you
                [A]          [D]             [E]     [G]
	That it only takes a minute of your precious time
                 [D]
	To turn around, I'll be two steps behind.

	[A]  [D]  [G]  [D] (x2)

Verse:
	          [A]  [D]           [G]      [D]
	Take the time      to think about it.
	              [A]        [D]                [G]          [D]
	Just walk the line, you know you just can't fight it.
	              [A]          [D]              [E]   [D]
	Take a look around, you'll see what you can find
	          [A]         [D]        [E]       [D]
	Like the fire that's burnin' up inside me.

Chorus

Solo over verse

Chorus

Here are the proper finger positions: