Guitar has 6
strings. The highest 3-sounding strings made of nylon and 3 the
lowest-sounding strings are wound with metal wire. Tones produced on the
instrument by picking the right hand fingertips to make the string vibrate.
Flat part of
the guitar neck is divided into sections by using transverse metal rods called
frets. By pressing the string with the left hand finger directly to the left of
the fret we can effectively shorten the string so that only parts of it that
vibrates when sound is the part between the fret and the bridge. The shorter
length of vibrating string, the higher the pitch of the tones produced.
Guitar strings
designated by the numbers 1 through 6. The 1st string is the
thinnest and providing the highest pitch. The 6th string is the thickest and
gives the lowest pitch.
Tablature notation was created to
make reading easier on the music on the guitar. It can be learned quickly, and
you do not need to know music theory. Tablature notation shows you which string
to play, it is quite important because the same note or tone can be played on
several strings.
Each guitar string is represented by
the line. Figures show the fret finger to pressed. 0 means open string should
be played - that is, without pressing any fret. Lowest line is for the 6th
string (low E), whereas the upper line is the high E string or the 1st string
(thin string). This is what you see when you're playing guitar, and not when
you are in front of the guitar.
