We have seen big people do it, we think its difficult but believe me, i will guide you through the common used notations and it will with time become very easy for you to read music. Reading is a very important task, it helps you to play better and get a better hold of your guitar. These days Tabs have come to more popularity but tabs only give you the notes you have to play, they don’t give you an idea of how fats you should play, then what rhythm should u play them at. But after learning to read music , you can do all of this if you know how to read music.

Now learning how to read music is time consuming and needs a lot of practise, but it will really help you out in future If you work with it, though, it’ll be well worth the effort - there won’t be any music you can’t understand or adapt to the guitar, even if you’ve never heard it before. So lets get started with few basics
Standard notation is written on a set of five horizontal lines called the staff:

Guitar music is usually written using a treble clef, which looks like this:

The purpose of a clef is to identify the names of the lines and spaces. Each line or space will represent one letter of the musical alphabet, which is the letters A through G. Using the treble clef, the lines are (from the bottom up): E-G-B-D-F, which you can remember using the mnemonic Every Good Boy Does Fine. The spaces, from the bottom up, spell out the word F-A-C-E. Combining these two, we can write the notes from E through F on the staff:

The head of a note is a roughly circular shape:

and if only this is there then it means there is a whole note to be played at that point.

A stem can be added to a note. When a stem is used, the head can be either hollow or solid:

Notes with stems and hollow heads are called half notes; notes with stems and solid heads are called quarter notes.

Notes with solid heads can have flags:

Notes with one flag are called eighth notes.
We can keep adding flags to a note, getting sixteenth notes, thirty-second notes, and so on:

Now the shape will tell us how long you have to play a note, the half note is to be played half the time as compared to the full note, the quarter one is 1/4th of whole note or half of half note
Music also has rests or pauses in between:

To handle the ‘extra’ notes, we’ll use temporary extensions of the staff called ledger lines, and keep going higher or lower as needed:

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Do’s of guitar
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1)Learn the difference between practice and playing, both of them are equally important, a good practise will help you develop good playing so don’t miss on either of them

2)Listen to all Kinds of Music–its very important to listen to whatever you can get hold of, this way a guitarist develops new ideas, he gets more insight on what he wants to hear and wants to play more

3)Always use a Metronome–i have seen many players not using a metronome, they say its boring, but just keep in mind, without a metronome it will be very difficult for you to get the timing right, also metronome will help you build speed

4)Play licks, phrasing, solos from everywhere and do it all the time, learn the lick and change it according to your convenience, change the speed, notes and what all u can do with it

Dont’s of Guitar
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1)don’t get bored from practicing, it might seem boring at times but remember it will help you in the long term

2)Don’t try to play all, when its not possible for you to do so, u can not expect a beginner to play iron maiden solo’s, and he should not try to do that as well

3)you want to play fast–first learn how to play slowly, playing slowly is much difficult than playing fast. If you can’t play that lick perfectly at 60bpm, you have no business playing it at 200bpm.

4)Sacrifice emotion for technique. Speed and slick sounding licks are great. There is a place for them, and the time will come one day, have patience

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Chords are formed by combining notes and playing them together. Now we have a lot of variety of chords, there are major chords, minor chords, dominant chords, suspended chords, augumented chords, and many more. But here we will only talk about some of the major and minor chords that are of most importance at a beginners level, these chords positions should be memorized and in time you should be able to move your fingers from one chord to the other one, without any gap of time in between. The chords we will cover here will also cover most of your favourite numbers. So lets take a look at them.

Chart of Em Chord

This is a chord chart. It is a picture or graph that represents where you need to position your fingers on the fretboard to form the chord. Remember, many people say that there is a correct positioning finger pattern, but i personally don’t believe in that, you should use whatever pattern fits you and helps you. Though it is still advised to follow the regular pattern. From left to right, they are the 6th (low E, the thickest one), 5th (A), 4th (D), 3rd (G), 2nd (B) and 1st (high E, the thinnest) strings. This will almost always be the case in any chord chart that you look at. This is why, whether you play left handed or right handed, you can read the same charts. The horizontal lines are the frets, and the dots show where you need to put your finger. If you see a “0″ above a particular string, then you play that string as an “open” string. This means that you do not have to put a finger on it at all. An “X” means that you do not play the string at all.

Also remember to place your tip of the finger on strings and not flat fingers. Now when we go to the chart of an E chord you will notice that there is a difference of just one note, so what u do is that u keep your previous fingers as it is and just add one more finger playing that third note. Now play them one after other and see the difference yourself.

Chart of E Chord

Chart of Am Chord

Chart of A Chord

Chart of D Chord and Chart of Bm Chord


One last quick note - sometimes, particularly on TAB found on the Internet, chord charts will be replaced with something that looks like a serial number. read from left to right as chord charts are, complete with “Xs” and “0s.”

Em - (022000)
E - (022100)
Am - (X02210)
A - (X02220)
D - (XX0232)
Bm - (XX0432)
C - (X32010)
G - (320003)

I hope this lesson helps you in getting started

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So you have your first guitar and you are very excited, but you wondering how should i start playing?
So, First the most important thing that you have to remember is that guitar is no magic instrument you have to work hard in order to be a good musician, after hours a daily work and years of practise will you be able to succeed in your goals. I will not lie to you mastering guitar can take you the rest of your life, but even this will happen if you constantly practise and practise and practise…

A few things that you should know about your guitar–Pluck a single string any one, What you hear is called a note. This is a simple note and every note has its name represented by a letter of the alphabet (A through G only) and sometimes the notation “#,” which means “sharp” or “b,” which means “flat.”So when you see this “F#,” it means “F sharp.” “Bb” would be read as “B flat.” In western music, there are twelve possible names for all the notes.

Now every time you pluck a string you get a note, u get different notes when u place your fingers on the fretboard, which has frets(which is a space on the fretboard between any two metal strips) you create a new note. Now when you listen to songs you here a rhythm going on behind these are called the Chords and are basically a lot of notes put together and played in one single strike. You can also play individual notes , which come in handy when you play a solo/lead.

A player should always keep this in mind that as great a tool that internet is for learning anything, one should always rely more on books and teachers, a teacher can explain you a lot more and in a very better way. Even if it’s only to learn how to hold the guitar and to put your fingers on the fretboard.

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