Beginner Acoustic Guitar Tabs

What is the next thing after buying your first beginner acoustic guitar ?(Click here for more detail about beginner guitar Yes, you should learn how to play it. To learn guitar, you must know your guitar and some basic music theory. Musicians play music by reading staff notation which is somewhat difficult for guitar beginners. Fortunately, guitar tabs can help the beginners and some guitarist to learn and practice some guitar techniques,. Acoustic guitar beginners can learn playing scales and chords quickly with the help of guitar tabs.

Guitar tabs have six horizontal lines like the staffs in staff notations. The lines represent the six strings of the acoustic guitars. Look at the fret board of your guitar, the six strings from the thinnest to the thickest correspond to the six lines in guitar tabs from top to bottom. They are e, A, D, G, B,E. On the left of the tab lines, these characters are labeled to indicate the names of the strings. What the numbers on the lines stand for? They are the frets you should use your fingers to press on to obtain certain note. From nut to sound hole of your acoustic guitar, the bigger the numbers, the high the pitch. For instance, the number 1 on the first line of the tab means you should press down the first fret on the e string. If the number is 0, that means you needn’t to press this string or open string. This is the basic of acoustic guitar tabs. There are lots of other symbols on the tab lines to record the various techniques of acoustic guitar playing.

Why should you learn guitar tab? Guitar tab is simpler than standard notation and is easier to read. It helps you practice and memorize the scales and chords. Any disadvantage? The main issue of guitar tab is that there is no method to indicate the rhythm. It can tell you which fret you should press but not tell you how long you should press. One solution is put the guitar tab under musical notation. Despite the drawback of guitar tab, it is still the most popular tool for beginners even some professional guitarists.

Other resource:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_tab#Guitar_tab

Easy Beginner Acoustic Guitar Songs

After you have learn notes and some chords, you can try to learn some easy guitar songs. Every beginners who master 3 or 4 chords can play guitar with these easy songs. You can find some songs on guitar books or search them online and print them out. The most important thing is finding the songs you love and practice on to improve your guitar skills such as progress of the chords and strumming patterns. There are two type of songs you can choose. The songs with easy strumming and songs need playing both chords and melody. The latter is little harder but more awesome.

The following is some easy acoustic guitar songs for beginners I searched online, wish could help you.

Yellow

A                                                                 E
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
                                D2
And everything you do, yeah they were all yellow
A                                                  E
I came along, I wrote a song for you
                      D2
And all the things you do and it was called yellow
A                                    E                                           D2
And so then I took my turn, oh what a thing to have done
                            A     Asus       A
and it was all yellow
D              Dmaj7 F#m                 E               D
And your ski - in, oh yeah your skin and bones
-        Dmaj7 F#m               E           D
Turn in - into something beautiful
-          Dmaj7 F#m                     E                D
And you kno - ow you know I love you so
D2                                    A Asus E Esus D D2 A Asus
You know I love you so
A                                                        E
I swam across, I jumped across for you
-                               D2
Oh what a thing to do, 'cuz you were all yellow
A                                               E
I drew a line, I drew a line for you
-                             D2
Oh what a thing to do
-                                  A Asus A
And it was all yellow
                 D Dmaj7 F#m                 E                 D
And your ski - in, oh yeah your skin and bones
-       Dmaj7 F#m              E               D
Turn in - into something beautiful
-              Dmaj7 F#m               E                    D
And you kno - ow for you I'd bleed myself dry
D2                                        A Asus E Esus D D2 A Asus
For you I'd bleed myself dry
- A                 Asus                          E         Esus
It's true, look how they shine for you -
                                      D D2
Look how they shine for you
-                                      A Asus
Look how they shine for
-                                      E Esus
Look how they shine for you
-                                      D D2
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine
A                                                                   Em
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
D
and all the things you do

Take Me Home, Country Roads

G                 Em
Almost heaven, West Virginia
D
Blue ridge mountains
C           G
Shenandoah river
G                  Em
Life is old there, older than the trees
D
Younger than the mountains
C              G
Growin like a breeze

-        G              D
Country roads, take me home
-       Em        C
To the place I belong
-       G                 D
West Virginia, mountain momma
-        C             G
Take me home, country roads

All my memories gathered round her
Miners lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrops in my eye

Em         D
I hear her voice
-        G
In the mornin hour she calls me
-     C      G               D
The radio reminds me of my home far away
-     Em              D             C
And drivin down the road I get a feelin
-                                 D          D7
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

           

Check out more beginner guitar songs at http://www.chordie.com/publicbooks.php?show=details&songid=67762

Acoustic Guitar Notes

For every acoustic guitar learner, one important thing is to master how to play guitar notes on the fretboard of your guitar. It may be hard for beginners, but it is a necessary step to do. With out it, you can not play a single song.

Guitar fretboard and notes



Guitar Notes On Fretboard

You can get the particular note by strings and frets on your guitar fretboard. The open strings notes are E,A,D,G,B,E (high) form the thickest string E to the thinnest string e. After knowing the notes of open strings, we will learn the notes on the guitar fretboard. Let’s look at the musical alphabet first. The musical alphabet is from A to G and back to A. Between some notes are the sharps (#) also called flats(b).

A, A#/Bb, B, C, C#/Db, D, D#/Eb, E, F, F#/Gb, G, G#/Ab, A

How guitar notes on the fretboard work? Begin with the open strings, every fret move towards the bridge is a single move of the musical alphabet. For example, the open string of the thickest string is E, then the first fret of string E is F, the second fret is F# OR G b and so on.

Why you must learn guitar notes ?

Although guitar notes are hard for beginners to learn, it is a process to familiar with your acoustic guitar. It will help you understand every part of your guitar and how it works. By learning guitar notes, some people can play guitar without learn how to read musical notation. So it is very beneficial for beginners to find their hobby or talent in guitar music.

Acoustic guitar notes playing tips

When you play the notes on an acoustic guitar, you are putting your finger on one of the six strings and press down to some certain fret bar, at the mean while, pick or strum the string near the sound hole. Seems simple? However, it take time and effort to master the notes on acoustic guitar fretboard. The only trick for it is practicing and practicing. Beside this , there are some tips to help you learn guitar notes.

• Slow down and play each note clearly. Don't be too hurry, guitar learning need patience.
• Play each note of a chord to learn how these notes together in to a chord. This method is also called arpeggio.

Learn more about musical note, visit note on wikipedia

Recommended beginner acoustic guitar notes video from youtube.com