James' Beg Guitar - 2: Strings, Frets, and Tuning

In the second part of James' beginner series he covers information about the strings, the frets, and how to tune a guitar using a tuner as well as to itself.

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I am a musician who plays all kinds of guitar, guitar synth, bass guitar, and keyboards. Relax, the negative in the photo is not backwards it is a left-handed guitar. Playing left-handed in the late seventies made finding left-handed guitars pretty tough. They were rare if you could find one in a music store and cost a lot more. So when I first started playing I learned to play upside down and backwards on a right-handed guitar. Kid you not. I struggled like that for a bit then put a...

Great solid beginning Guitar lesson showing pro...

04/18/2007

~ Jason

James is a very methodical and practiced guitar instructor and it comes across in his videos. In this video, he teaches you 1. How to hold the guitar, 2. Finger exercise, 3. Picking exercises, and 4. Major Scale exercise. An excellent video for beginners, this lesson gives you a solid fundamental understanding of how to properly hold and move your hand around a guitar. My only two suggestions for room for improvement are: 1. At 24 min total, I think it can be broken up into 2 lessons, and 2. I'd like to see a "Table of Contents" slide at the beginning listing the exercises or major points covered. Other than those thoughts, great video! Keep them coming!

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