Learn Guitar Basics - Tips For the Beginner

[Jan King]

The guitar is an instrument that dates back at least 5,000
years.  Played all over the world, the guitar has one of the most
pleasing sounds of any of the instruments. Besides being a relatively
easy instrument to pick up, the guitar is also a pretty simple
instrument to understand.  In order to Learn Guitar Basics one
must understand the guitar.  The instrument is made up of 3 main
parts; the body, the neck, and the head stock.
The body of the guitar is where the sound comes from.  When a
note is hit on a string or series of strings the sound of that note is
sent into the chamber of the body through the sound hole.  Each
guitar is made a little differently, but the inside of the guitar is
made to help that sound resonate to it's fullest potential.  Once
the sound is bounces around in the body for a while it comes back out
producing what we hear as the guitars sound.  When you want to
Learn Guitar Basics, knowing how the sound is produced is very
important.
The next important thing to remember when wanting to Learn Guitar
Basics is what the neck of the instrument does.  The neck
attaches to the body and holds the frets on it.  The frets are
the individual places on the instrument that allow you to play
different notes or chords.  Fret boards are usually made of
rosewood, but can be made of other woods such as maple. Each fret
place is divided by a piece of very thin metal that allows the string
to come to an end at that point and resonate that particular
note. 
Besides the body and the neck of the instrument, the head stock rounds
off the last major part of the guitar.  In order to Learn Guitar
Basics the player must be able to use the head stock of the guitar to
tune the instrument.  Depending on how many strings the guitar
might have, that many tuning knobs will be present.  The strings
are strung through the body of the guitar and run all the way up to
the tuning knobs what at that point are strung around the knob in
order to get the needed key of the string.
Guitar is a great instrument that when played correctly can be one of
the most beautiful sounding instruments.  The acoustic, which was
covered here, is only one type of guitar.  Others include the
electric guitar, other types of smaller versions which include the
mandolin, Dobro, and electric steel.