Though the guitar as we know it is only about a century and a half old, its roots as a plucked stringed instrument go back deep into history. Many ancient folk instruments have followed the basic strings-stretched-overfretboard-and-played-with-fingers design for thousands of years, and the guitar is in some ways the culmination of that legacy. It seems humans have always had something like the …
The goal of this session is to introduce you to the instrument. Proper hand positions for both hands are introduced. For the picking hand, proper holding of the pick and bracing your hand when picking the strings are important concepts to grasp at this stage. For the fretting hand, make sure that your hand has some air space between the neck of the guitar and the palm of your fretting hand. Sim…