What is Jumbo Guitar?

Jumbo Guitar is a Guitar bigger in size, than the usual ones.

Jumbo Guitars are mainly used to get a louder sound, often called "Concert" guitars. They have a bigger body and depending on the woods used can be deeper in sound on the low strings.

Jumbo guitars have a larger body size in comparison to other acoustic guitars. The larger body provides higher volume as well as a greater bass response. This makes Jumbo guitars ideal for players who have a heavy strumming style and use lower alternate tunings.

The normal Jumbo is 41 inches long. Has a wider body at the base end or bridge end about 17 inches across rounded larger end 20 inches from butt end to neck end of the body and about 13 inches on the narrow end.

Jumbo guitars are appropriate for both stage and recording studio.

How To Develop Your Fingerstyle Technique

The right hand doesn't need to play the strings with the pick. You can also use your fingers. By assigning each of your fingers to a string, you can play in ways that a pick just doesn't offer.

Usually, the thumb is assigned to the bass notes. This consists of the 6th , 5th and sometimes the 4th string. The fingers handle the job of plucking the 1st , 2nd , 3rd and sometimes the 4th string.

With each finger and thumb assigned to their own jobs, a very efficient and effective playing style is developed.

Thumb

Keep your thumb parallel with the 6th string. This is very important for accuracy and consistent tone. The striking surface is on the side located at the first joint above the nail.

Practice playing smooth strokes on the 6th and 5th strings until you can produce a clear tone and even volume.

The thumb is most often indicated by the letter, “P” or the “+” symbol in standard notation and tablature.

This is the beginning of your fingerstyle adventure!

Fingers

Your fingers should be relaxed and allow to naturally arch slightly upward. Assign your 1st finger to the 3rd string, 2nd finger to the 2nd string, and your 3rd finger to the 1st string. Your 4th finger is also used however, you won't need it for these examples.

Practice plucking the 3rd string with your 1st finger by bringing your finger upward into your palm. Don't move your wrist – just your finger. Play this string a few times and then repeat this motion using your other fingers on their respective strings.

Once you are able to play a smooth stroke with your fingers, try playing them in succession. With practice, you'll achieve consistent volume and tone among all 3 strings.

Remember to only move your finger to strike the strings. You want minimal movement for optimal accuracy and endurance.

The below exercises are all based on E minor so you can focus on your fingerstyle technique.


Ex.1

E |---------0------------3------------7------------10----------12---
B |-------0-----------0------------0------------0------------0-------
G |----0-----------0------------0------------0-------------0---------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |-------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--0-----------0------------0------------0-------------0----------


Ex.2

E |--12-----------10------------7----------3-------7----------------
B |------0---0--------0----0------0---0------0-------0-------------
G |--------0-------------0-----------0----------0-------0-----------
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------
A |------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--0------------0--------------0----------0-----------------------

Ex.3

E |--12-----------------10----7------------------3------------------
B |------0---0--------0----------0----0--------0--------------------
G |--------0--------0---------------0---------0---------------------
D |------------------------------------------------------------------
A |------------------------------------------------------------------
E |--0------------0------------0------------0-----------------------

Guitar Chords for Baa, Baa, Black Sheep... song!

C
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F         C
Have you any wool?
F      C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G         C
Three bags full.
C         F
One for the master,
C         G
One for the dame,
C                F
And one for the little boy
     C              G
Who lives down the lane.
C
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F C
Have you any wool?
F         C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G        C
Three bags full.

Note: Chords used for this song are C Major (C), F Major (F), and G Major (G). Please check my previous posts for how to play these chords.

How to play G Major chord?

Follow these instructions to learn how to play G MAJOR chord. Starting from the low E stringyou should place your fingers like this:

• E string: Press 3rd fret with your middle finger
• A string: Press 2nd fret with your index finger
• D string: Play this string open
• G string: Play this string open
• B string: Play this string open
• E string: Press 3rd fret with your ring finger

Now strum the strings one by one and make sure that every tone rings clearly.

Guitar Chords for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

C                   F         C
Twinkle, twinkle little star.
F          C         G        C
How I wonder what you are.
C     F              C         G
Up above the world so high,
C          F          C     G
Like a diamond in the sky.
C                        F      C
Twinkle, twinkle little star.
F             C        G      C
How I wonder what you are.

Tip: Please refer previous posts for C (C Major), F (F Major) and G (G Major) guitar chords.

How to play F MAJOR chord

Follow these instructions to play F MAJOR chord. Starting from the low E string you should place your fingers like this:

• E string: Play this string open
• A string: Play this string open
• D string: Press 3rd fret with your pinky finger
• G string: Press 2nd fret with your middle finger
• B string: Press 1st fret with your index finger
• E string: Press 1st fret with your index finger

Now strum the strings one by one and make sure that every tone rings clearly.

How to play C Major Chord

Follow these instructions to learn how to play C MAJOR chord with fingering:

Hold the guitar with your left hand up on the end of the neck and your right arm around the body and your right hand hanging in front of the strings by the sound hole or the pick-ups.

Place your left hand by the first 3 frets with your thumb on the back of the neck and wrap your fingers around the front over the strings.

Starting from the low E string (the thickest string)

• E string: Don't play this string
• A string: Press 3rd fret with your ring finger
• D string: Press 2nd fret with your middle finger
• G string: Play this string open
• B string: Press 1st fret with your index finger
• E string: Play this string open

With your right hand, drag the pick or your fingertips across the strings.

How to play G major Chord

Follow these instructions to learn how to play G MAJOR chord with fingering: Starting from the low E string you should place your fingers like this:

• E string: Press 3rd fret with your middle finger
• A string: Press 2nd fret with your index finger
• D string: Play this string open
• G string: Play this string open
• B string: Play this string open
• E string: Press 3rd fret with your ring finger

Now strum the strings one by one and make sure that every tone rings clearly. Make sure all of your fingers are curled, and are not touching any strings your pick, strike all six

Eto vellipoindi manasu... from Ninne pelladutha - telugu movie

Eto vellipoindi manasu , Ila ontarayindi vayasu

E------------------------------|-----------------------------------
B------------------------------|-----------------------------------
G----0--3-2-0H3------0--0-|----0--3-2--0H3-------------------
D--0------------3--0---------|--0---------------3-0--3P1--------
A-----------------------------|------------------------------------
E-----------------------------|------------------------------------

oh challagali aachuki teesi kabureeya leva emayindo

E-----------------|---------------|--------------------|----------------
B-----------4-4--|----------6P4-|--4-4-4--3H4H3--|-1--------------
G----0--3--------|-----0--3-----|--------------------|---2------0-0--
D--1--------------|---1----------|--------------------|-----3--0------
A-----------------|---------------|--------------------|----------------
E-----------------|---------------|--------------------|----------------

Types of Acoustic Guitars

While there are many types of acoustic guitars available, they mostly break into two groups. Nylon String acoustic guitars are mostly used for classical music that makes you move, and Steel String acoustic guitars are popular for rock, blues, jazz and other types of music.

The sound made by nylon string acoustic guitars is softer and nylon strings are easier on fingers - which makes them the ideal choice for finger picking styles of music (such as classical).

Steel string acoustic guitars have a more forceful sound, and while steel strings can also be fingerpicked they are more painful to use for this fingerstyle playing.

One thing to note is you should never put steel strings on a guitar built for nylon strings - steel strings have much higher tension and it will cause the neck of the guitar (which was designed for nylon strings with less tension) to bow.

Acoustic guitars are almost always made of wood, and the choice of wood used in making the guitar give it a distinctive tone. Cheaper acoustic guitars are made from cheap plywood (or laminate), while expensive acoustic guitars are made from premium solid wood. Economical hybrids have some parts made of solid wood, and some from cheaper laminates. The different parts of an acoustic guitar that contribute to its sound are the back, sides, top, neck and fingerboard. Most musicians agree that the top wood of an acoustic guitar is by far the most important factor in the sound of the acoustic guitar.

How to tune your Guitar?

This is by far the most efficient method of ensuring that your guitar is in tune with itself.

In order to begin tuning the guitar, you'll need a "reference pitch" from another source. Once you've found a source for this initial pitch (it could be a piano, a tuning fork, another guitar, or any number of other options), you'll be able to tune the rest of your instrument by using that one note.

Without a reference pitch, you can tune your guitar, and it will sound fine on it's own. When you try and play with another instrument, however, you will probably sound out-of-tune. In order to interact with other instruments, being in tune with yourself isn't enough. You'll need to make sure that your E note sounds the same as theirs. Thus the need for a standard reference pitch.

Now that we've got our sixth string in tune, let's move on to learning how to tune the rest of the strings.

1. Make sure your sixth string (E) is in tune.
2. Play the sixth string, fifth fret (A), then tune your open fifth string (A) until it they sound the same.
3. Play the fifth string, fifth fret (D), then tune your open fourth string (D) until they sound the same.
4. Play the fourth string, fifth fret (G), then tune your open third string (G) until they sound the same.
5. Play the third string, fourth fret (B), then tune your open second string (B) until they sound the same.
6. Play the second string, fifth fret (E), then tune your open first string (E) until they sound the same.
7. Verify the tune repeating all the passages and playing some simple chords like C Major, A Minor, etc., listening to the results.

Note: At first, it may take you five minutes or more to get your guitar in tune, but the more familiar you are with tuning, the more quickly you'll be able to do it. Many guitarists can get their instrument roughly in tune in about 30 seconds.

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Guitar Strings!

Every note on the guitar has a name, represented by a letter. The names of each of these notes is important; guitarists need to know where to find these notes on their instrument, in order to read music.

The above image illustrates the names of the six open strings on the guitar. The strings, from sixth to first are named E, A, D, G, B and E again.

Note that there are two E strings on the guitar. The thickest string is the bottom E (or low E) and the thinnest string is the top E (or high E).

In order to help you memorize this, try using the accompanying phrase "Every Adult Dog Growls, Barks, Eats" to keep the order straight.

C Scale

SA... RI...GA...MA...PA...DA...NI...SA (C..D..E..F..G..A..B..C)

E------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------0-----1----
G-------------------------0-----2--------------
D----------0---2-----3------------------------
A----3------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------

Nalone pongenu narmada... Surya S/o Krishna - guitar tabs

nalone pongenu narmada..

E|--------------------------------------------------
B|--1--1--3----3---3--1----3---5---1-------------
G|-------------------------------------------------


ilalo murisina tamara
E|--------------------------------------------------
B|---------1----1--1--3---0-----------------------
G|---2--2--------------------2--0-----------------
Anthatlo maarenu ruthuvulaaa

E|--------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------0---1---------------------
G|--0--0--2--2--2--0--2--------------------------


pilla nee valla

E|-------------------------------------------------
B|--1--1--0--1--0----3---1----------------------
G|------------------------------------------------



Neetho pongey velluva,nillallo eedhina taaraka
Bangaaru puvvula kaanukaaa, neevele kaanchanaaa
{repeat}


oh shanthi ,shanthi, oh shanthi

E|------------3-------------3--3-------------------
B|---3--5--6----6--5--3--3------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------


naapranam sarvam neevele

E|------------3-------------------------------------
B|---3--5--6-----6--5--3----1---3---5--3---------
G|--------------------------------------------------


naa swaase neeve dhochaave,chelimey le neevu ayyave(repeat the above line)

Cheliya cheliya... Guitar song - from Khushi movie

Cheliya Cheliya......

E------2------0-----------
B----0-----0-------0--3--
G--2-----2------2---------
D--------------------------
A--------------------------
E---------------------------

Cheliya cheliya chirukopama

E---0H2-0---------------|-----------------
B---------3-2-0--2H0----|---0--2---3--0-
G---------------------2-|-2----------------
D-----------------------|-------------------
A-----------------------|-------------------
E-----------------------|-------------------

Chalayya chalayya parihasama

E---0H2-0---------------|-----------------
B---------3-2-0--2H0----|---0--2---3--0-
G---------------------2-|-2----------------
D-----------------------|-------------------
A-----------------------|-------------------
E-----------------------|--------------------

Kopalu tapalu ....................

E--2--0-2---2--0-2----0H2-0-|------------------------------
B-------------------3-------|--2--0-2---2--0--2----0H2-0--
G---------------------------|-------------------2-------------
D---------------------------|---------------------------------
A---------------------------|---------------------------------
E---------------------------|----------------------------- ----

Flat (♭)

• A flat is an accidental that indicates a slight decrease in pitch (i.e. moving backward of a semi tone).
• A flat is a symbol (♭, also ‘b’ in type, bemolle) placed in front of a note, decreasing its pitch by a half step; Db (or D♭) is a half step lower in pitch than D.
• To “flatten” a note means to lower its pitch by a half step.
• C, C# / D♭, D, D# / E♭, E, F, F# / G♭, G, G# / A♭, A, A# / B♭, B

Semi tone

The distance between each note (Cromatic Scale) is called "Semi tone".

E.g., Different between C and C#. Similarly distance between C# and D, etc.,

Cromatic Scale

The "Cromatic Scale" defined in 12 tones.

They are
C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B

Sharp (#)

• A Sharp is an accidental that indicates a slight increase in pitch.
• A sharp is a symbol ('#’ in type) placed in front of a note, increasing its pitch by a half step.
• D# is a half step higher in pitch than D; and D is a half step higher than C#.
• To “sharpen” a note means to raise its pitch by a half step.

Diatonic scale

• The music scale notes are 7, defined by the "Diatonic scale".
• They are C, D, E, F, G, A, B
• These are SA... RI...GA...MA...PA...DA...NI...SA... (CDEFGABC) in Indian music.
• C stands for SA
• D stands for RI
• E stands for GA
• F stands for MA
• G stands for PA
• A stands for DA
• B stands for NI
• C stands for SA