Rudiments of Guitar

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Who is it for? & How does it help?
? This book supplies an insight detail of guitar education and enables one to explore yet another
dimension of this instrument.

? It is also recommended to those possessing curiosity for guitar, seeking information and knowledge
about their particular segment. It is a handbook rather an encyclopedia for music lovers.

? This book is helpful to guitar teachers and students as a complementary asset and reference book
to acknowledge, understand, learn and discuss guitar concepts and basics.

? Musicians and Teachers will find lessons a great deal to demonstrate, teach or impart education
to their students. They will find interesting ideas, exercises, creative techniques and tables to
increase their efficiency and productivity.

? Moreover, special charts, reports and tables have also been designed and framed in this book, which
i s h e l p f u l f o r t h o s e c o n d u c t i n g w o r k s h o p s o n G u i t a r o l o g y.

? A good number of Articles to enhance motivation, strengthening vision and clear objectives
have also been given.

? Questions asked more frequently and their expert answers with a

psychological perspective is one of the practical features of this
book

“Level - 1" focuses on an "absolute beginner" or an "amateur"

but it can also benefit an intermediate and advanced level
guitarist to review his guitar concepts.

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Main Features of this Book
The beginners' level 1 book has been written with the sole purpose of offering systematic guitar education
to the beginner. It covers all the significant and general topics related to guitar. This book is beneficial for
self-learners and guitar teachers to identify and explain the related topics significant at beginners' level of
study. For easier comprehension the book has been divided into many sections and provided with more
than 190 illustrations, which involves 56 digital pictures.

The following are the dominant characteristics of this book: -

1) The book begins with the Pre Basics section that intends to create awareness by spreading prelim
information about this instrument and solving layman's enquiry on Guitar.

2) The second section deals with left and right hand exercises.

3) The third section cover the basics of Fretboard and Scales in much detail besides strengthening
finger muscles with few speed building exercises.

4) The fourth important section is the Chord section that explains plenty chord positions and
optional fingerings. It also discusses the theory of chords.

5) The next section focuses on indispensable concepts of octaves and guitar techniques besides
new scales routes and fingerings.

6) This book also contains FAQ for the beginners, which intends to clarify the facts and myths
regarding learning guitar.

7) The last section provides plenty of articles and practice charts to shape the student's aptitude and
sincere approach in learning music.

8) This book highlights the practical way of learning music, which emphasize on overall
development of concepts, theories and skills in order and sequence.

9) This book also helps the students and teachers with enough material to learn and teach.

10) This book contains about 200 diagrams, involving Cartoons images, Digital camera Photographs,
illustrations and fretboard diagrams designed, photographed and framed by expert professionals.

11) This book also underwent through editing process and technical proofreading by language editors
and music professionals.
 Contents
Chapter Topic Page
PRE - BASICS
1. What is Guitar? 19

Age of learning guitar 19

2. Categories of Guitar 20 - 25

12 string Guitar (Fig. 2.1) 20

Classical Guitar (Fig. 2.2) 21
Electric Guitar (Fig. 2.3) 22
Cutaway Guitar (Fig. 2.4) 23
Bass Guitar (Fig. 2.5) 24
Tenor Guitar (Fig. 2.6) 25

3. Anatomy of Guitar 26 - 28

Anatomy of Acoustic Guitar (Colour page) 27

Anatomy of Electric Guitar (Colour page) 28

4. Buying a guitar 29

5. Guitar Maintenance Tips 30

6. Warm Up 31 - 32

How to release muscle tension 31

Warm up exercises 32

7. Tuning the Guitar 33 - 35

Tuning with Piano 34

Tuning with Electronic tuners 34
Manual tuning 35
Tuning with pitch whistles/pipes 35

8. Guitar sitting posture 36 - 38

Casual position 1 (Fig.8.1) 36

Casual position 2 (Fig.8.2) 36
Left hand Posture 37
Thumb position 1 (Fig.8.3) 37
Thumb position 2 (Fig.8.4) 37
Left hand holding tips 38
Shoulder, forearm, wrist and right hand position tips 38
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BEGINNING GUITAR

9. Tablature basics 39 - 40

10. Four fingers - four frets rule 41

11. The Plectrum (Fig11.1) 42

12. Holding Plectrum (Fig 12.1) 43

13. Right - hand Plectrum exercises 44

14. Left hand finger exercises 47 - 49

Finger exercises part - 2 49

15. Fundamental of Music - 1 50

FRETBOARD, SCALES AND FINGER-EXERCISE

16. Fretboard - 1 51 - 57

Musical notes on fretboard (fig. 16.1) 51

E & F, B & C notes (fig. 16.2) 52
Whole tone gap (fig. 16.3) 52
Halftone gap (fig. 16.4) 53
Locating G note (fig. 16.5) 53
12 notes names (fig. 16.6) 54
Position of 12 notes on 5th string (fig. 16.7) 54
Position of 'C' note on all six strings (fig. 16.8) 54
Exercise to do (fig. 16.9) 55

17. Scales - 1 56

18. Scales Construction 57 - 59

Constructing 'G' scale from 12 notes (fig. 18.1) 57

C and G scale comparison (fig. 18.2) 58
Major Scale application on fretboard (fig. 18.3) 58
Major Scales from first fret of all six strings (fig. 18.4) 59
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19. Open String 'E' Scale 60 - 61

E Major Scale (fig. 19.1) 60

E Major Scale on 6th, 5th & 4th string (fig. 19.2) 60
Fingering for E Major Scale (fig. 19.3) 61
Fill in the blanks (Student's Exercise) 61

20. Fingerboard - 2 62 - 65

Notes interval between open strings (fig. 20.1) 62

Notes interval between adjacent strings (fig. 20.2) 63
Fill in the blanks (Student's Exercise) 64
1 wholetone high note on next string (fig. 20.3) 64
Fingering to play 1 whole tone high note (fig. 20.4) 65

21. Scale 2 66 - 71

A Major Scale (fig. 21.1) 66

A Major Scale notes on 5th, 4th and 3rd string (fig. 21.2) 66
Fingering for A Major Scale (fig. 21.3) 67
D Major Scale (fig. 21.4) 68
Fingering for D Major Scale (fig. 21.5) 68
Optional fingering for D Major Scale (fig. 21.6) 69
Notes of G Major Scale (fig. 21.7) 69
Fingering for G Major Scale (fig. 21.8) 69
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B Major scale notes on 2 and 1 string (fig. 21.9) 70
Fingering - 1for B Major Scale (fig. 21.10) 70
Fingering 2 for B Major Scale (fig. 21.11) 70
Scales chart (fig. 21.12) 71

22. Strength and speed building exercises 72 - 74

23. Scales - 3 75 - 86

F Major Scale (fig. 23.1) 75

Fingering for F Major Scale (fig. 23.2) 75
G Major Scale in lower octave (fig. 23.3) 76
G Major Scale fingering (fig. 23.4) 76
G Major Scale in 2 octaves (fig. 23.5) 76
B Flat Major Scale (fig. 23.6) 77
B Flat Major Scale fingering (fig. 23.7) 77
B Major Scale (fig. 23.8) 78
Fingering for B Major Scale (fig. 23.9) 78
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B Scale in 2 Octaves (fig. 23.10) 78
Fingering for 2 octaves B Scale (fig. 23.11) 79
C Major Scale (fig. 23.12) 79
Fingering for C Major Scale (fig. 23.13) 80
E Flat Major Scale (fig. 23.14) 80
Fingering for Eb Scale (fig. 23.15) 80
E Major Scale (fig. 23.16) 81
Fingering for E Major Scale (fig. 23.17) 81
E Major Scale in 2 octaves (fig. 23.18) 81
2 octaves E Major Scale fingering (fig. 23.19) 82
F Major Scale (fig. 23.20) 82
Fingering for F Major Scale (fig. 23.21) 82
2 octaves F Scale fingering (fig. 23.22) 83
A Major Scale (fig. 23.23) 83
Fingering for A Major Scale (fig. 23.24) 83
A Major Scale in 2 octaves (fig. 23.25) 84
2 octaves A Scale fingering (fig. 23.26) 84
C Major Scale - 2 (fig. 23.27) 85
Fingering for C Major Scale (fig. 23.28) 85
C Major Scale in 2 octaves (fig. 23.29) 85
Scales Chart (fig. 23.30) 86

CHORDS

24. What is Chord? 87

25. Chord Chart 88

26 Primary Chords 92 - 93

27. Secondary Chords 94 - 97

Student's exercise 1 96
Student's exercise 2 96
Student's exercise 3 97

28. Chord Positions 98 - 107

Simple C Major - 1 (fig. 28.1) 99

Simple G7 Chord (fig. 28.2) 100
Simple C Major - 2 (fig. 28.3) 100
Simple G Major - 1 (fig. 28.4) 101
C Major - 3 (fig. 28.5) 101
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G Major - 2 (fig. 28.6) 102
G7 chord (fig. 28.7) 102
Simple GM7 (fig. 28.8) 102
Full GM7 (fig. 28.9) 103
Full C Chord (fig. 28.10) 103
D Major (fig. 28.11) 104
A7 Chord (fig. 28.12) 104
Full G Chord (fig. 28.13) 105
Chord D7 (fig. 28.14) 105
A Major (fig. 28.15) 106
E7 Chord (fig. 28.16) 106
E Major (fig. 28.17) 107
B7 Chord (fig. 28.19) 107

29. Optional finger positions for chords 108 - 110

D Major (fig. 29.1) 108

A Major - 1 (fig. 29.2) 108
A major - 2 (fig. 29.3) 109
E Major (fig. 29.4) 109
D7 (fig. 29.5) 109
E7 Chord (fig. 29.6) 110

30. Minor Chords 111 -112

A minor (fig. 30.1) 111

E minor (fig. 30.2) 111
A minor optional (fig. 30.3) 112
E minor optional (fig. 30.4) 112
D minor optional (fig. 30.5) 112

31. Minor Sevenths 113 - 114

D minor 7 (fig. 31.1) 113

E minor 7 (fig. 31.2) 113
A minor 7 (fig. 31.3) 113

32. Moveable Major and minor chords positions 115 - 118

F Major position (fig. 32.1) 115

B Major position (fig. 32.2) 116
C# Major position (fig. 32.3) 117
F minor (fig. 32.4) 117
B minor (fig. 32.5) 118
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D minor (fig. 32.6) 118

33. Barre Chords 119 -120

F Major barre (fig. 33.1) 119

Bb Major barre (fig. 33.2) 119
C# Major barre (fig. 33.3) 120
F minor barre (fig. 33.4) 120
B minor barre (fig. 33.5) 120

34. Frequently Asked Questions 121 to 123

OCTAVES, SCALES AND TECHNIQUES

35. Octaves -1 125- 132

Pos. 6/4 (fig. 35.1) 125

Pos. 5/3 (fig. 35.2) 125
Optional fingering pos. 6/4 (fig. 35.3) 126
Optional fingering pos. 6/4 (fig. 35.4) 126
Pos. 4/2 (fig. 35.5) 127
Pos. 3/1 (fig. 35.6) 127
Pos. 6/3 (fig. 35.7) 128
Strings relationship (fig. 35.8) 128
Pos. 5/2 (fig. 35.9) 129
Pos. 4/1 (fig. 35.10) 129
7 octave positions (fig. 35.11) 129
Octaves positions chart (fig. 35.12) 130

36. Octaves - 2 131-132

37. Scales - 4 133-139

Moveable fingering for Major Scale (fig. 37.1) 133

A flat Major Scale (fig. 37.2) 133
A Major Scale (fig. 37.3) 134
B flat Major Scale (fig. 37.4) 134
B Major Scale (fig. 37.5) 134
C Major Scale (fig. 37.6) 135
D flat Major Scale (fig. 37.7) 135
D Major Scale (fig. 37.8) 135
E flat Major Scale (fig. 37.9) 136
E Major Scale (fig. 37.10) 136
F Major Scale (fig. 37.11) 137
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F# Major Scale (fig. 37.12) 137
G Major Scale (fig. 37.13) 137
Scales Chart (fig. 37.14) 139

38. Scale 5 (Circle of fifths) 140 - 141

39. Commonly used techniques in Guitar 142 - 145

40. Relative Major and minor chords 146

ARTICLES AND TABLES SECTION

Glossary 147 - 150

Significance of Reading Music 151 - 152

Daily and weekly practice reminder chart 153 - 154

Monthly Progress Report table 156 - 157

Choice of Strings 158

About the Author 159

Ragas on Guitar Strings Book Review 160