Tuning your guitar

To tune your guitar by ear, you need only one string the right note in tune. This isis known as a reference. If you have this is the other strings are in fairly easy. There are various ways to find the reference tone.
You can use any of the following methods to one or all of the strings to vote.

Piano / Keyboard: A keyboard is fairly easy to agree with your strings (while the piano is in tune;-) Is your strings just to the right tone on the piano keyboard.

Tuner: The tuner measures the frequency of your strings when you anschlagt and it shows you so to the touch. The easiest way to tune a guitar.

Clay Pipe: A clay pipe has 6 tones, one for each string. Just tune your string to the tone, which you have created with the pipe.

Tuning Fork: When a tuning fork is struck, it produces an A note on the frequency of 440Hz. Then it is simply the fifth fret of the E string to that note (E-string at the 5th fret = A-grade)

If you have your fat E string in tune (as a reference tone), as follows you can tune the other strings correctly:

1. Placing your finger on the 5th Federation of tuned E string and tune your A string to that tone.
2. Placing your finger on the 5th Confederation of A-string and tune your D string to that tone.
3. Placing your finger on the 5th Association of D-string and tune your G string to that tone.
4. Placing your finger on the 4th Association of G-string and tune your B string to that tone.
5. Placing your finger on the 5th Federation of B-string and tune your E string to that tone.

It looks like this.

That's it, your guitar is tuned. If you understand this, you can still tune a guitar if you have a suitable reference tone. Votes should your guitar as possible every time you play. You'll be surprised how fast it can tune a guitar.




   

Blues Chords

7 Series chords

The Blues simple major and minor chords are rare. Instead, often called Sept-used and / or ninth chords. Your game gets more ink and therefore Feeling.Also you use instead of the simple I-IV and V chords now I7, IV7 and V7 chords. When the Blues in E the chords would be E7, A7 and B7.

 












Exercise: Play a 12-bar blues used, while the normal and the 7 chords.

Blues Standart
 

I	I	I	I	IV	IV	I	I	V	IV	I	V
E	E	E	E	A	A	E	E	B	A	E	E

Alternative: Quick Change Blues

I	IV	I	I	IV	IV	I	I	V	IV	I	IV
E	A	E	E	A	A	E	E	B	A	E	B

Barre chords

Next, learn their so-called sliding chords, barre chords. Here, the finger is placed over some or all of the strings and used as a kind of guitar saddle like a capo.

Now we look at the I-IV-V chords of a blues in G. I-chord = G IV-V chord chord = C = D

I-chord: To play these chords in any key, can you seek the root of the key on the low E string. In this example, root G at the 3rd Association of E-string.

IV chord: Find the root note on the A string. In this example, the note C on the 3rd Confederation of A-string

V chord: Find the root note on the A string. In this example, the note D on the 5th Confederation of A-string 

 









Exercise: Try this with other I-IV-V combination.

 Notes on the E strings

Notes on the A string
 

Alternative to Barre handles: power chords

Power chords are used mostly in rock and metal genre because you can access quickly and easily and can quickly embrace between the various chords.

There are really two variations to find the chords. Do you seek the right tone on the low E string or the A-string. Used the power chords are as follows:

 












Of course, these chords sound not like the barre chords, but if you have not enough strength in the fingers, or fingers are not flexible enough for complex barre chords, power chords are a good alternative. And in time you'll get enough practice to the Barre handles to change.

Gibson Guitars

Gibson  ES-335


The Gibson ES-335 was developed 1957th They wanted to build a guitar, on the one hand technically sound came up close to solid-body guitars, but on the other hand should have a weight advantage over above-mentioned models. The series was called semi-solid guitar. The pickups were in the wooden block, which runs between the ceiling and floor as a continuation of the neck, fitted. This had a good sustain the effect. Also the sound side were the two "f"-shaped openings that we know of, for example a violin.


The body of the 1958 ES-335T was constructed from maple, mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard rosewood. Color, there were 1958 two versions: "Sunburst" and "Natural " (ES-335TN). 1960, then the painting "cherry red"to (ES-335 TDC). Over the years, there were some follow-up models such as ES and ES -345 -340.

 

Gibson - Les Paul

The first Les Paul was released Gison 1952nd It should be Gibson's answer to the best seller of the company Fender Telecaster. In principle, the Les Paul is set up: the ceiling (above) is made of maple, because of the light and crisp sounds, the bottom (below) is made of mahogany, because of the warm and soft sounds. 1954 would then be used to tune-o-matic Bridge and then followed 1957, the humbuckers.

This combination gave this guitar its unique sound. In 1958 the company offered the Gibson Les Paul cherry sunburst with a painted ceiling in. This guitar is now known as Les Paul Standard. To date, brought countless different models on the market. An overview of this, it at the official Gibson website. By the fat humbucker sound, the guitar ethablierte in almost all areas of music. Variables such as Gary Moore and Slash take advantage of these guitars!

 

 

12-Bar Blues

The normal "12-Bar Blues" is the rule of 3 chords. Usually referred to as "I-IV-V chords (alternatively as tonic-subdominant-dominant). The 1 Chord is the root of the song, can be derived from the other two.

Here we have the scale (without half steps): C D E F G A B C
For a blues in C the I-chord is automatically the C chord and so would the IV chord is an F and the V chord, a G to be.
To test simply count times:

I   II III IV V
C D  E  F  G  

The same, of course, you can apply for any other typical blues song, simply count the chords, if you with the fundamental, ie I have the chord. Finding the simplest and most ideal way is the right chords to use a circle of fifths. In the below you need only look at the circle to throw your I-chord is always the root and at the top. From there, you count from easy. Some things are really easier than I thought, right?

Exercise: Finding out on the basis of counting the I IV and V chords of the following frequently verwendetn keys for 12-bar blues.

1. A
2. D
3. G

Solution:
1. I = A D = IV V = E (eg Stormy Monday Blues)
2. I D = IV = GV = A (eg Good morning little school girl)
3. I = G IV = C = V D (eg Oh Pretty Woman)

Songs are based on I-IV-V chords:
Crossroads (original by Robert Johnson, played by Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc.)
Good Morning Little School Girl (Original Sonny Boy Williamson, etc. played by Jonny Lang)
Malted Milk (Orig. Robert Johson, played by Eric Clapton and Others)
Pretty Woman (Original Albert King, among others played by Gary Moore)
Pride and Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
Stormy Monday Blues (original? played, among others, SRV, Albert King, Allman Brothers, Gary Moore)

Let's start with the practice! 

Now plays once a very simple 12-bar blues in E.
Our 12-stroke follows the equation: E (4 bars) A (2 bars) E (2 bars) B (2 counts) E (2 bars)

For proper practice you can also use the GuitarPro file that you can easily practice until you can play this important rhythm liquid.


Theory of knowledge:
The German H is called in English B
The German B is called in English Bb 

Standard 12-bar blues key of E (4 strokes per cycle!) 

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