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This video will show you how to position yourself best for playing :

The most common chords in the Western Music are the Major Chords .

C Major

A Major

G Major

E Major

D Major

To make sure you keep your guitar sounding good, you have to tune your guitar on a regular basis, using Relative Tuning or Tuning with a Piano .

The Basics:

There is some important Guitar Terms to know before starting !

Headstock :  The top-most part of the guitar on which the tuning pegs are located

Nut : The small piece of material that is found where the headstock meets the neck. There are usually small grooves carved out in order to guide the guitar strings up to the tuning pegs.

Turning Pegs: Hold the strings in place and allow the user to adjust the pitch of the string by turning the peg.

Neck:  The long, skinny part of the guitar that holds the frets and strings and where the fingers are placed in order to play individual notes or to create chords.

Body:  The large base of the guitar (usually the most bulky part) that is attached to the neck. Acoustic guitars will usually have hollowed out bodies, with the circular “sound hole” in the middle used to project the sound of the instrument. Electric guitars use “Pick-ups” instead of sound holes in order to capture and project the sound of the strings being played.