Now let's look at the frets.
As we have talked about before when you are playing a note you want to make sure and play between the metal dividers
and not on the metal dividers.
The first fret here is going to be right after the nut.
Then they are numbered consecutively all the way up the guitar.
Most guitars have twenty two frets and they have a design or a dot
on the third the fifth the seventh the ninth and the twelfth frets. So you can kind of see where you are playing.
It is a nice reference when you are watching someone play the guitar and you are trying to figure it out yourself.
This guitar here has a duplicate pattern here after the twelfth fret.
When you are looking at strings and frets and their names
the notes that you are playing when you are just strumming the guitar open like this
and the notes that you are playing up here when you are playing on the twelfth fret are the exact same notes.
So the guitar starts over after you hit the double dot which you can see here or after you hit the twelfth fret.
The last bit of terms and vocabulary that you want to be aware of is finger numbers.
For the purposes of our lessons and many other lessons here on JamPlay
we are going be referring to the index finger as the first finger.
The middle finger as the second finger.
The ring finger third finger and the pinky as the fourth finger.
So one two three four just like most people count.
If we are looking here strings, fingers and frets
if I were to say play on the fifth fret on your low E string with your first finger
you would play that note.
If I were to say with your second finger play on your A string or your fifth string on the third fret you would play here.
Hopefully you have a good handle on some of the terms vocabulary and parts of the guitar.
Next we are going to look at holding the pick.