So You Want To Play Guitar
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With the guitar, there are some basics you need to get down pat.
To play that guitar you must know that guitar… and there are 7 basic components:
1) Headstock - The headstock is located at the end of the guitar that is furthest from your body and its main function is to hold the guitar strings.
2) Tuners - Tuners, located in the headstock, allow you to change the pitch of your guitar strings
3) Nut - At the bottom of the headstock is the “nut”, a piece of material with grooves carved out. These grooves guide the strings to the tuners.
4) Neck - The guitar neck will be the focal point as you begin to learn how to play the instrument and your fretboard, where all the magic (and music) happens is located here.
5) Sound hole - This hole, located in an acoustic guitar, is designed to project the sound of the instrument. If you’re rockin an electric already — you likely won’t find one of these.
6) Body - Probably the most obvious of guitar components, the body is the largest of the components, and is generally what you will be using to hold up the guitar when playing.
7) Bridge - Guitar strings go from the pegs on the headstock and over the nut… then down the neck, over the body, over the sound hole or pickups, where they are ultimately anchored to the bridge.
Want to know more? Want to start jamming on that guitar now that you know it a little better? You CAN play guitar, regardless of your previous experience — you just need to take that first step today:
