Playing the guitar is not the simplest thing there is, and I am mainly talking about learning the chords. That can lead to a lot of ergenies from fingers that don't want to cooperate. That's why I'm offering you an educational lesson playing guitar. In this post you will learn to play “Happy Birthday” on the guitar within a few days, without the experience of tricky chords. If you want to continue learning to play guitar later, you should of course learn chords, but that is a matter of practicing, persevering and a lot of patience. In the end, everyone can learn to play guitar, one is only more musical than the other.

Education: The correct posture

In the picture on the right you can see me, with my western guitar. I deliberately chose for a western guitar with steel strings, because I personally like the sounds more beautiful. And this Morgan guitar comes with a built-in amplifier, which makes expanding later very easy.

The correct posture for playing guitar is with a straight back, and the guitar tightly to your body. The roundness allows you to rest on your right leg, provided you are on the right. It doesn't make any difference whether you're sitting with your legs over each other or not. You hold your right hand against the cabinet of the guitar, and the movement of your right hand comes mainly from your wrist. You will be able to recognize many starting guitarists by their right hand, not only use their wrist when hitting the strings, but also the rest of the arm goes up and down, then in most cases you don't have to deal with a very experienced guitarist.

You use your left hand to press the strings on the ferrets. The palm of your left hand is tight against the neck of the guitar, with your thumb up, allowing you to put enough force with your four fingers to press the strings