Essential Guitar Vocabulary

These are some of the very basics about the guitar. First of all, here is a diagram of an electric guitar. The parts labelled are almost the same in an acoustic and classical guitar.


Turning the tuning machines (aka. tuning keys, tuning knobs) tightens or loosens the strings. Don't try to tighten the strings too much, they break easily. Actually, it's a good idea idea not to touch them at all until you get to the tuning lesson.

See the more detailed guitar anatomy at wikipedia, if you wish to know your guitar parts really well.

Fretboard Analysis

As you can see, there are small metal bars all over the fretboard, called frets. The nut is located just where the fretboard starts, and all strings pass through the nut.

There are a total of six strings on the guitar. They are named:

• 'E', 'E(low)' or 'sixth string' (the thickest one).
• 'A' or 'fifth string'
• 'D' or 'fourth string'
• 'G' or 'third string'
• 'B' or 'second string'
• 'E', 'E(high)' or 'first string' (the thinnest one).

Remember their alphabetical names: EADGBE. Learn this line if you're having trouble memorizing them:

Eddy Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddy

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