One very useful thing to know is the note names of the open strings. They are often used to describe finger placement (as in put your first finger in the second fret of the A string) and are also useful for tuning your guitar to another instrument (like a piano). It is needed to buy new strings for your guitar (can I please have a D string) and can help you know the notes you are playing and may help you use a guitar tuner.

So well worth learning this one, and we will be developing this more in a latter stage when we learn all the notes in the open position and the notes that make up our chords!

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So what are the notes?1st string - E (the thinnest)
2nd string - B
3rd string - G
4th string - D
5th string - A
6th string - E (the thickest)

 

The Easter Bunny Rhymes

One of the best ways to remember is to make up rhymes.

D Chord

 

From Thin to Thick

Easter Bunny Gets Drunk After Easter

Every Boy Gets Dizzy Around Elle

Eager Boys Go Down After Eloping

 

From Thick to Thin

Eddy Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddy

Easter Angels Don't Give Broken Eggs

 

 

Or just make up your own - you don't have to use one of mine! Just make sure that you remember this!

 

Next up we'll be changing our chords again in BC-134 • 1 minute Changes

 

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