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The bottom string is usually the skinniest and has the highest sound. It is an E note. The bottom string is also known as the first string. The second string is a little thicker than the first string and is the B note. The third string is G, the fourth string is D, the fifth string is A, and the final, sixth string is an E, just like the first string. This sixth string is the thickest string of the set. It has the lowest sound and is the one that is closest to you. If the guitar is tuned correctly, the first string and the sixth string should give you the same note but in different pitches. If you want to memorize the string position and values you can use a mnemonic devise such as Eat All Day Get Big Easy.

The headstock consists of tuners that allow you to change the pitch of your guitar strings. At the bottom of the headstock is the "nut". A nut is a piece of material where there are grooves carved out. These grooves guide the strings to the tuners.

The top of the guitar consists of a slim neck and the "headstock". The headstock's main function is to hold the guitar strings. The headstock is placed at the end of the guitar and is farthest from your body.

The nut is usually made of plastic, bone, brass, stainless steel, graphite or other material. The nut is found where the fret board meets the headstock. A fret board or fingerboard is wood that is embedded with the metal "frets" that make up the top of the neck.

There is a sound hole in the body of the acoustic guitar. The sound hole is designed to project the sound of the instrument. The sound hole is typically a round hole on the front of the guitar, under the strings. The sound of the guitar is projected through the sound hole. The air inside the body of the guitar vibrates as the guitar body and top is vibrated by the instrument's strings.

How To Learn To Play Guitar II - The Guitar Structure

The guitar neck will be the focal point as you begin to learn how to play the instrument. The neck joint or "heel" is where the neck is glued or bolted to the guitar body. The majority of acoustic guitars have necks that are glued while the majority of electric guitars have glued and bolted necks. Your fingers will be placed on different parts of the neck and this will create various notes. Solid body electric guitars have a neck through body construction.

These types of necks are built so the head down through the bridge is on the same piece of wood. Next there is the body of the guitar. The body of a guitar will be different depending on what type of guitar you use. In an acoustic guitar the body of the instrument determines the quality of the sound. The vibration of the strings is passed through the bridge and saddle through a sound board. A sound board is usually made of spruce or cedar and is about 3mm thick.

Guitar strings go from the pegs on the headstock and over the nut. They then go down the neck and over the body and then over the sound hole or pickups. The strings are then anchored to a "bridge". A normal guitar has six strings. These strings are all different sizes and represent different notes. You can check the resource box at the end of this article to actually see graphic representations of the structure of a guitar.

In our next article we will get into more aspects of this online course on How To Learn To Play The Guitar, particularly, we will cover how to play acoustic guitar.

Frets are strips of metal that cut the guitar in sections from top to bottom. The combination of strings and frets form a grid. This grid covers the guitar neck. If you put your finger in between two frets, this allows you to play a note. The higher you place your finger on the fret; the notes will have a higher sound.