Guitar Grade 3: Technique

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you have a toy guitar 🎸. Your fingers are like little spiders that walk on the strings!

2. 2

   How many fingers do you use to press the strings on the first three frets?

3. 3

   Tap the correct finger to place it on the string. Each finger has a number: 1 = index, 2 = middle, 3 = ring.

4. 4

   Let's play the first three notes on the string: press fret 1 with finger 1, then fret 2 with finger 2, then fret 3 with finger 3.

5. 5

   Now you try! Tap the frets in order: 1, 2, 3.

6. 6

   Which finger presses the second fret?

7. 7

   What do you do with your thumb while playing?