MusicYears 4–6Guitar

Guitar Grade 4: Technique

Advanced slur technique; harmonics (natural and artificial); confident shifting

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Hold your guitar like a baby koala 🐨 — nice and steady!

  2. 2

    Which hand holds the neck of the guitar? 🎸

  3. 3

    Practice placing your left hand fingers on the strings — like little spiders 🕷️!

  4. 4

    Let's play a simple note — the open A string (the 5th string).

  5. 5

    Which string is the A string? 🎸

  6. 6

    Now try pressing the A string at the 2nd fret with your 2nd finger — that makes a B note!

  7. 7

    Where should you press the string to play a note? 🎸

Practise Guitar Grade 4: Technique with Whizlo

Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 8–11. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.