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CREIGHTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL MUSIC ROOM​

Mouse over the pictures below to learn about these different types of guitars.
Want to learn how to play the guitar? Guitar Club is open to students of all ages who have an interest in learning the basics of how to play the guitar and how to properly care for their instrument. Join us Fridays at lunch in the music room!
TUNING
 The standard tuning for 6 string guitars is EADGBE. If you want to tune your guitar in standard form then you don't have to change any of the notes above, because it is initially set to EADGBE.

You might notice that if you have tuned all the strings once, and then you go back to the first one you tuned, it might be off a little bit. This is because you are increasing or decreasing the tension on each of the strings as you tune it and the instrument's body might bend ever so slightly due to this difference in tension. This causes the other strings to slightly change in pitch. So, make sure you keep on checking and tuning the strings until all are in tune

Here is a good online tuner for standard tuning:



Click on the notes on the tuner, and slightly tighten or loosen your strings until the pitch of your strings matches the pitch of the tuner. Do it gradually, it's easy to break strings, especially the high E
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GUITAR CLUB
You will be able to play hundreds of songs with these 7 basic major chords
Semi hollow body electric Almost the same as the solid body. These can be heard without plugging them into an amplifier, but only just. The hollow cavity gives them a slightly different tone than the solid body.
Solid body electric - The most popular kind of electric guitar. The sound comes from the 'pickups' (which are essentially microphones) which feed the sound into an amplifier. They have very little sound when played without the electronics.
Acoustic resonator - Resonator guitars were invented before electronics amplified guitars. The round 'resonator' acts as a loud speaker, making them much louder than plain acoustic guitars. Often played using a slide, or "bottleneck", in Country and Blues music.
Classical nylon String - The original, traditional guitar. In the old days, the strings were made of cat-gut. This is the kind of guitar that classical and Flamenco players use. It's the easiest kind of guitar to start out on and they're played with the fingers, not picks.
Hollow body electric Played mainly by jazz artists, these sound good un-plugged; the pickups simply add volume to the acoustic sound. They're also known as "archtops" because of their arched soundboard.
Acoustic electric Acoustic electrics are just acoustics with some built in electronics to boost the volume. Often used in band situations where a normal acoustic gets drowned out by the other instruments.
Acoustic steel 12 string - Bigger and heavier than 6 strings, these guitars have 6 pairs of strings. They're tuned and played in the same way, but have much greater volume and a very jangley sound. They're usually strummed. Not for beginners!
Acoustic steel 6 string - Steel string guitars are bigger and louder that nylon string, and are the most popular of the acoustics. They're harder on the fingers. They're usually strummed with a flat pick, but are also played with bare fingers or finger-picks.