So, What are the Basics to Learn Acoustic Guitar?
The basics are split up in two parts, chords and scales. While chords play a combination of musical notes in one sweeping hand-motion (known as strumming), scales are an extended version of these notes played one at a time, and on different places on the guitar. Their respective utilities are also different, with chords being used for sing-along parts, and scales being used for guitar solos. Scales are also a very good hand warm-up exercise and, over time, make your hand motion look smooth and less labored. It is important that you play the scales in an one-up-one-down pattern and watch yourself while going to the next string. This will help you create flexibility and strength in the fingers of your left hand, also known as your fretboard-hand. The fretboard-hand is used for holding the notes and you use the other free hand to play them. The other hand can be used in two ways, namely, strumming and finger-picking. Strumming means moving the plectrum (that small triangular plastic thing
