What does guitar string “action” mean?
“Action” refers to the distance between the strings and the fretboard. The strings can be raised and lowered on an acoustic guitar via the saddle, which is the piece of bone or plastic, over which the strings run from the bridge of the guitar. The higher the saddle is, the higher the strings will sit above the fretboard, and the higher those strings are, the harder they are to play. So, the idea is to have the saddle adjusted so as to have your strings sitting as low as possible, without causing fret “buzz” or fret “rattle” as some call it. Adjusting the saddle usually means shaving it until it sits at the right height. 11. What does “playing in the key of G” mean ? For every note in the musical alphabet, there are chords which correspond with them. Chords can be grouped in a series of “families”, which means that there are certain chords which go well when following or preceding other chords. Basically, if you’re in the “key of G”, the “G” is regarded as “Number One” when counting the
