Welcome to the BURNMYBANJO guitar lessons.

Using these pages

At the top left of each lessons you will see a 'Guitar Tuner', tune your guitar to these notes.

The strings on a guitar are like this:

  |E ---This is the thinest string - called 'Top E'---|
  |B -------------------------------------------------|
  |G -------------------------------------------------|
  |D -------------------------------------------------|
  |A -------------------------------------------------|
  |E --This is the fatest string - called 'Bottom E'--|

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You will also see a TAB box. The lines of TAB correspond to the strings on a guitar. The numbers show you where to put your fingers. This example shows an E chord. The bottom E is played open '0', the top E and B are also open. This TAB box shows tells you to put your fingers on the second fret of the A and D string and then the first fret of the G string.
E |E -0----------------------------------| |B -0----------------------------------| |G -1----------------------------------| |D -2----------------------------------| |A -2----------------------------------| |E -0----------------------------------|	<bgsound src="http://burnmybanjo.com/MP3/Echord.mp3" loop="false" width="260" height="14"> E chord strum <bgsound src="http://burnmybanjo.com/MP3/Earpeg.mp3" loop="false" width="260" height="14"> E chord arpegio Next to the TAB you will see an MP3 player. You can click this to hear what the notes should sound like.
	You will also see a chord box with finger positions on a guitar neck. This is for quick reference.