Complete Guitar Chords




Basic Anatomy of a Guitar
Complete Guitar Chords


Description:


Body 
The main part of a guitar (not the neck).
 
Bridge
The part of the guitar where the strings transmit their vibrations to the soundboard. Made of either wood or metal. See anatomy.
 
Cutaway
A concave area generally in the upper right bout of a normal right-hand guitar that allows the player easier access to the high frets.
 
Fret
The vertical metal bars on a guitar fret board. Aso describes the distance between notes on the fretboard.
 
Fret Markers 
Used as reference for fret numbers, commonly on the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 17th 19th and 21st fret.
 
Fretboard
The fretted surface of the neck where you do the playing, sometimes known as the fingerboard.
 
Headstock 
The part of a guitar situated on the end of the neck which houses the machine heads ot tuning pegs.
 
Input plug 
Where you plug your electric guitar to your amplifier.
 
Neck 
The part of a guitar which houses the fret board.
 
Nut
The small grooved piece of bone that the strings sit in between the fretboard and the headstock. See anatomy.
 
Pickup Selector
The pickup selector allows the user to regulate the degree to which each pickup's recorded vibration is predominant in the final sound produced. Commonly between the bridge, middle and neck pickups.
 
Pickups 
An electromagnet housed underneath the strings on an electric guitar which produces a signal to be amplified by a guitar amplifier.
 
Saddle
The upright blade which sits in the bridge, often plastice metal or bone, where the strings sit.
 
Sound hole 
The hole in the front of an acoustic guitar body from which the sound is projected.
 
Strap Pin
Two Metal Pins placed on different ends of a guitar body used to hold a guitar strap.
 
Tremolo bar
A tremolo arm, tremolo bar, or whammy bar is a lever attached to the bridgeor the tailpiece of an electric guitar to enable the player to quickly vary the tension and the length of the strings temporarily, changing the pitch to create a vibrato, portamento or pitch bend effect.
 
Tuning pegs
The geared devices on the headstock used to tighten or loosen the strings. See anatomy.
 
Volume and Tone
 Knobs to adjust volume and tone
 
Complete Guitar Chords
Complete Guitar Chords
Complete Guitar Chords
Complete Guitar Chords
Complete Guitar Chords
Complete Guitar Chords
Complete Guitar Chords