Before you can start playing your guitar, you must first understand the basic parts of a guitar and the most commonly used terms. We have two types of guitars, the acoustic and the electric; the parts we will cover below are similar for the two types of guitar.
The headstock is the small end of a guitar. Normally there are 6 tuning keys in the headstock. For a bass guitar, only four exist; the number of tuning keys corresponds to the number of strings the guitar has. These tuning knobs or keys are how you tighten or loosen the strings attached to them. The pitch of each string is dependent on how well the key or knob is tuned.
After the headstock comes the guitar neck, which is the long, slender board on the guitar. The front part of the neck is known as the fretboard, which consists of frets, which are small metal bars over the fretboard, and the nut, which is also like a fret but is right at the beginning of the fretboard. All the strings are stretched along the neck passing over the nut and frets.
The body is the large curvy part of the guitar. For acoustic guitars, this is the sound box. For both acoustic and electric guitars, the bridge is the notched bar that secures the strings in place on the guitar body.
Fretting is the act of holding down a string between frets with your fingers, while muting is the act of touching the string without holding it down. To produce a sound from your guitar, strum or pluck your guitar while fretting or muting.
Now that you are familiar with the basics of guitar vocabulary, you will find it easier to understand and learn to play your guitar.
Angela Nazario, is a freelance Internet developer who enjoys writing articles on how you can learn to play guitar, piano and other instruments for MusicWizard.com's "Music Library of Articles".
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