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How To Play 12 String Guitar

thrandur — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:21:12 +0000

These instructions are absolutely beautiful.

Starts with a well known chord and goes from there. Teaches you the basic difference between the 6 string and the 12 string guitar. You must pick two stings at a time with your right hand and push down two strings with the left. You need strong hands!

How To Play a 12 String Guitar

thrandur — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:08:44 +0000

Twelve string guitars are not that much different from a six string guitar. A twelve string guitar has twelve strings but they are put into six different courses. This is made so when you play a cord, really two are playing at once so the sound is more eccentric and better sound and quality. Although there are still twelve tuners on this crazy guitar.

How To Play a 12 String Guitar

These guitars come in electric and acoustic, which ever one you prefer. Playing these twelve string guitars are not that much different or harder to play. As long as you already know how to play a six string guitar. If you don’t know how to play a six string guitar, learn how to play one and then it will be a whole lot easier to play the whole twelve strings.

When playing twelve string guitars, the two strings put together are usually played at the same time. If you have the twelve string guitar in front of you, you should definitely tune it first before you play it. There is no sense in playing a guitar that has not been tuned yet. To tune the twelve string, all you have to do is tune it the same way you would tune a six string guitar. To tune a six string you have to tune it like E B G D A E. The lower string are a octave apart however. So that’s the only difference. So if you wanted to tune your twelve string guitar all you have to do is tune it like EE BB GG D octave D A octave A E octave E. Its just about the same except for the chords being paired up in twos right?

Once you are done tuning your twelve string guitar, you are ready to get out there and play it. Hold it just like a six string, adjust your hands on it just like a six string, and finally, play it just like a six string. All you have to do is just play the two strings paired up together as one chord. You are ready to rock on!

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How To Tune a 12 String Guitar

thrandur — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:00:15 +0000

Tuning a 12 string guitar is a simple matter once you learn how. At first those 6 extra tuning pegs can seem intimidating. If you know how to tune a 6 string then you're already half way there. Both instruments are usually tuned to the same E tuning. The only difference is that the 12 string has pairs of same note strings instead of 6 single ones. Some string pairs are tuned to the same note while others are in different octaves.

How To Tune a 12 String Guitar

The first thing you'll need is a reference note to tune your instrument to. Pitch pipes and tuning forks are good cheap options. There is also a variety of electronic tuners that are especially helpful for acoustic-electric 12 strings. You can find a number of websites that also give you a reference tone to tune your guitar to.

Once you have your pitch to tune to, you can go about this in one of two ways. You can tune each string to a reference note, or tune the low E string and tune the rest to it. You can tune a guitar to itself once you have the low E in tune by holding that string down on the 5th fret and tuning the next open string to it. Every note played on the 5th fret should be the note of the next open string going down. The only exception is the G string which is the 4th one down while holding the guitar in playing position. You'll need to hold the note at the 4th fret to tune the next open string which is B, then go back to the 5th fret for the next string. When you hold your guitar in playing position the thickest gauge string at the top is the low E. Going down from there and working your way to the thinnest string, the notes are A, D, G, B, and the high E.

On a 12 string guitar these are tuned the same but in pairs. The low E's are an octave apart with the lighter gauge string being the higher octave. A strings gauge is it's thickness, so when I refer to a lighter gauge it means the thinner string. Follow this same pattern for the A,D, and G string pairs. The E and B notes are tuned in unison and then you're all done and ready to play.

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