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Learn to Play Amazing Grace Guitar Tab

Amazing Grace is a classic hymn which is among those popularly played on any number of instruments,
from bagpipes to piano. On the guitar, you can play the chord accompaniment to the song or even the
melody line, with a little knowledge of basic chord structures and music theory, and maybe a few helpful
books or materials.

Even though you’ve never played melodies on guitar before, worry not because now is the time you do!
You can now learn to play Amazing Grace guitar tab even though you do not know any notes notation.
Take your guitar and let us begin.

First take a look at the texts of the first stanza;

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound!

This was a guy like me sav'd!

I once lost but now am found

Was blind but now I see

First you must learnto play guitar tablature. Guitar Tab or tablature is a way of showing how to say, notes
on your guitar with the help of numbers, play games on the waistband and on the string:

1. ----------------------

2. ----------------------

3. ----------------------

The three lines represent the first three strings of the guitar. The line at the upper edge 1 named.
represents the first string or E string on the guitar.

Now you will learn how to playYour first guitar tab, how do we try the first line of text, along with the
guitar tablature of the song:

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound!

1. ------------ 0 ------- 0 -------------------------

2. ------- 1 ------- 1 -------- 3 ----- 1 --------------

3. - 0 ---------------------------------- 2 ---- 0 --

The figures you see on a guitar tablature staff tell you which federal government to play. The number 0
means that you press a string without a piece downfret.P>

This is called playing to an empty string.

As you can see from this guitar tablature of the first note is based on the open third string on your guitar.
The next note on the first fret on the second string.
Time to learn to play the next line of lyrics with the melody on the guitar:

This was a guy like me sav'd!

1. -------------- 0 ------- 0 --------- 0 ---- ---- 3

2. --------- 1 ------- 1 --------- 3 ---------------

3.--- 0 ----------------------------------------

You can play the notes with the right thumb. It is probably the easiest way to pluck the strings for now.

Let's start with the third line of lyrics and guitar tablature-steps:

I once lost but now am found

11. --- 0 ---- 3 ---- 0 --------- 0 -------------------------

2. -------------------- 1 -------- 3 ---- 1 --------------- --

3. ----------------------------------------- 2 ---- 0 --- --

Maybe you have to press the guitarFrets with your right hand index finger.

If you are for more complicated guitar melodies you can try the instructions on the first fret with your index
finger to play to prepare the notes on the second fret with your middle finger and the notes on the third
fret with your ring finger.

Now we will learn to play the guitar tabs for the last line of the text and add to this guitar lesson:

Was blind but now I see

1.0 -------- 0 --------------- ---------------

2. ---------- 1 -------- 1 ------- 3 ---- 1 ----

3. ---- 0 -----------------------------------

After going through with this guitar lesson, you have finally learned how to play Amazing Grace guitar tab!
Congratulations! You have also learned to understand the use of guitar tablature notation. Keep practicing
the Amazing Grace guitar tab and gain mastery in no time!

Source: learningonsite.blogspot.com

Andy Rogers is a singer songwriter, worship leader and owner of www.AmazingGraceMusic.net where
you can download FREE mp3, chord chart and powerpoint visuals for a new contemporary guitar version
of Amazing Grace.

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