English

Guitar

Everything for the guitar in one place: the first eight chords (G, D, A, C, E, Em, Am, Dm), every shape by difficulty, and the barre chords with easier ways to play them.

Learn guitarThe start in nine steps — from tuning to the first song.The first chordsG, D, A, C, E, Em, Am, Dm — chosen by effort and use, not by opinion.By difficultyEvery shape in three bands: open, stretched, with a barre.Barre chordsWhy they are hard — and which have an easier shape.Reading tablatureSix lines, six strings, the number is the fret.The fretboardEvery note up to the 12th fret — and four rules for finding it.Easy songsSongs sorted by their chords, with the capo position computed.Chord chartEvery chord on one sheet, ready to print.

The notes on the neck

123456789101112EFGABCDEABCDEFGADEFGABCDGABCDEFGBCDEFGABEFGABCDE

Open strings from low to high: E – A – D – G – B – E. The natural notes up to the twelfth fret are shown here; between E and F and between B and C lies one fret, otherwise two.

Anotona does this for you

Photograph a page of sheet music or play the melody — Anotona finds the key, engraves the notes and transposes them into any other. Free.

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Every note on this page is computed, not typed in — following the rule that also makes F# major spell its seventh degree E#, not F.