The Note A
This is an A note. The note A is placed in the second space of the staff. To play the note A, place the second finger of your left hand just behind the second fret of the third string.
When a black dot is written on a guitar fingering diagram, it tells you the position of the note and where to place your left hand finger.
Place your finger just behind the fret. Do not place your finger on the fret. Be sure to press down hard, and use the tip of your finger. If you do not do this, the string will make a buzzing noise.
This song contains four bars of A notes.
This song contains both A and G notes.
To make this song easy to play, keep your second finger near the second fret, so that when you have to play an A note you do not need to move your finger very far.
The Half Note
This is a half note.
It lasts for two counts.
There are only two half
notes in one bar of * time.
This song contains four bars of half notes, using G and A.
The big numbers 1 and 3 tell you to play the note. The small numbers 2 and 4 tell you to hold it until the next note.
This song uses a mixture of half notes and quarter notes. Because of the * time signature, there must be a total of four counts in each bar.
