| Have you ever played a melody on a guitar? Well, | | | | we can write it down like this:0-0-0If you press |
| if not let this be the first time! I will show you | | | | down the string on the second fret with your left |
| how to play Mary Had A Little Lamb on one string | | | | hand first finger and play it three times and then |
| with one finger on your left hand and one finger | | | | lift your finger and play on the open string three |
| on your right.What string you use on your or | | | | times like you did before it will look like |
| somebody elses guitar doesn't matter. It's a | | | | this:2-2-2-0-0-0Got the idea? Well, to play Mary |
| matter of personal choice.As you know Mary Had | | | | Had A Little Lamb you need two more notes. |
| A Little Lamb is a popular nursery rhyme. Here is | | | | Press down your first finger on the fourth fret |
| the first verse:Mary had a little lamb | | | | and then on your seventh fret and you have all |
| little lamb, little lamb | | | | the necessary notes. The song looks like |
| Mary had a little lamb | | | | 4-2-0If you still have questions you can ask a |
| its fleece was white as snowThomas Edison | | | | guitar playing friend to help you. She or he will |
| used this poem in testing his invention of the | | | | probably be proud to help you.If this melody is a |
| phonograph in 1877. It became the first audio | | | | little bit to easy for you, you can show it to a not |
| recording to be successfully made and played | | | | guitar playing friend. Many people start to smile |
| back.Let's start by playing on a string of your | | | | when they can play something on the guitar for |
| choice. Play the string with the thumb. If you play | | | | the first time!Peter Edvinsson is a musician, |
| the string three times with your right hand thumb | | | | composer and music teacher. |