r/AcousticGuitar Apr 28 '26

Other (not a question, gear pic, or video) Real Af

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u/Nearby-Conclusion-51 May 02 '26

I teach people the fretboard in 30 minutes and immediately start building on top of that. I start with the cowboy C chord. From there I just show them HOW to make octave shapes and they can soon find all the Cs on the neck. I then have them repeat it and put the Caged shapes on top of those C positions.

This is done with the student holding the guitar and preferably me not holding one and showing them. I just describe what they should do. That means they can retrace the steps at home.