In this lesson, Peter teaches the notes on the 1st string of the guitar as they correspond to the Solfeggio you likely learned in grade school. He explains how to play both "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and "Jingle Bells" with the help of your ears and Solfeggio. By singing the Solfege notes while playing, you'll engrain the pitch and notes into your memory.
Taught by Peter Einhorn in Beginner Guitar with Peter Einhorn seriesLength: 5:55Difficulty: 1.0 of 5

Peter Einhorn teaches the basics of guitar playing from the standpoint of an altered standard tuning. This tuning allows the player to learn the instrument more like you would learn the piano.
Lesson 1
JamPlay is proud to introduce jazz guitarist Peter Einhorn. In this lesson series, Peter will discuss and demonstrate a way of playing the guitar that differs from standard approaches to playing. By utilizing...
Length: 7:06 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 2
In this lesson, Peter goes over some of the basics of the guitar before you get to playing. He covers how to hold the instrument and how to tune it. He'll also cover how the partial capo is applied and...
Length: 8:33 Difficulty: 0.5 Members OnlyLesson 3
In this lesson, Peter teaches the notes on the 1st string of the guitar as they correspond to the Solfeggio you likely learned in grade school. He explains how to play both "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and...
Length: 5:55 Difficulty: 1.0 Members OnlyLesson 4
In the fourth lesson of his basic guitar series, Peter talks about the notes lower in pitch from "do" in Solfege. When the partial capo is attached at the 3rd fret on the first and second strings, these...
Length: 4:32 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 5
In this lesson, Peter discusses and demonstrates why and how we should use the remaining fingers on our fretting hand. He also discusses positional playing on the fret board. He then applies these techniques...
Length: 10:34 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 6
In this lesson Peter introduces the concept of harmony and accompaniment. To add this to your playing, you'll need to learn about the fourth, fifth and sixth strings of the guitar.
Length: 8:24 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 7
Now that you've been learning how to accompany melody, it's time to start adding expression to your playing. In this lesson, Peter walks you through the song "Amazing Grace" and points out tips that will...
Length: 6:16 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 8
In the eighth lesson of his beginner guitar series, Peter discusses playing with a pick. Not every guitarist is going to want to play with their fingers solely. Playing with a pick can help with rhythm...
Length: 11:00 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 9
Peter Einhorn discusses using bass notes as a scale in this lesson. He also talks about creating chords and how to read chord symbols. You'll then apply this knowledge to the song "The Water is Wide."
Length: 8:34 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 10
In this final lesson of his basic series, Peter provides instruction on the melody for "St. James Infirmary". To conclude, he also talks about why this approach to learning is important compared to more...
Length: 11:34 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
About Peter Einhorn
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Peter has performed and / or recorded with Joe Lavono, Jimmy Cobb, Steve Swallow, Placido Domingo, John Abercrombie, Steve Kuhn, Eddie Daniels, Roland Hanna, Walter Booker and many others.
Peter has honed his teaching skills from 20 years of service at the National Guitar Workshop, 10 years teaching guitar students and ensembles at Bard College in N.Y., and, to this day, maintains some private students.
As a professional jazz & latin musician in New York City and Miami he has played in many top venues. His work at the Metropolitan opera in New York City over a period of three years should be noted. He has written for network television (NBC, ABC)) and for video (History Channel) and has over 25 scores to his credit.
Peter has performed and / or recorded with Joe Lavano, Jim Hall, Steve Swallow, Placido Domingo, John Abercrombie, Steve Kuhn, Eddie Daniels, Roland Hanna and many others.
Peter is licensed in Instrumental Music, K-12 in New York State. His guitar improvisational instruction books; "Introducing the Dorian Mode" and "Introducing the Mixolydian Mode", are currently available from Alfred Publishing.
He lives in Woodstock, NY with his wife and two children.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.the high E string is the 1st string...just as you said!
hi Peter, I learned my solfeggio in french and now coming to english guitar tutorials we make the following correspondance: do=C;re=D;mi=E;fa=F;sol=G;la=A;si=B. Is there a floating C? Am I mistaken? Please let me know. Thanks
Hi- Because we are in the Key G, G is the root note, or "Do". Re is a note A, Mi is the note B, Fa is C, Sol is D, La is A, Ti is F#. I hope this helps!
The "high" [in pitch] E string is commonly referred to as the 1st string. I site Mel Bay Book One as prescedent!
The SpiderCapo is excellent. I got mine a few days ago, sent to me in S.E. Asia. I like it much better than the clamp type. Well worth the half-price offer to be able to continue these lessons. (The offer is to be found in "about this lesson" which I did not see right away) Anyway, Thanks, Peter!
Then I made a mistake. (what do we now say, I "mis-spoke"). You are quite right the high e string is the 1st string.
At the end of lesson 3/scene 1 you refer to the high e string as the sixth string. In my experience, the high e is the first string. This coincides with the nomenclature on string packaging where the high e is referred to as the 1st string. Why is your reference different?