The Positions of the Guitar

The positions of the guitar are numbered in similar fashion to other stringed instruments. In the first position, the left hand is in place to reach the first four frets on all strings. Similarly, in the fifth position the first finger would play at the fifth fret, and the notes of the fifth position would be frets five through eight on all strings.

So far we have mostly used notes in the first or second positions. Now it is time to learn some new notes and adventure further up the fingerboard.