How to Hold the Acoustic Guitar | Beginner Guitar Tips

Holding the acoustic guitar properly will make everything you play more comfortable. Guitar Center Lessons invited Nicholas Veinoglou to demonstrate how to hold the acoustic guitar—both seated and standing positions—and share helpful advice about maintaining good posture and avoiding injury.

00:00 Intro
00:15 Seated Posture
00:48 Positioning the Guitar
02:46 The Guitar Strap
03:12 Standing Position
04:08 Close

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[sketchydave]

If your having trouble playing bar chords or doing pull offs I’d recommend trying the classical position by elevating your left leg and resting your guitar on your left knee/it’ll feel weird at first but once you get used to playing in the classical position it’ll take your playing to the next level and give you much easier bar chord pressure and save your wrist from hurting

[a.bloke.alwayslearning.]

Good. Video.

Should be the FIRST Video any Player should watch.
I am 71, and have learned from this.

Well done.
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[SUBRASHANKAR]

Very cool thank you this is very helpful

[ingalingua]

Hello there! Thank you for the tutorial; it's definitely more comfortable to hold my guitar the way you showed than I did it before =) I have a question though, maybe you could help me out with a tip... The thing is, I tend to lean forward and a bit down so that I can actually see which string I'm picking or which chord I'm playing... I get it that when you're a bit more into playing, you start 'feeling' your guitar, but since I'm a complete beginner, I don't know how to hold my posture and have no chance of checking what my hands are doing with the strings :D

[seiyuokamihimura]

My local guitar center guy says there's no problem with it feeling right to have the neck towards the ground when I hold it. Opinions? Any other way it touches my elbows weird etc.

[undercrackers]

I have a Taylor acoustic, but find that the guitar keeps sliding on my upper thigh away from me. It is so frustrating.

[seiyuokamihimura]

If it helps, I play viola and violin with the right doing the strings, and the left hand playing the bow. But that feels wrong when holding a guitar.

[chrstbrtgspn]

wow...I'm thinking of casing out my guitar&learn how to play it...good job😁👍

[seiyuokamihimura]

Yeah, that feels weird. Feels more normal to have the neck towards the ground.

[Hkttycm]

POV : U DID NOT MEAN CLICK THIS BUT NOW U KNOW HOW TO HOLD A GUITAR

[thenewbgamer]

It's just disgusting to know people like to force others to know how to do things, despite the lack of interest.

[nissivlogs]

A reminder the God loves you and Jesus died for your. sins 💓💓

[waterwaifu]

I didn’t mean to click this but know I know how to hold a guitar