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Acoustic Guitar Parts, Strings, and Frets
An extremely important part of learning to play the guitar is learning the parts of the guitar. The image below shows all the important parts of the guitar.

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The image below shows the names of the frets and strings. The strings are numbered 1 through 6, with 6 being the lowest (thickest) string. The frets are numbered from 0, with higher numbers referring to higher pitches.

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