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How Can I Learn To Play A 12 String Yamaha Acoustic Guitar

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I own a Yamaha acoustic guitar. I've owned it for over 25 years and it sounds even more beautiful now than when I first bought it. The construction of the guitar is very high quality, the neck has remained quite stable over the years, and the body and top woods have aged very well. I have had to replace some of the frets but that is only because I've played the guitar so much. Of course, I've replaced the strings many times but that is par for the course with guitars because you're always putting your fingers on them.

If you've never played a 12-string guitar, you've got to try it. I recommend using a very light gauge pick for strumming. Finger-picking style playing is quite a bit more difficult due to the string spacing being so close together.

How do I describe the sound of a Yamaha Acoustic Guitar

I don't know if that's even possible, but it might help if I first describe the way the strings are tuned. First off, the high E and B strings are duplicated, then the next four pairs are an octave apart. So the typical D string on a guitar is a wound string that is tuned to a mid-level pitch of G and right next to it is an unwound steel string that is tuned to G one octave higher.

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