Such instruments are fretted according to the "rule of the eighteenth," in which the first fret is placed at one-eighteenth of the distance from the top to the bottom of the string, the second, one-eighteenth of the distance from the first fret to the bottom, and so on.
Place your index finger across all six strings on the first fret and press down.
Place your middle finger on the 5th string just behind the first fret.
Playing songs: The frets are numbered, starting with the first fret as #1.
Place your index finger directly behind the first fret on the fattest string (E6).
Here you hold the very first fret on the top lightly, but don't press down.
Remedy this problem by placing a capo on the first fret.
Place your ring finger on the 4th string just behind the first fret.
Tune the open string note and first fret note by adjusting string tension.
Place your first finger on the first and second strings on the first fret.
Start by measuring the distance from the bottom of the string to the first fret.
