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Guitar strings in order, via the old lady shopping
A memorable sentence helps you recall the guitar strings E–A–D–G–B–E in the right order.
- Time
- ⏱ 1 min
- Difficulty
- ◆ easy
How to do it
- Each word stands for a string: Eine (E), alte (A), Dame (D), geht (G), heute (H, which is B in English), einkaufen (E).
- Say the sentence aloud and match the strings in that order.
- The order runs from the lowest to the highest string.
Variations
- “Eine alte Dame ging Heringe essen” (“An old lady went to eat herring”) gives the same letter sequence
Sources
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- de.wiktionary.org (opens in a new tab)
Eine alte Dame geht heute einkaufen. (E-A-D-G-H-E)“; https://karrierebibel.de/eselsbruecken/ — „Eine alte Dame ging Heringe essen“ (Gitarrensaiten E, A, D, G, H, e)
