Guitar String Name Mnemonic Acronyms

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Learning the names of the guitar strings in standard tuning is easy when you have something to tie the letters to.

This is exactly why people started making up memory aids: to remember the string names (EADGBE).

If you’re looking for how to remember the strings on a guitar, here are a couple of mnemonic acronyms you can use. If you know other ones, than leave it as a comment at the bottom of the post please!

Eat All Day Get Big Easy
Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie
Elvis Always Dug Good Banana Eating
Every Apple Does Good Being Eaten
Every Amp Deserves Guitars/Basses Everyday
Eat Apples Daily Grow Big Ears
Eric And Dave’s Guitars Beat Everyone
Every Acid Dealer Gets Busted Eventually
Elephants And Donkeys Grow Big Ears
Eat A Dog, Get Big Ears
Even Average Dogs Get Bones Eventually
Every Apple Does Go Bad Eventually
Eat All Dead Gophers Before Easter

If you want to learn the names of the notes across the fretboard as well, check out our video guitar lesson on guitar notes, and our written material on guitar notes and string relationships.

And remember to leave your own little memory aids as well