Steps to Playing Guitar…? (Learning to Read Notes, Chords?)?

Posted in learn guitar on 24. May, 2010

This week’s question is a good one. Let’s have a look:

Question: What do I need to know?
Answer: -Learn the names of the basic parts of your guitar (fretboard, neck, body, frets, headstock, pickups, etc)
-Memorize the string names
-Understand that going up or down each fret is one semitone
-Learn how to read tab
-Learn basic open chords (Em, E, A, Am, C, G, D, etc)
-Learn some 3 chord songs
-Learn the first position of the pentatonic and major scales
-Learn how power chords are formed
-Learn some techniques (sliding, hammer-on, pull-off, palm muting)
-More general theory about scales and chords
-More difficult chords
-More difficult techniques (sweep picking, alternate picking, economy picking, tapping)

Sorry I might have missed something…but also, here are some sites with good lessons:

http://www.justinguitar.com/

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/

Hope this helps!

2 Responses to “Steps to Playing Guitar…? (Learning to Read Notes, Chords?)?”

  1. Turbo says:
    May 24, 2010 at 12:52 pm

    Learn how to read guitar tabs, learn scales, and become familiar with some of the commonly used chords. Lessons would be a great start but you can become a decent player quickly if you practice often. You can find guitar tabs all over the internet.

  2. Bambi says:
    May 24, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    YOU COULD JUST GET A BOOK WITH THE TABS AND CHORDS AND SUCH FOR AROUND 10 BUCKS. OR, YOU COULD OF COURSE GO ON GOOGLE AND LOOK UP THE DIFFERENT NOTES AND LEARN THEM. PRACTICE EVERYDAY, and you’ll get there. good luck

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