Thinking of Trying to Learn How to Play Guitar, How Hard is It?
Posted in learn guitar on 24. Jan, 2010
We’ve had a reader question come in on the subject of learn guitar. Let’s take a look:
Question: Can play piano and the only thing I know about guitars are the string across are egbdf. How long if would it take appox to learn basics for example. (Acoustic)
Answer: Its all down to commitment ….get some Tabs to download … it will help ..Your fingers will be very sore from the "Fret Work" good luck mate. ( Rock on )
it is quite hard to play i wont lie. i brought a guitar both electric and acoustic they are both hard but acoustic is easier. if you have a passion to play the guitars then you will.
It’s not that bad – as long as you practice
Some books claim to teach you in 2 weeks (the baisics)
my fiance taught himself how to play guitar, and he’s really good now, he’s been playing for 3 years. (",)
Dunno… but when you’ve learned, teach me… I can only strum mine:-)
Depends entirely on how often you practice. But if it’s the Very basics, you can walk away knowing one or two-string versions of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or Mary Had a Little Lamb in one day.
But for more ‘weighty" stuff w/ chords, that can take a few days or a week or so. Depends on the person, really…
guitare are quite hard as they are made of wood mainly
That depends on how much you are willing to play each day. It took me around 2 weeks to learn my first song (i wasn’t any good at it but it was recognizable). To be good probally anywhere from 3 months to 3 years
not hard at all,get a teacher,learn the basic’s in less than a month.
How hard is what? The guitar?
it’s fairly easy. all it really takes is learning fingering positions of basic chords, and an understanding of which notes are which (you’ll probably have that from piano) so you shouldn’t have much difficulty. only problem i found was that some chords are difficult and/or painful to play, but if you’re a pianist you’ll probably be less susceptible to this
good luck and happy playing
try and get guitar lessons, i learnt how to play the happy birthday tune on a guitar in a day.
it is like really hard u have to try and try to be really good and dont listen to the other guy because it is easier to play electric because the body is smaller than a acoustic it take u about if u practice practice practice maybe like 4 months but if u go on and off about 7 months!i love playing the guitar it’s challenging but it’s fun to play!!!!!!
u mean u can play the piano? well guitar is way easier than playing the piano…. Its easy to learn the to play the guitar all u need to have is the enthusiast and the willingness to learn…Like me I learned the basic chords just in a day and then after a 3 to four days i was amazed to see that i can already play simple songs…hehe
Well I hope i had boost up ur willingness now hehe..
just think of it easy, and it will be piano is way harder….
Hope i answered ur question…
good day and dont forget me if u become a proffesional guitarist…hehe
you obviously know how to make chords so it wont be that difficult, if you have already mastered one instrument another will be easier than a novice.
buy a book or if you can afford it, get lessons
Some guitarists still don’t really know how to play.
Ben Weasel apparently got to his third album before he decided it may be a good idea to learn the names of the strings
It is hard at first because it hurts your fingers from pushing on the cords but it is simple after words and medium to play you have to learn notes and cords and all sorts of stuff.
I taught myself guitar. I’ve been playing for 5 years and I now have a job teaching guitar. If you know anything about the theory of music from playing another instrument it does make it easier as I found, also playing the piano before I took up guitar. I’d suggest looking for tabs of songs you like that aren’t too complex and learning to play them. It’s the easiest way and after a while you do pick up things like technique and chords. Another useful thing to do is to try figure out riffs by ear which develops your aural skills. Basically, the more you play, the better you’ll get. I reckon you can learn the basics in a month with regular practice. There’s also a course of rockschool books if you are interested in doing exams but not interestedd in playing classical guitar. And the standard tuning is EADGBE from the bottom string upwards. The most important thing about it is to have fun. I hope this helps you.
Ize bin a lernin fer 27 year now an ize can’t do doodly squat, shoulda got me sum lessons, i’da bin a strummin up a tune or two by now. Ize kin play da horn, I makes a fine sound on dat ting,very blue-zy, an ah kin sing real fine. Ma ad-vise to ya would be ta git on down to a dude who kin teach ya, uze will be playin slide an hammerin off in nose time. Well, Liza isa comin on home an I’d best git along. Dis has bin Bustar Highman sayin hello, you have a nice life y’all.
Shouldn’t be any harder to learn than most other instruments, and if you can play the piano already you are at a distinct advantage, because you already are musical. I played the violin and piano at school. I think it very much depends on whether your hands are big enough to get all across the six strings and able to hold the guitar properly. Once you cross that barrier, it is all up to how committed you are to taking your lessons and practising. If you take lessons and practise regularly, then you should be half decent at least within a year at my guess. Good luck and enjoy it.
Not very. If you play piano, then you already have an ear for how chords and notes should sound. And can read music.
Buy a "beginner" book, which will show you chords and finger placement, and you can go from there.
Acoustic is easier than electric….because you can play a much greater variety of music, and make it sound good. With electric, you’re a bit limited.
You’ll find your biggest problem will be the pain you might feel in your fingertips, until your skin hardens. After that, I’m sure you’ll do fine. It won’t take you long at all, since you’re not a novice to music.
Well… I took a long time before I learned how to play.
At first it’s hard, but when you got the hang of it, It’s not so bad.
I learned by myself. If you have someone to teach you, It’s very easy to learn..
You are wrong about the string tuning on a guitar unless you are using some strange alternate tuning. The strings are (low to high) E A D G B E.
guitar isn’t hard at all.:) if you’re learning how to play, one of the first things you should try is a few simple chord progressions (it’s the first thing i learned in my high school guitar class). just about every song written is built around the major progression: I, IV, V7.
here’s three simple ones to start with:
D: D (xx0232)*, G (320003), A7 (x02020)
G: G (320003), C (x32010), D7 (xx0212)
Am: Am (x022210), Dm (xx0231), E7 (020100)
(*- this is called "tablature". it’s a common method for writing in guitar. the first character represents fingering on the sixth string, and it goes across the fretboard. for example, the "x" represents a deadened string or a string not included in the chord. so in a D chord, you would not strum the sixth of fifth string. the fourth string is open, represented by a "0". then you would place your fingers on the second, third, and second frets of the third, second, and first strings respectively.)