A guitar lessons question that should definitely interest you all this week
Question: I’m 17 years old. I’ve been playing for about 3 1/2 years. I can’t ’shred’ on guitar or anything like that, but i know many chords and the notes. I thing i could do beginner lessons. I also know how to read guitar music. I don’t have a car so it would have to be out of my apartment, but i don’t know where to hold the lessons. The living room? Also, i’m kind of shy. but i really need some money.
Answer: You shouldn’t really teach, unless you know the proper way to do things. If you’ve been taught from a pro teacher, then I’d say give it a shot, but you need to know at least your basic theory to get by. You can’t just randomly shout out chords to teach these people. You can’t just teach them one or two scale shapes, unless you are able to fully explain what a scale is, and how it works… etc.
If you can work from a beginner workbook, then you may be able to get by. Just make sure you understand the material before attempting to teach it.
This week’s question is as follows:
Question: And my first song is Tailor Made by Colbie Caillat
Is this a good song to start off with?
And I am open to other suggestions if you have them! Thanks!
Answer: That seems like a good choice. You could also learn the Super Mario Bros music:
http://www.FuzzyMonkeyTabs.com/MarioSimple.html
Or I also know of an easy version of Fur Elise by Beethoven:
http://www.FuzzyMonkeyTabs.com/FurEliseSimple.html
Both of those are for beginners.
Keep the learn guitar questions coming! I liked this one:
Question: Hi 
Ok, so I have decided I’d like to play the bass and I’ve been playing the guitar for about 2 or 3 years now, so would that make playing bass a bit easier?
And also, I have tiny hands so would that affect the difficulty? Haha, silly questions but I need to know. Thanks :3
Answer: Tiny hands don’t matter. There’s a very tiny girl in a band in my local area, I laughed when I heard she was switching from guitar to bass because any normal bass isn’t that far off being taller than she is, but aslong as you can shift around the fret board with ease it shouldn’t be a problem.
There are people in the world playing 7 and 8 string basses with average sized hands, and the neck on some basses is finer than some acoustic 6 string guitars. so a person with small hands will have no problem playing a 4 string. You might have to make more exaggerated movments when going from one string to the other but with speed and strength, there is no reason why you can’t be a brilliant bassist.
Your experience on guitar should help, altough chords are out of the window when it comes to bass (there are bass chords but they don’t sound that good).
What’s this week’s guitar lessons question? Let’s dive straight in…
Question: like have piano lessons on fridays and guitar lessons on mondays?
would it be confusing?
Answer: If it gets to be too much every week, depending on how good the teachers are, you can choose to teach yourself guitar using this website:
http://streamguitarlessons.com/
We’ve had a reader question come in on the subject of learn guitar. Let’s take a look:
Question: I’m teaching my self how to play the piano and i know how to play a lot of songs for a beginner, but I want to learn the guitar as well. I want to know where to buy a guitar for $100-$150 and tips on beginning. I’m planning to take lessons from my sisters friend who is a great guitar player. Help???
Answer: any music stores should have decent beginner guitars.
i recommend you get on youtube and check out users marty schwarz, justin sandercoe, yourguitarsage, for great easy to follow lessons
What’s this week’s guitar lessons question? Let’s dive straight in…
Question: I was looking up guitar lessons and some came up to be like $900 or like $50 an hour.
I find that to be too much and there will be better deals but i was wondering how much is just the right amount in your opinions?
Answer: I paid 10 dollars for a half hour about 8 years ago. You might want to just use the free resources online and get your feet wet before you go forking over that much money to learn the basics. http://www.FuzzyMonkeyTabs.com has video guitar tabs for the Super Mario Bros music. I think lessons are a good idea but so many people can teach you the basics online.
I just love answering these learn guitar questions. Here’s another:
Question: Should you have learned to play them drums
Answer: Then I would have had money for nothin’, and chicks for free…
Keep the learn guitar questions coming! I liked this one:
Question: I’ve been playing a little under a year and I have a quite small list of songs that I know how to actually play. Such as, Drive by Incubus, Closing Time by Semisonic, Wonderwall by Oasis, and Couple songs by 3 Doors Down & City and Colour. and I feel a bit behind compared to my friends.
I’ve recently gotten a acoustic so I’m kind of limited to some songs that I would like to play, and I would like to learn more songs.
Any help out there? Also any sites that I could also check out that informs about Scales, Ect.?
(Places that you’ve actually been to, not just google’ing and then posting it saying it seems legit) I know alot of people do that on this site.
Answer: I definately recomend learning stuff from Mason Williams. He wrote Classical Gas, and its an amazing fingerpicking song. Its a good song to practice your fingerpicking not to mention, its a very beautiful song. Um, if you really really absolutely want to amaze crowds and just to be different in your style, I recomend learning ‘Slap Acoustic Guitar’. There are all sorts of amazing guitarists that have this style of guitar, I always get the ‘jaw drop’ effect whenever I play music like that. You should look up ‘Candy Rat Records’ They have amazing artists with beautiful music. Excellent Choice on the acoustic 
,
Look up Andy Mckee,
Acoustic stuff by Zakk Wylde is good aswell,
I dont know, Add me
acoustic_36@hotmail.com
and ill give you more recomendations if you like.
A tough learn guitar question this week. Let’s dive straight in
Question: What is a Good Learning Guitar to Buy?
Answer: Any classical nylon strin guitar will do good for a beginner
This week’s question is a good one. Let’s have a look:
Question: im 11 i have an acoustic guitar that i never played ever i have no experience with guitars i get frustrated easily and i want online guitar lessons and/or theory is there and online for free
Answer: Every top professional including athlete, actor and musician uses a coach or teacher.
Many of these teachers and coaches are in the background, never receiving the recognition of the public.
This gives the misconception that we can become a great athlete, actor or musician entirely free and on our own.
Adding to this are those with huge egos that claim to have achieved greatness all by their selves.
Find lessons or classes and work with other live face to face musicians.
It is extremely easy to get frustrated when you have no one to turn to when you do not understand something.
