http://www.guitarchordsmagic.com/guitar-chord-charts/free-printable-guitar-chord-chart.html

After learning these chords, search YouTube for a real easy song to learn….

Lastly, you can buy DVDs and books at your local music store.

Hope this helps!

This is why I have a drum kit.

I’d say the drums are easiest, followed by bass, then piano and guitar are probably similar in difficulty.

Then I’d suggest trying to learn TAB, it’s pretty simple. Here’s a link:

http://guitar.about.com/od/tabchordslyrics/ss/read_guitar_tab.htm

Just practice simple melodies until you’re comfortable playing around the guitar, and in no time you’ll have taught yourself the basics.

You can do this yourself and teach yourself all the way if you’re disciplined, but if not there comes a point where you need a teacher if you want to get any more advanced.

And yes, changing chords faster is just practice. A lot of guitar playing is just muscle memory. I mean, you don’t have to think about how to walk do you? No, you just do it, because you’ve been doing it so long your body knows what to do.

Playing guitar is very similar. Since the chords are still unfamiliar to you, you have to actually consciously think about where your fingers go next. After you’ve been playing for a while you will just think "Eminor" and your fingers will know what to do already and do it almost on their own.

And yes, a 13 year old can learn guitar. I was only 2 years older than you when I started, and there are a lot of people who started even younger than you. Stick with it and practice a lot and by the time you’re in your early 20’s you’ll be a helluva a player and can maybe get somewhere with a band (Don’t take it as a given that you’re going to be a rock star though, it’s a LOT of hard work and a generous dose of luck for that to happen)

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/

You should practice DAILY consistently for best results. You can still learn without practicing daily, but the progress is dramatically slower. Thats the honest truth. To learn how to practice correctly, I’ve listed a resource below that you can sign up for. It’s free and they teach you everything you need to know to practice (Pit-Stop Practicing).

Pickup the theory later on and do so slowly. 80% of your focus should be on songs.

Songs have everything you need to grow as a guitarist, but you need to constantly choose songs slightly above your current skill level. This will make sure you progress.

For the theory side, you need to pick that up separately, possibly from sites like justin guitar, or by buying a book… and then GO BACK to the songs you’ve learned and see how the theory was used. Connect theory to songs. That’s the fastest way to learn theory.

If you want to learn to improvise, then you need to learn more licks, riffs, and solos from songs, then put on a backing track and start making stuff up. Only way to learn improvisation is to do it.

first, type in guitar tuner into google and tune it up nicely.

then learn smoke on the water on the lowest (fattest) string, E. After a few tries, you should get it down.

Then learn knocking on heavens door. This part will take a lot more practice, but youll see yourself noticably improving. Learn the 5 chords, C A G E D which spell CAGED. These are your basic chords and you can learn pretty much any simple song using these.

Personally I play guitar for a bit at night before I go to bed – dont make guitar learning a priority, but nevertheless dont stop playing it. I never call it practice either, cos practice is boring.

much love