Another learn guitar question has come in this week. Let’s tackle it straight away:
Question: So, I reeeaalllly wanna learn. I have an old electric in my house with the amp but while playing around with trying to tune it, i broke 3 strings lol =P. I wanna learn how to play guitar myself because I don’t have the money for guitar lessons. How should I start and go along? I know and can play a few chords like G major, C major, E minor, D minor because my friends likes to show me and let her play on her guitar. Should I start like that, just memorizing all the chords?
Help appreciated =]
Answer: you could watch free lessons on the INTERNET, YouTube for example (go on and type how to play "the name of the song" on guitar)(or how to play the AM chord)(or "beginner guitar lesson number 1" and they will start from the complete bottom for complete beginners its easy to follow) or "freeguitarlessons.com" (i think that’s what its called) online lessons are helpful and some of them explain really well that’s how i started
but you could start by finding a song you like that has those chords in it and start by practice to move your fingers from chord to chord in tempo. then when you reach that level you could start learning more chords, as to not confuse your self by taking in too much information at one time. you just need to practice ALOT and try not to get bored because everything at the beginning is difficult and a pain when you cant do it at the first, second or third trial you just need to stick to it the first parts the hardest. GOOD LUCK!
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.
Keep the learn guitar questions coming! I liked this one:
Question: So, I’m going to be starting to learn guitar in a few days. I don’t have the money, so besides internet videos, I will be self teaching myself. Does anyone have any good videos, tips, etc. on how to self teach yourself guitar?
Also I’m starting on an acoustic guitar my friend is letting me borrow, until I get my own electric guitar probably for Christmas.
Answer: Start off slowly!!!!!!!
Learn how to tune it properly.
Learn the notes of all the strings.
Learn basic "open chords" and play them until you do not hesitate when you switch them.
Find a few simple songs to strum and play.
Do not rely on TABS to learn guitar.
use this website:
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/
BE PATIENT
You will not be a good player after a couple of weeks.
What’s this week’s question? Let’s dive straight in…
Question: Hello guys. Well I just bought a guitar and I don’t have any money for lessons haha. But I hear the guitar is one of the best instruments to teach yourself and I have heard of many people doing it. So I wanted to know, what exactly should I learn to get started? I know I need to practice of course, but practice what? Scales? Chords? Is there any guitar teachers out there that could possibly give me a check list of things to do? That would be very helpful. Thank you
Answer: I’d say start by just playing around to get comfortable with it. You can work on chords and scales at your own pace. I learned on my own by learning some of my favorite songs then working my way up to more difficult songs. The more you like it and the more you feel that you can reach it with some practice, the more you can improve, so take small steps and ALWAYS start slow, or else you could end up being a sloppy player. For learning just about anything, I highly recommend starting really slow, then slowly speeding up a little bit. A metronome is very useful for this, it also helps your timing.
I personally never really practiced scales as much as I probably should have so you can get away with not doing so. One good thing to do is make up your own patterns and practice them, or learn different types of patterns from songs you like. One common things professionals do (based on what I’ve heard from interviews) is to set times. Like 20 minutes on scales, 20 on chords, jam for an hour, and so on.
Start on easier things because you most likely don’t have the dexterity and finger strength to pull off crazier things yet, and I guess the most important part is to just play and have fun. Their are two programs you can use to learn songs. Power Tab and Guitar Pro (I have both) you can get the notes from websites like Ultimate-Guitar and learn from there. GuitarPro also has a built in thing that shows you chords and scales.
Just remember: Guitar, like most things in life, requires time. The more you put into it, the more you get out of it. With that in mind, the more you practice, the quicker you can be better and the way you practice can determine how quickly you improve also. Just do some research on things like theory, because that can be very confusing until you figure it out, though you don’t absolutely need to know it (it’s very useful and is a good way to be able to explain things)
Just remember to have fun and that’s all that really matters I suppose.
Another learn guitar question has come in this week. Let’s tackle it straight away:
Question: near chino , california
Answer: Since guitar lessons are rather expensive and it’s frustrating to search through all the YouTube drivel in hopes of finding something useful, I’d recommend an instructional DVD set available through Musician’s Friend. There are two sets — one for acoustic and one for electric. Each contains three DVDs, accompanying books, and contains literally everything you’d learn from years of private instruction. I bought the electric set after having played guitar for more than 20 years and can’t believe how much my playing has improved. And the great thing about DVDs is that you can learn at your own pace and go back and review things as necessary. That’s much better than having a question and having to wait a week for your next lesson to move forward with your playing. Even better, the entire set costs only $40! If you read the reviews, you’ll find I’m not exaggerating about how great the DVDs are. Here are links:
http://books-videos-music.musiciansfriend.com/product/Rock-House-Learn-Rock-Guitar-Beginner-Intermediate-and-Advanced-3DVD-package?sku=942719 (The electric set.)
http://books-videos-music.musiciansfriend.com/product/Rock-House-Learn-Rock-Acoustic-Guitar-Beginner-Intermediate-and-Hands-of-Steel-DVD-Package?sku=942720 (The acoustic set.)
What’s this week’s question? Let’s dive straight in…
Question: andd have learning difficulties – so it would be very very difficult to learn it just from a book?
what should i do:(
Answer: Their are a lot of great vidoes on youtube that can teach you step by step how to play the guitar. It’s not quite as personal as real lessons, but if you have trouble learning you can try asking around your friends and family because some of them might know how to play or know someone else who does who’s willing to give you free lessons.
Good luck!
A tough guitar lessons question this week. Let’s dive straight in
Question: Just bought a pink electric guitar, originally for retro room decoration but actually wanna learn it now. Dont really have the money for lessons so was wondering about any good online tutorials to help me get the hang of things, tried a few from Google but not too good. :S Help…
Answer: Hey Jade, see if any of these strike a chord, sorry.
General Topic Guitar Sites
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/
http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/guitar/navigation/guitar?N=100005+324262+8&page=1
http://www.daddydoodle.com/
http://www.daddydoodle.com/how2tune.html
http://www.top100guitarsites.com/
http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/f/p/fpm108/glw/lessons/lesson2.htm
Electric guitar:
http://www.infovisual.info/04/032_en.html
Classical guitar:
http://www.infovisual.info/04/030_en.html
Semi-acoustic guitar:
http://www.infovisual.info/04/031_en.html
