Learning Guitar?

Question

Would you go for a guitar lesson or strive to learn by yourself? I'm afraid it's a waste of $ as most people I know learned by themselves, I don't think I'm able to do that. I know the basic strumming though.

Answer 1

Hokay, heres what you do: Buy your guitar and any beginner level accesories. Now, fiddle with it *no rude jokes please. -_-* for about a month, teach your fingers to move faster. if you want, you can get fingering charts *still no rude jokes* from the internet. after that time, go and get some proffesional lessons. not just from a friend, or someone you know that teaches at his or her house, but at an actual guitar shop. NOW REMEMBER! it's in the first two months that most people give up. remember to not give up. ever.

Answer 2

Guitar and Piano are two entirely different beasts. The guitar has a lot of timbral versatility to it compared to the piano. For example, the 6th fret on the low E string is the same pitch as the 1st fret on the A string, but they have relatively different sounds because resonance gets involved. It's quite a fun instrument to play however. If you're leaning to play Electric, get a Squier Strat. Every guitar player you know is probably gonna tell you otherwise, because, it sounds bad or isn't the greatest guitar in the world. While that is true, it's also cheap, and compared to One Act guitars, it's not too bad. It's less than $250 for the pack with the amp and the tuner, cable, bag, and everything else, and it's not a bad set. I'm still using the gig bag I got from it 5 years later on my Iceman. The amp eventually went because I used it outside in awfully humid conditions and the electrics corroded over. But for the short term, it's a good investment. When you first pick up an instrument to learn, you need to develop your practice skills, both mechanics and regularly practicing, so don't spend $400 on a guitar right away. It's a shame to see people spend $500+ on Epiphone Les Pauls and knock offs, learn how to play a few songs, and then give up and have the guitar stuffed in a closet. If you do get the set, there's usually a book included where it teaches you a few notes on each string, then some chords, gives you some basic songs, with notes and chords. Nothing to deep into the theory but use that in learning the mechanics, which'll eventually help you in the theory. Go through the book, make sure you know it, then go to a teacher, who will teach you (ideally) advanced mechanics, then start introducing theory. Some people say to learn how to play tabs which are very helpful if you want to learn a song or a new technique but stick with the standard notation because it'll honestly help you. Guitar isn't necessarily difficult to learn if you're willing to put in the time to practice, but it's ridiculously rewarding to play.

Answer 3

Go for some basic lessons to get the hang of reading music (I've been playing for about 35 years now & the first few lessons I had were well worth it).
If you're trying to save the $ then get free chord shapes to 100's of songs from Chordie.com. I use this site all the time & now have a collection of about 300 free sets of sheet music.

Answer 4

Wal-Mart actually sells some instruction books on how to teach yourself to play the guitar. I bought one for my 12 year old and it's starts with the basics and shows how to do the fingering and different chords. It includes sheet music for some basic songs and also came with a DVD with further instructions. Also, check out www.guitar-academy.com they have information on GCH a Multimedia Guitar Course that is available to download or purchase on CD-rom or DVD-rom. The site has links to other guitar-related sites and you can contact their support by e-mail with questions.

Answer 5

go to at least 5 to 10 lessons just to get the jiz of it, then buy books and go from there.

Answer 6

if you have learned another instrument then do it your self
if not take lessons

Answer 7

MY BROTHE RCOULD TEACH YOU HE LEARNED HOW TO PLAY BY HIMSELF HIS NAME IS BRIASON