Is learing the acoustic guitar hard?

Question

I have music experience and wanted to diverse my production by adding a live guitar, is it hard to learn? Also if I learn acoustic would I be able to play electric?

Answer 1

I learned how to play somewhat quick...
my advice to you is to start out simple.... VERY simple.
If you start out with something too hard you'll be frustrated and not want to play any more...
a good song to learn first is the intro to smoke on the water...
or the intro to wake me up when september ends.... anything like that. good luck =)

You would want to go with tabs to learn songs....
a good site for guitar tabs is
www.911tabs.com/
go there and look some up...

Answer 2

'Classic guitar' is a style of music, not a type of instrument. But 'classical' guitar music is usually played on a nylon-stringed guitar. If you like pop/rock music you probably would rather have a steel-stringed acoustic guitar. Steel strings are a little harder to play, especially when you're learning, because they're hard and they tear your fingers up at first. So the first few weeks you can't practice for hours at a time. But you build up callouses pretty quickly. Also steel-string acoustic guitars have narrower necks, the strings are closer together. I'm not sure why this is, but some people prefer it. Nylon strings are not just for classical music, they are also for folk music, for leading group singing around the campfire.

Answer 3

Oh yes... many people try to pick up acoustic guitar and give up. Acoustic guitar can be quite harsh on your fingers if your a beginner... But don't let that discourage you. Switching from acoustic to electric is a lot easier than going from electric to acoustic! Acoustic guitar helps you build finger strength and mobility; thats much harder to do on a strat where all you have to do is touch the strings to hold it down! :)

Answer 4

I find electric guitar easier to play and it is certainly easier to record (you can go direct rather than mic-ing it). In about two months you should be able to strum out some chords. You can easily be adding little melody lines to your recordings in just a few weeks. It really isn't that tough to learn the basics.

Answer 5

Acoustic - Electric same six strings, same chords etc.

Learning any instrument is hard at first, but just take your time, get an instructor for the basics and in time, you'll love it.

Answer 6

Yes, it is hard. You have to have a lot of patience. If you go online there are many sites that help with chords that can also play the chord for you so you know what it sounds like. And, yes, you can also play electric. Good Luck!

Answer 7

You need to practise not just to learn chords but to keep your fingers strong. Once you can grip an acoustic, an electric should be no problem.

Answer 8

From my expierence, I learned to play the accoustic first. For a beginner its hard. But when you get used to switching frets and etc. then its easier.
Electric is different. It's still basically the same thing but you have different equipment.

Answer 9

just learn the "circle of fifths's", pick three chords from it and play any song from the last 40 years with three chords

Answer 10

guitar is a very hard instument to learn