i got an acoustic/amp for christmas and really am trying hard to learn how to play. i have a good music backround.... but guitar is the one instrument that im actually struggling to pick up. do you know of any books/methods for learning?
2006-12-25 18:04:51 · 8 answers · asked by TuHS Choirboy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Go to a reputable music store and buy a guitar chord book that has basic music theory in it. It can teach you notation and some simple melodies--probably old tunes dating back to the 1800s, but they work.
They will also have the chord names above the appropriate note changes. There is much to concentrate upon in guitar, but chords, rhythm, and basic theory should be your immediate goal.
That is the way I learned over 50 years ago.
2006-12-26 14:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 10⤊ 3⤋
Try computer aided learning, you plug in the guitar into the computer via a special socket and let the software show you how good you have developed and learn new skills this way.
Ask your musical store about this option as there are plenty of differnet software for your level of skill if you have a computer to write this question in the Yahoo Answers, that is!
I do not know which one but I have seen one when I wanted to learn a piano software but this didn't help me as I am hearing impaired so I decided to focus on sight reading instead.
2006-12-25 18:11:50 · answer #2 · answered by Psionic2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
search Guitar TAB and try learning a few folk songs...'jingle bells' or 'twinkle, twinkle, little star'...then convert the tab into notes.
tune strings from top to bottom:E(Metallica), and D(Tool).
6=E, D
5=A, G:
4=D, C
3=G, F
2=B, A
1=E, D
learn other ways to tune the guitar..
Then learn major and minor chords...one thing will lead to another.
2006-12-25 18:25:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i taught myself to play the guitar. i basicaly got some music that i wanted to learn how to play and then looked at the chords that made that song up.
it was mainly GCD so i learned the G chord. i then learned the C and then just worked on that one transition. i just practiced and practiced and kept working on those transitions and then the rhythm just came to me
2006-12-25 18:11:58 · answer #4 · answered by Mista-J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with all the answers, and just want to add, play for hours and hours straight! i started playing when i was 13 (after piano, violin, and other instruments) and now at age 26 and being so busy, i've lost what i ever taught myself when i used to play for six hours at least a day.
2006-12-25 18:47:59 · answer #5 · answered by iwa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I advise you don't teach your self. Maybe the basics but not chords and all. Get a teacher so you don't make habits that are wrong and once you get those habits, they will be hard to get rid of
2006-12-26 00:38:16 · answer #6 · answered by Uchihaitachi345 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
get a chord sheet.
2006-12-25 18:08:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
www.guitartips.addr.com/guitar_playing_tips.html
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guitar:Buying_a_Guitar
www.myndflyte.com/learnguitar.html
www.learntheguitartoday.com/Acoustic_Guitar_DVD.html
www.jamoramaacoustic.com/index.php
2006-12-25 20:52:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋