Guitar....?

Question

How long will it take for someone to learn the basic guitar chords. someone who has never played before. Like ever..... Thanx ;)

Answer 1

I've played and taught on the side for 20+ years, so here's my 2 cents-
1-When you're beginning, your best friend is a metronome-I can't emphasize the necessity of developing a good rhythm sense .

2- When you're learning chords, like someone said above, the basic progressions, GCD(Em), CFG(Am), DF#A(Bm), ADE(F#m), EAB(C#m)- practice changing chords with your eyes closed- you'll get the changes down so much faster

3-Once you have the basics down- can change chords at a "normal speed", can read some music, etc- find someone at about your skill level, share the music/chords/tab for a song or two, familiarize yourself with the material, and meet for a jam session- record yourselves at the start, then play back the first recording at the end of the session- you'll both be surprised at how you've improved in the space of an hour or two.

Remember- Music is a social activity- you'll go further and faster with it with someone than if you're on your own-

Good Luck,
Seamus

Answer 2

It shouldn't take you very long at all. As long as someone teaches you how to read a chord chart and how to know where to put your fingers on the strings when you read the chart. Choose two chords that usually go together in a chord progression and practice switching between the two. When I was learning I woke myself up at night fingering chords in the palm of my hand. lol.
Some chord progressions are:
CFG
DGA
ADE

Answer 3

i picked up a acustic guitar at 20, went to the libary and got a chord book , i learned how to read music and understand notes, i started with easy songs, (country) it took me about a month, two / three hours a day, had to cut my beautiiful long nails, and got calus on the tip of my fingers, but it was worth it as my efforts paid off, after that it was getting my fingers use to finding the string and frets naturally and by three months i was able to be play, mainly country, 20 years later i still play all the time, but i can not tune my guitar, and i cant play a song naturally without my homemade song book in front of me, years of songs written out with the chords above the lyrics to help me remember, my husband is trying to teach me to learn by ear in this past year as we now have the time to do that, but i have long time old habbits that it is hard to break

my husband who can not read music, got a guitar for his 14th birthday, nobody taught him, he just started playing around, and for him it all came naturally, he would hear a song on the radio, and try to figure out the same sound, everything is by ear for him, he can listen to a song, rock, heavy metal, country, pop, no matter the genre, and in a few minits he got the sound down pat, we have twelve guitars, auctustic/ acustic electric and electric, and one twelve string, and my husband plays them all extreamly well, he tunes, repairs, and takes very care of the guitars,
he also taught himself to play piano,, keyboard, harmonica, and accordian, and now he wants a trumpet

remember Elvis Presley only knew three chords, G, C, D, he just knew how to use them right

GOOD LUCK

Answer 4

all depends on the amount of talent you have...