The next step of learning guitar?

Question

What's the next step of learning guitar? I can already play chords- A, Em, G, D, C. I have alot of music experience and can read notes. How do u read tabs effectively too?

Answer 1

OK, try to memorise all major chords, A-G, as abbreviated chords, then minor chords, Am, Dm, and Em, and seventh chords, A7, B7, C7, D7, E7, and G7. In order to go any further, you ought to learn to "barre". "Barring" the guitar means covering all of the strings with your index finger, and playing a chord shape with your second, third and fourth fingers. Playing barre chords gives you the ability to move one shape up and down the neck, as there are no open strings in barres. An easy way to remember chords is to try to find a song that you like which contains the chords you're learning, otherwise you won't be able to apply the information you're trying to memorise.

Tab, or tablature, is a shorthand form of notation for the guitar. The strings are represented as lines, but are upside down, ie,

E-
B-
G-
D-
A-
E-

The numbers which correspond to the strings are the fret numbers, ie an Am chord may appear as

E-0
B-1
G-2
D-2
A-0
E-

Hope this helps. If you're serious about guitar, may I suggest that you get a good teacher, or a good method book, such as Mel Bay guitar method grade1!

Answer 2

I'm mostly self-taught, and started the same way you have, with simple cords. If you don't already know them, learn bar chords too.

Tabs are very simple to read. They don't express length of notes, so you should be familiar with the song in order to get it right. Each line of tabs represents a string on the guitar. The top line is the high E, then the B, then the G, and so on. The numbers are the fret you play. So an E Major chord would look like this:
-0-
-0-
-1-
-2-
-2-
-0-

Tabs are how I learned to play, eventually getting to the complicated pickings and such. Hop onto a tab site like Fretplay.com or one of the thousands of others, or if you're a real stickler for accuracy go buy the official books. The best way to get better is to keep playing.

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Answer 3

I would suggest learning all of the basic chords in open and barre form . Learn all of the movable chords and the basic chord progressions. After that you can tackle the major , minor and blues scales and begin playing some lead guitar. I have been playing for over 30 years and still learn something new everyday. It's a never ending process but still a lot of fun. By the way I can't read a note or tabs. It's easier and faster for me to play by ear. To each his own. Good luck to ya!

Answer 4

If you can read music, leave the tabs alone unless you are confused about finger positioning. You shouldn't need them.

If you are talking about only knowing the open positions of those chords, learning the various barre chords and their positions down the neck would be he next step (in my opinion).

Answer 5

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