Do you play guitar?

Question

I am starting to play guitar .What would you recomend for me to do as a beginner.

Answer 1

TEN TIPS TO BETTER GUITAR PLAYING


1. Practice slow and maintain control
2. Keep hands and strings clean
3. Learn chords first, runs second, leading third
4. Learn to read music in the treble clef
5. Research basic music theory
6. Maintain a clean instrument
7. Change strings often
8. Observe other guitarists= styles and delivery
9. Develop your own style
10. Remain open to suggestions on better playing

Answer 2

The very first thing I would recommend is for you to learn the fret-board (where the location of notes are on the fret-board- /naturals-flats-sharps).You did not say what kind of guitar (electric/or acoustic) but as long as is a six string guitar and within the standard scale (the lenght of the strings between the nut and the bridge) they are all tuned to E A D G B E.
A few professionals change the tuning for special effects but the tuning listed above is the standard.
I will also strongly encourage you to learn to read music since you will have an easier way around the guitar as well as the ability to see music you never heard before and still be able to play it.
Any qualified guitar instructor will ask you on your first visit If you can read at least the guitar music staff. If you do you will have a head-start over those who can only "play by ear".

Answer 3

I play guitar but not as much as i use to. Practice your picking, this is what makes the guitar sing or talk so to speak. Learn 3 or four cords, learn to make them with your eyes closed, then make these cords talk with the picking. The pick on the guitar strings is like the bow on the strings of a Violin, without control you just have a bunch of noise. I can play and record it and it sounds like two guitars being played at once. It took me 40 years to be able to do this and form my own style. But if you wont to get in trouble let me tell you how to do it, you get you a guitar and then your into it. You play all day and play al night, your folks say you'll never learn to play it right. Fussing griping, they run you out into the garage. Have fun, and good look doing so.

Answer 4

I play bass mostly, but I play a little guitar too. I would advise you practice every chance tat you get. You will not get better if you never practice. Learn some scales and some easy songs (to start off learning on). Then experiment by try to write you own stuff. Anyone can learn to play a riff, but not everyone can make up a song. Also, try to find some other people to jam with, you can learn a lot from other musicians (even if you don't play the same styles).

Answer 5

Yup! i just started not long ago too! ok.. Start learning the major chords! ( i suggest you buy a book that has all the chords with it) Many songs only requires the same few chords! I started play like.. beginning of last year so yeah. Good luck!!

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Good luck for your guitar!

Answer 6

Go to the guitar center nearest you and ask them to advise you, see what guitar they recommend and then see how it feels to you, hand, fingers, and sound. Then ask them to recommend a good beginners book. Start out slow and do about twenty minutes a day, your hand will hurt at first and so will your fingers...give it about a month and you'll see how easy it becomes with practice. Don't skip days. Good Luck. Try to learn a few cords, C, D, Am, and G, try changing cords a little each day, at the end of a month you'll be surprised at how much easier it gets.

Answer 7

I teach and play. I'd say finding a decent teacher is a good idea. But you should talk to every teacher in your area to find out if you are compatible (you don't want a classical teacher if you just want to bash out some chords).
And at least learn them major chords G-C-A-D-E to start (skip F, that barre chord is a beast until your left hand is strong enough). Buy a capo.
There was a history of country music called "Three Chords and the Truth" -- what more do you need?

Answer 8

No but I play piano. Its a lil similar to playing piano. You have to get a beginners book because it start you off with learning what a fret is and what each note is on the guitar panel.

Answer 9

Listen everyone can tell you to learn chords and scales and all this stuff, which is great but when you are first learning that stuff is boring. when i first learned i got so bored i put the guitar down ad didnt play for years. so the best advice i can give is do things to keep yourself interested. try to learn songs that you like that way when you learn them you feel like you have accomplished something. I have been playing for 5 years now and it is a big part of my life. good luck.

Answer 10

Here are a few notes about how to approach practicing with the best frame of mind.
First, don’t hurt yourself, especially when you’re just starting. You may be 100% motivated to learn, but you won’t learn anything if you damage your hands from overplaying. It’s easy to do that when you start, because your hands simply haven’t built up the muscles they need to play yet. This is more of a problem with acoustic steel string guitarists than nylon string guitars, because steel string guitars require more finger strength to press the strings down, so generally that makes them seem harder to play.

Give it a little time; when I started to play, I read that it takes about 5000 hours to get good on the guitar. What happened was that as I counted the hours and days, I lost count, and by that time I was already so far into my guitar journey that it didn’t matter how long it took, I was just happy to play and learn new stuff every time I picked up the guitar.

Don’t ever give up playing just because it’s hard to do, it’s a skill based journey, and skills take time to develop. The hand strength will come. You’ll want to get some essential tools besides the guitar. Get a metronome, and a journal. The metronome helps you play in time, but does more than that. It forces you to play music, and not rambling notes and chords. Keeping time with the metronome makes you push yourself beyond your comfort zone, so you can grow as a player.
You say you’re not a writer. That’s okay, but get a journal anyway, and use it to write down how well you think you’re doing. You don’t need to write in it every day. But when you’ve spent three weeks working on a song or scale or arpeggio exercise, write down how it felt to complete it. Also, write down the things you can’t yet do. A year from now, you’ll look at what you wrote, and feel great pride at how far you’ve come.

Write down or get a list from a good teacher all the things you’re going to need to learn, its all about memorising stuff, trying it out, repeating it enough times (slowly) so that your fingers train themselves to memorise the shapes and patterns, figuring out theory and exercises, tone centres, gradually increasing the speed and clarity of your playing, and many other concepts, but above all, it should be fun. If it starts to seem like a torture session then maybe you need some input from a teacher, who may be able to see what you’re doing wrong. Always end your practice session with something you know well, that way you’ll associate success with the lesson and this should make it easier to work on the next lesson tomorrow.

Good attitude is important to your sense of achievement. Putting yourself down because you can’t yet make a particular chord shape is not nearly as helpful to you as moving on to another chord shape, or reviewing the chords you do know. The technique will come, trust me. Stay motivated by writing your goals down, and rewriting them regularly. Read how others grew from having no skill, to being players.

Play for others, maybe a little before you believe you’re ready. Smooth out your playing on a song or two, and play them for someone. You’ll get a whole new perspective on your playing, and what you need to work on. Besides that, any compliments you get will motivate you in a powerful way. The best motivator is learning something new every time you play the guitar, and this is easy to do if you are serious about learning to play.