Learning the Guitar??

Question

I have trying to learn the guitar, but I don't understand the simbols. Does anyone know a website that will help me to learn the symbols and learn how to play the guitar, or even a person?? Thanks. Oh and what's wrong with my guitar?? Each time I play on tune then I have to retune it again, and how do I fix it. Or can fix it. Thanks.

Answer 1

Go to http-stringdancers.com they have a electronic tuner, just hit the string that you want to tune and tune until they sound the same, I think it's on the right side of the page in the upper right hand corner. Another one is www.guitarpeople.com there are several things on that site that may interest you, on the left side there are a lot of links to go to. As for you guitar not staying in tune is it new, are the strings new, sometimes they could take up to a week to settle down, and after that if they don't your guitar may not be that good. As for other sites just type in learning the guitar, or how to play guitar and what style your into, (finger style, classical, rock) and you'll be surprised at all the different sites that come up that you may find interesting, some give free lessons, just type around and see what you can find, there's ton's of stuff out there, keep typing in different phrases and see what comes up. Hope this helped.

Answer 2

Tuning is difficult if the strings are too high off the fretboard, because by the time you've pressed em down to the fretboard the distance travelled has made the note ring out at a higher pitch than its meant to be. (its gone sharp).......if the strings are fairly low then you probably need better tuning keys (machine heads), Coz these can slip back a little if theyre cheapies. as for the symbols you dont say if you mean the music notation or the guitar TAB notation, (which is easier to learn )

A tab staff for guitar has 6 horizontal lines, each one representing a string of the instrument. The bottom line of the staff represents your lowest "E" string, the second line from the bottom represents your "A" string, etc. Easy enough to read, right?
Notice that there are numbers located smack dab in the middle of the lines (aka strings). The numbers simply represent the fret the tab is telling you to play. For example, in the illustration above, the tab is telling you to play the third string (third line) seventh fret.

Note: When the number "0" is used in tablature, this indicates that the open string should be played.

This is the concept of reading tab, at it's most basic. Now let's examine some of the more advanced aspects of reading tablature notation, including how to read chords in tab.
Youll have to check out the link below to see the diagram.

Answer 3

Yeah, cheap guitars like the First Act kind or even some Squires don't have very good tone or stay in tune. If you're talking about the symbols for tabs, ultimate-guitar.com should tell you what they mean (although many tabs found on the internet are just made by people who play a song by ear and write what they play down on tabs, which means it might not always be right, and the symbols could mean different things).

Answer 4

my first off advice would be to get a teacher, learning by yorself is possible however it is quite likely tha you will cultivate bad habits that could prevent you from learning the more advanced levels of guitar playing,

rhythmn is by far the most important thing a guitarist has to learn, make sure you put some time into understanding timing FIRST

then, websites like about.com has a guitar chord dictionary basically all it is is if it says 3 on a string it means you hold down the third string on that fret etc...i personally bought a software that has every chord possible and has a search function(http://www.daccordmusic.com/eng/product.php?idProduto=31&rc=28LK8) but nowadays i m pretty sure u can download one, i used to use this one http://chordfind.com/


i dontknow why your guitar is often out of tune but try investing in a better guitar and some good strings, mine is hardly out of tune and only requires significant tuning when i change strings

lastly, start off with some easy songs, its so satisfying when you've learnt a song that it will keep you going, gd luck

Answer 5

If you prefer a cheap way to master guitar from your home, online guitar classes really are a convenient and clear selection but for years, Jamorama, https://tr.im/mb2qs is a front-runner in this market, giving quality multimedia guitar training as you are able to download to your computer.
Jamorama offers a good choice of classes and is obviously a good pick for a beginning guitarist. Jamorama's video material is all in great HD quality, and their primary trainer, Mark McKenzie, does a good job protecting the basic principles in a easy-to-understand and intuitive way.

Answer 6

You can buy a cheap guitar tuner on ebay, and here is a good site for Chords:
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/
There is also a little booklet called the Guitar Chord Bible that you can pick up in most music stores.

Answer 7

Take your guitar to a reputable music store and ask for the guitar technician to inspect it. He will better advise the playability of your instrument.

Otherwise, the other responses seem in order.

Answer 8

A good virtual tuner you can use is "free guitar tuner" -> http://j.mp/1AypcQy
It's a really nice software.
Good Bye

Answer 9

good guitars stay in tune better, cheap ones do not.

good books for fingering and chords on ebay.

Answer 10

You can find a guitar tuner software here http://j.mp/1Ayp7wa (free of course)
It works like a charm.
Hope it helps.