I want to learn how to play a guitar?

Question

I have been trying to learn how to play a guitar for ages, does anyone know fo a simple way to get started?

I have an acoustic guitar and would love to learn some basic chords to get my going.

Answer 1

If you've been trying to learn how to play a guitar for ages, yet haven't done so then it is obvious that you're going about it the wrong way. Consider:

1. Find a qualified guitar instructor and buy a beginner's guitar chord book having basic music theory.

2. Have your instructor show the good habits to form in building chords and playing them, how to string a guitar, how to take care of your instrument, and how to tune it.

3. As you learn and practice forming various chords ask your instructor to teach you the basics of music theory.

4. As you progress, ask the instructor to help you in:
a. Chord progression
b. Key transposition
c. How to determine the key signatures in music.
d. Write basic music notation.
e. Playing rhythm as he plays melodies and vice versa.
f. Learning the Chromatic Scale with chords and notes.
g. Enjoy yourself as you play and learn.

Answer 2

If nothing else works, try this. Every time you meet someone who plays better than you do, bother them until they teach you one thing. Be polite about it, but usually if you are sincere, and they have a little time, they will be glad to share at least one thing with you. When people begin to bother you, two things have happened:

1. You made it

2. Remember how you learned and give them a little time yourself.

Now, for my contribution. If your guitar is tuned properly and you strum across the strings with no fingers pressed down, you are playing an E minor Seven with a suspension. The E minor is E - G - B, the seventh is D and the suspension is the open A. If the open A was above the D, it would be the eleventh (an octave and a fourth) but since it is below the D (the dominant seventh) it is a suspended fourth E - F - G - A / 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

If you put your second or third finger (doesn't really matter which) on the second fret of the fifth string, 5/2 you are playing an E minor seven chord.

If you put the second and third fingers on the second frets of the fourth and fifth strings 4/2 5/2 you are playing an E minor chord.

If you put the First finger on the first fret of the third string, the second and third fingers on the second fret of the fourth and fifth strings 3/1 4/2 5/2 You are playing an E major chord.

If you move everything over one string - - - First finger on the first fret of the Second string, Second and third finger on the second fret of the third and fourth string 2/1 3/2 4/2 you are playing an A minor chord.

If you do this successfully, you have just learned five chords

E minor seven with a suspension
E minor Seven
E minor
E major
A minor

Next, move back and forth between them until you can do it smoothly.

I hope you noticed how we moved through each chord systematically. the idea is to go from nothing, or from no fingers, and add one finger at a time. This is how you get your hands used to the new discipline of playing the guitar. Hope this helps and feel free to contact me if you need more chords or advice. I teach guitar and that was basically my first lesson on chords.

Answer 3

try nextlevelguitar.com
http://chordguide.com/guitar/

those are great lesson sites. Chordguide has a guide for just about any chord out there. Some great simple chords to start with are A, C, D, E, and G. First though you need to make sure your guitar is in tune, otherwise those chords won't sound right. Talk to a luthier or someone in your area to make sure it's in sound order.

Next, it's just practice practice practice. It takes a lot of practice to be able to play good, and right. Make sure you set enough time aside to do it. Also, if you get frustrated, then put it down and do something else for a while. You don't want to have a negative attitude towards it. That's the best advice I can give you.

Answer 4

Try buying a "fake book" that have songs you like and enjoy. Make sure it has the guitar chord fingering diagrams above the measures. Learning and playing songs you enjoy would then not seem like such a chore. Along with the fake book use chord charts, continue studying progressions, scales and the like.

There are a lot of websites available you could visit.

Answer 5

you could print out a chord sheet online
look at some simple songs
buy a book also, it'll get your hands used to playing
listen to people playing guitar
and try to play easy songs

Answer 6

Get a beginners book, and a chord chart. Hang the chart up on the wall like a poster, and play each one over and over again.

Answer 7

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