Do you think i could play the guitar?

Question

I have been playing the flute for going on 4 years so i know all the musical terms. i can read music and everything, I love country music, and i want to be apart of it and create it. Now that i'm out of school for the summer i want to learn how to play. DO you think i could catch on fast? Give me some tips/ advice. Or some websites i could go to to learn how to play. Right now i don't have the money to afford private lessons but i think i cam teach myself! As ya'll answer this question i'll be looking up some stuff on the internet too to help me out. I love and appricate music soo much! Thanks!


O ya i have an acoustic guitar. And i already have it tuned.

Answer 1

Personally, I found the switch from standard music scores to tablature very hard. I have played the clarinet for 12 yrs and tried to teach myself guitar around 4 yrs ago. It does help though if you have a musical ear anyway which I'm sure you do from playing the flute! Best thing is to give it a go and stick at it! Good luck!

Answer 2

I played the saxophone for years and kinda messed around on the piano before I tried to play the guitar. I caught on easily, not because I can read music, but because some people are musically inclined. I am sure that you are if you have played the flute for this long. Reading music is not a requirement however. You are going to have to learn how to read tablature because that is like the Bible to guitar players. You can go to pretty much any tablature site, most are free. I have been playing for 8 years now, and I am still learning. I have played at bars and stuff for money, and I play every weekend at a friend of mines house who also wants to learn. That is the best way to speed up the process, find someone who is better than you who can show you rather than tell you. Most old country songs are easy to play.

Answer 3

This is what I tell everyone, go to Sam Ash and get a beginners book, prefrably one that has a Cd in the back of the book. Ask the clerk to help you find a book that's suited to your style of playing, their pretty good there, most of them play themselves. Start by learning all the strings and the notes in the first position, by the time you have done that you'll have callous and maybe the muscles to help you make the cords that you need to play. With a couple of cords like C, D, Am, G, G7, E, Em, A, D7, you could play thousands of songs. For a while you'll feel like your fingers are going to fall off but believe me it gets better, after a while you won't even feel it, the same goes for cords, after some practice you'll be able to change cords with no problem. I taught kids that swore that they'll never be able to do this, but they surprised themselves and after a while they did learn how to change cords with ease, it just takes patience and time, and the will to really want to learn, and of course some talent !!!!!

Answer 4

They are different things. Playing guitar is different than playing guitar hero. The comparison doesn't work. Some people are not as musical adept at playing instruments as others

Answer 5

Should be fairly easy if you have the time to devote to it. I would pick up one of the books that come with a CD - you can hear and play along with the exercises. The Hal Leonard one is pretty good. There's a lot of stuff on the net, but for $15 bucks, why not get a book? Once you learn the basic chords, look at www.chordie.com for songs you can play.

Answer 6

don't listen 2 that person... of course u could!

if u have the will inside, & the potentials (which u have since u play the flute & know alot of & about music)...

i know its gonna b hard @ 1st... going from a blow device 2 a chord device... but, if u want 2 learn, & r determined 2 learn... u will! :)

good luck! :)

oh, & btw... don't waste urtime here... believe in urself, & go find some books & a guitar... & maybe a center 2 teach u also! :D

Answer 7

Here is something for you to start with; the notes on the fingerboard. The horizontal lines represent the strings. The vertical colomns represent the frets.
(sorry the chart does not convert well in Yahoo Answers. It doesn't show the nice neat columns as I have prepared it.)

Open 1st Fret 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
E- F- F#/Gb -G- G#/Ab- A
B -C -C#/Db- D- D#/Eb -E
G -G#/Ab -A- A#/b - B
D -D#/ Eb -E -F- F#/Gb -G
A -A#/Bb -B -C - C#/Db - D
E -F -F#/Gb - G - G#/Ab - A

(Note; The bottom E in the open column is the lowest note on the guitar or thickest string, the string that is closest to your face when holding the guitar in the proper position. When referring to the staff this E note is two octaves below middle C.)
Or go to the site listed below and click on any string at any fret and that will give you the not found at that fret on that string.
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/reverse_scales.php

Answer 8

Yes. Buy a good beginner's book that explains all the finger positions you'll need for chords, etc. Talk to a guitar teacher at the local music store, I'm sure he or she could recommend the right book to help you get started.

But... country????

Answer 9

O yea I'm most deffinately sure you can.
I first played sax for 3 years. And then I taught myself flute,open-hole. Then now I play piccolo and piano.
And I'm teaching myself guitar just like you.
It's awsome and I'm only 12!!
I sware. I am a very musical person I sing and act to.
So I guess I'm musically inclined. lol
Saved my parents loads of money for lessons!!!!
Good Luck!!

Answer 10

Theres a book called the Superbook that has some basics and small songs. its red and its pretty thick. it shouldnt be hard to find.