Is it easy to learn if you've never touched a guitar in your life? What's the hardest thing about playing guitar? What's the easiest? Tell me everything you think is good for a beginner guitarist to know.
2007-07-31 12:50:28 · 9 answers · asked by Lynne 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Performing Arts
Your first most difficult obstacle to playing guitar is to form the needed calluses on your fretting hand. Once you gain those, then concentrate on chords, their progressions, and music theory. Many would-be students can't get beyond building the calluses and quit during the first week.
The next difficult obstacle is to train your fingers of the fretting hand to form chords quickly and smoothly. The fingers don't like to change their habits so you must exercise focused intent to train them.
The easiest part of playing guitar is that the instrument is portable and can be taken to most locations to practice. The easiest chord to play is G9, shown thus: XOOOOO
X represents the sixth, or heaviest string. The Os represents strings that are played open.
2007-07-31 15:44:06 · answer #1 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As instruments go, the guitar is pretty easy. It's very popular for that reason.
You start out by learning chords, which are combinations of notes that you -strum- while you sing or someone else plays a melody. The hardest part, I think, is gaining strength in your left hand, which holds the strings down on the fingerboard. At first your had gets sore after only a few minutes, but after a while it gets a lot easier. Also if it's a steel-string guitar your fingertips get sore until you build up callouses. Nylon strings are easier (also nylon stringed guitars have wider fingerboard that are easier to finger) but steel strings are better for rock music or country music because that's the sound you want. Within 3 months or so you should have it pretty well mastered. Rock songs and popular songs are very easy to play chords to because they're musically simple.
You can learn to play chords on your own. If you have friends they can show you a lot of tricks and things. If you want to learn to play notes and melodies (or 'lead' guitar in a rock band) you'll probably have to take lessons. You need to learn some music theory, learn to read music or 'tablature', etc. But even just playing chords is a lot of fun.
2007-07-31 13:03:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not really. It takes a lot of time and practice to play the guitar. There are some guitar books that show you the fingerings for notes and chordes but if you're looking for an easy instrument to play. the guitar is not it.
2007-07-31 14:57:24 · answer #3 · answered by imrandom94 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These days you can learn how to play guitar over the internet. Check out Mark McKenzie's guitar video lessons here: http://www.jamoramaguitar.com The videos are very easy to follow and to my surprise extremely helpful even for advanced guitar players. For beginners I would have to say this is a gold mine.
I was able to improve my skills in just under 4 weeks and I am an intermediate-to-advanced guitar player; I've been playing guitar for the past 6 years and I was on stage with my band a lot of times.
I live in New York City, I wanted to go to a pro guitar teacher but that would have cost me over $1400 per month. Good thing with this internet, $1400 it's a lot of money for me. Good luck!
2014-07-29 13:18:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi!I've been playing the guitar for about 1 year.It's easier to learn if you get lessons like in school,or somewhere else.The hardest thing is learning all of the notes and chords.Some of the notes have the same letter name(like G's)and are on different strings.Some of the chords can be like minor or major chords.If you get lessons,you will probably start off with easy songs and notes.You should probably get a guitar book so you can learn some things from it.It also helps to have a dvd w/ it,so you can play along.You should get a tuner too,so you can tune your guitar when it goes out of tune.You have to turn the knobs on the neck part of it,to tune it.Hope i helped!If you have any questions,email me(it's on my page)
2007-07-31 13:00:45 · answer #5 · answered by Melly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, like everything in life, you personally have to try it yourself and decide whether it is hard for you. Plus, you won't play like a star when you start, you have to take baby steps until you get the hang of it. Just because you can't do it right off the bat or it's not easy, doesn't mean you won't get better at it with practice. Try it out, and if you don't feel it's really your 'thing', by all means quit.
2007-07-31 13:03:50 · answer #6 · answered by ---Natasha--- 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO!!, chords take a lot of time and practice to do. There is a lot of coordination skill that needs to be learned. Speed takes a lot of practice. I found everything other than chords and solos easy. Such as the guitar part in "stayin alive" by the bee-gees. Just practice and have patience and you will get it.
2007-07-31 12:55:40 · answer #7 · answered by rich8792 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no i think a drum is the easiest
my teacher made me learn how to twirl a pen and practice hand movements
i quitted because time was so tight
i reqret now good luck and do not give up ! :D
2007-07-31 13:05:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i just got a guitar and im gonna start taking classes so well see!! ;)
2007-07-31 12:55:20 · answer #9 · answered by ♥ F@$H!0N ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋