how to learn to play the guitar
There are a few questions that people ask when thay are considering learning to play the guitar. I’m, hopefully going to answer those questions for you.
How do I learn to play the guitar?
There are a number of ways to learn how to play the guitar.
1)Firstly, you can get a friend to teach you.
This is a good idea just to get someone to show you at least how to hold the guitar and how to play the strings and press down the strings at the frets. If you’re just beginning and have not picked up a guitar before, this is a good way to get started and won’t cost you anything. Don’t rely on this method alone though. Just get the very basics and then start to teach yourself from the other ways available. You can always let your friend show you some tips and tricks later on when they have time.
2)Buy a book.
This is ok to show you how to hold and play the guitar, but not as good as having someone in front of you showing you. It’s not free unless you can get a good book from the library. The cost of guitar books varies from cheap to dear, although you might be able to find them at charity shops. I find that books are great for learning theory. Depending on what style of guitar you want to learn, you might not need to learn too much theory. The more theory you can learn the better, but you can always do that as you are advancing.
3)Purchase a video or DVD.
I’ve never been a big a fan of utilizing this method solely. Sat in front of the television screen or computer screen watching someone tell you to put this finger here and that finger there. It’s good for showing you the basics of playing the guitar and some techniques such as bends, slides, and hammer ons, etc.
4)Pay a guitar teacher to instruct you.
This could be the most expensive way to learn the guitar. I’ve seen friends and relatives children play songs better than me and I’ve felt pretty stupid. But, that’s all they’re being taught, merely songs. I console myself by saying yes, you can play that song, but how much has it cost your parents. I’ve seen a video recording of a friends daughter playing on stage with other students and she played a popular song perfectly, even the solo. She actually played it better than the original guitarist used to play it live. Only all she was doing was performing notes that she’d learnt parrot fashion. There wasn’t even any emotion or enthusium on her face. If someone said now play that in a different key or improvise and alter the solo, she probably wouldn’t have been able to. By the way, the guitar lessons have stopped and I don’t think she plays the guitar much now.
5)Learn off the internet.
This can be free, cheap, or pricey. There’s so much information on learning to play the guitar on the internet, this must be a great source. Once you can hold and play your guitar, or even before, search the internet for free or cheap online courses. When you’re ready, there’s a lot of good low cost and free stuff that will improve your playing. Don’t be tricked into paying for high cost courses that you can’t afford or don’t need though. Learning to play the guitar on the internet has all of the the advantages of the other methods. You can learn as much or as little theory as you want . You can have someone on the computer screen in front of you showing what to do and how to do it. You can download the information on to your computer and do it in your own time and at your own pace. You can download the guitar tabs to songs you want to learn.
How hard is it to learn to play guitar?
It’s not hard at all. It all depends on how much you want to learn it.
How long does it take to learn how to play guitar?
As much time as you put into it. It’s a process and you will never perfect it, so the time is forever. But to get just enough to know how to play many songs, not that long, just a total of several hours. But if you want to become an artist, write songs, etc. That takes the time and passion. And when you have the passion the time gets away from you.
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