What is the best way to teach myself how to play guitar?

By admin On August 14, 2010 · 6 Comments

I have had a guitar for about two years but have no idea how to play it. I have tried taking out book from the library to help me but I still don’t know how to play it. How can I teach myself to play a guitar?

There are a lot of online tutorials for help at all levels.
First learn how to hold the guitar and position your hands.

Nest, spend a week doing a boring exercise where you use every finger on your left hand except the thumb to play a chromatic scale. Play for 5 minutes at a time a few times a day. This will condition your fingers. Start with your pointer finger on the 5th fret position of the 6th string. (This is the position between the 5th and 6th fret on the fattest string that makes the lowest sounding note.) With your right hand use a pic and play the note. Work on this 1 note until it sounds reasonable. Next use your left hand middle finger 1 fret up on the 6th fret. The the ring finger on the 7th. Then the pinky on the 8th. Now move the the next string, but start on the 4th fret and repeat the pattern. (When you get to the second string, you will not need to go down a fret to start the pattern like the other strings.)
One more thing about the above exercise. On the fisrt note, strike the pic downward. On the second note use an upward stroke. Keep alternating up-down with each note played.

After a week of doing this, learn 3 chords that you can use in a 12 bar blues song. (Or have a friend teach you an easy 3 chord song.) One of my first songs was Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival. That song uses a D, A, and G chord. You can look up how to play these on any internet search. (A bandmate has a chord app on his IPhone.)
Get the words to the song and try to sing along as you play. Even if you never become the lead singer in a band, the act of singing while you play will help you become better at both.

After you learn a couple 3 chord songs I recommend learning the A minor pentatonic scale. Sounds fancy, but it is really quite simple.

Once you get proficient at these 3 things, you’ll probably figure out better ways for your own learning.

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6 Responses to What is the best way to teach myself how to play guitar?

Hello Kitty ♥ says:

August 15, 2010 at 2:32 am

watch a lot of tutorials on youtube.
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Melanie says:

August 15, 2010 at 2:43 am

buy those tutorial d.vds at like target or youtube or go take lessons
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Steve Loewenthal says:

August 15, 2010 at 3:21 am

There are a lot of online tutorials for help at all levels.
First learn how to hold the guitar and position your hands.

Nest, spend a week doing a boring exercise where you use every finger on your left hand except the thumb to play a chromatic scale. Play for 5 minutes at a time a few times a day. This will condition your fingers. Start with your pointer finger on the 5th fret position of the 6th string. (This is the position between the 5th and 6th fret on the fattest string that makes the lowest sounding note.) With your right hand use a pic and play the note. Work on this 1 note until it sounds reasonable. Next use your left hand middle finger 1 fret up on the 6th fret. The the ring finger on the 7th. Then the pinky on the 8th. Now move the the next string, but start on the 4th fret and repeat the pattern. (When you get to the second string, you will not need to go down a fret to start the pattern like the other strings.)
One more thing about the above exercise. On the fisrt note, strike the pic downward. On the second note use an upward stroke. Keep alternating up-down with each note played.

After a week of doing this, learn 3 chords that you can use in a 12 bar blues song. (Or have a friend teach you an easy 3 chord song.) One of my first songs was Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival. That song uses a D, A, and G chord. You can look up how to play these on any internet search. (A bandmate has a chord app on his IPhone.)
Get the words to the song and try to sing along as you play. Even if you never become the lead singer in a band, the act of singing while you play will help you become better at both.

After you learn a couple 3 chord songs I recommend learning the A minor pentatonic scale. Sounds fancy, but it is really quite simple.

Once you get proficient at these 3 things, you’ll probably figure out better ways for your own learning.
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Max J says:

August 15, 2010 at 3:31 am

The easiest way to learn guitar is follow an online course. There is one such course called jamorama
which is not only reading material but also has video lessons and jam tracks. you also get many ebooks, chord charts, metronomes and tuning software too.
heres the link to jamorama http://ac674cfh8pc0f-7eliwpd9kt9u.hop.clickbank.net/
Hope this helps. good luck
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BOB says:

August 15, 2010 at 4:10 am

I self taught myself and have been playing for three years and have performed in front of audiences of 100 people, and the way I taught my self was with guitar tabs and chord charts. After I learned the chords I simply found the chords for songs and learned how to play them. I also got tips from many people I know who play guitar.

Try this website to find how to play songs;

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/
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Average Mike says:

August 15, 2010 at 4:30 am

It’s time for you to get lessons from a professional guitar teacher. You’ve been trying to teach yourself without success for two years so one would think that a new approach is called for.
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