Do you play acoustic or electric? And if you are looking to tune it, the best way is to buy an electronic tuner. They cost about 20 bucks and are a lot easier that tuning it yourself or finding someone else to tune it.
If you want to play rhythm, then learn the basics. E, D,G A C. you can play pretty much any rock song with those chords. The best way is to find a relatively easy song to play (most songs use a 4 chord scheme) and practice changing from chord to chord. Bar chords are good, but you'll find power chords easier to start with. Most fast rock songs use power chords. If you're looking for more of campfire sound then stick with the normal chords.
I've never used youtube, I just downloaded tabs off the net and practiced. Just get the chords down and the rhythym will come eventually.
I play the g-tar and agree with what your friends say free fallin you learn it all just by looking things up on youtube or any site really. just stick with it and you'll be rockin no time
Get about eleven cold beers in me and I play one mean air guitar. Get outta my way, Jimmy Page.
The same GQP demanding we move on from January 6th, 2021 is still doing audits of the November 3rd, 2020 election.
There's also something of the sound from an acoustic that an electric guitar just can't compare to. I have thought about gettin a guitar for myself don't know how to play myself for when I go camping.
Power Tab? Hadn't heard of it, have to check it out!
Yeah, a lot of the songs on Ultimate guitar tabs are "power tab" songs. It's a free download, and it prints tabbed sheet music. Plus it will even play right on your computer (a wierd computer synth version), but hey!
I'm pretty sure that Jebru plays the guitar, sure he had an AV this year with his Guitar in the piccy.
I have always made my living playing the guitar--a variety of styles--and pretty much agree with all the advice offered, if that's possible.
One of the fascinating things about the instrument is that you can approach it in so many different ways, and use it as the backbone of so many different kinds of music.
Re. learning to play, some artists with platinum CD sales are self-taught!
For most of us, the question is, "How badly do you want to learn to play?" Cuz if you really want it, you'll find the ways that work best for you.
Best wishes and have fun!
I play acoustic and electric, although because I live in an apartment, I can't play the electric much. Electric are quite a bit easier to play minor mistakes don't get noticed because of the volume and distortion. Trust me..."One" sounds a million times better on an electric than on an acoustic.
When you are first learning to play, its fun to learn intros of songs you like. I started out with "Come as you are," Sweet dreams, and "One". Now I tend to play acoustic songs that I can sing along to. People (especially girls) tend to be more impressed when you can play a whole song and sing along, than if you perform an elaborate riff or solo.
yeah, ONE is very hard to play actually. Sweet Dreams is kind of hard as well, but its the same series of notes repeated so its not as bad. It sounds amazing on electric as well. And you will definately find it easier to play an electric after learning on acoustic. It almost seems too easy.
But I'm having a blast and thought I'd ask people here at Lush if anyone plays and what kind of music they prefer to listen to vs what you play.
Today that guy I work with finally brought his guitar in and we jammed to One, Fade to Black, Today and then something we came up with on the spot ... when our rhythms were identical and we practiced a few times, it sounded awesome ... definitely worked on those callouses on the fingertips today!
But once I found someone to tune it for me, I brought it out and haven't put it back down. I'm taking some basic Blues lessons right now online from a guy named Marty Schwartz, just some easy power chords (as several here have said are good to learn on). I signed up for free lessons from him and he sends a short video every other day that builds on the last. Each video is only about 4-8 minutes long, but very easy.