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Title: Learning to Play a Guitar
Post by: Dartful Dodger on March 27, 2006, 04:37:58 pm

My latest "impulse buy/useless hobby" is an eelectric geetar.
I bought a good used guitar, and a great little amp, but now what?

My friends showed me the basics, but I want to actually learn, and not just make loud noises while AC/DC is playing in the background.  What's a good DVD that teaches this?  I want to start from scratch, because the basics I know are probably all wrong.

Title: Re: Learning to Play a Guitar
Post by: TMS on March 27, 2006, 04:42:40 pm

If you have comast cable, On-Demand had some good free lessons under the music section

Title: Re: Learning to Play a Guitar
Post by: sodapopinski on March 27, 2006, 06:55:30 pm

try www.wholenote.com (http://www.wholenote.com)
It has a wide variety of lessons. I reccomend you learn some covers though, its a good way to get going and feel like you're improving, plus it works finger skills. There's lots of on-line theory available, I reccomend you mix it up.

Title: Re: Learning to Play a Guitar
Post by: lcddream on March 28, 2006, 12:16:24 am

spring for guitar lessons.

bar none its the best way to learn.

Title: Re: Learning to Play a Guitar
Post by: missioncontrol on March 28, 2006, 12:53:13 am

I play a mean air guitar

Title: Re: Learning to Play a Guitar
Post by: sodapopinski on March 28, 2006, 09:16:41 am

Quote

I play a mean air guitar

In fact, aren't you late for air band practice?

Title: Re: Learning to Play a Guitar
Post by: Minwah on March 28, 2006, 10:57:54 am

While you can learn on the net nowadays, a good beginners guitar book is always a good place to start IMO.

Once you've got the basics, trying to play covers (as sodapop says) is a great thing too.  Try to play a couple of your favourite songs and your willpower to learn will rise all the time until you can do it.  Then learn something else...

Title: Re: Learning to Play a Guitar
Post by: Jabba on March 28, 2006, 11:40:49 am

You might want to try this site...

http://www.freeguitarvideos.com/

Its got some good basic stuff on it.

Title: Re: Learning to Play a Guitar
Post by: JonnyBoy on March 29, 2006, 12:21:02 pm

The first few weeks are the ones that makes or breaks the hobby. Some people just don't get into it and end up never picking up the guitar for more than a few minutes at a time.

I reccommend finding a good teacher, usually a teacher will adapt to you and help you learn to play in a style you personally dig.

And theory sucks too, I still need to figure a lot of that out...

My vote goes for a good teacher.

Title: Re: Learning to Play a Guitar
Post by: Dartful Dodger on March 29, 2006, 07:36:46 pm

I bought a learn blue grass DVD, on the back it says the lessons start with picking up a pick and goes into playing full songs.

It didn't lie, the guy picked up the pick and then started playing a full song.  Very frustrating.

Trying to learn from a DVD sux.

I'm going to take a couple of 1/2 hour lessons.

I've booked marked the other suggestions so when I understand the basics I'll be able to progress to them.

Thanks

Title: Re: Learning to Play a Guitar
Post by: SOAPboy on March 29, 2006, 07:43:17 pm

Quote from: lcddream on March 28, 2006, 12:16:24 am

spring for guitar lessons.

bar none its the best way to learn.

agreed 100%


Wish i would have taken lessons instead of just self teaching, id be a whole lot better..