Learning Guitar

Got myself a guitar a while ago, and i still have a bit of summer to go so I wanna really learn it right--with good fundamentals.

Any1 know a good website or youtube channel that gives good beginner lessons? or something cheap online

Also any basic tips? I play the piano and the drums already

thanks

 

Learn chords and scales, you should already know theory. Focus on smooth chord changes and then work on your right hand. It really depends on what music you want to play from there.

 

go drop $30 on a rocksmith cable, and torrent it, best $30 ive spent towards guitar lessons.

 

Read a little about it and sounds really interesting. I havent touched my ps3 in like 3 years lol. How does it work?--it says you can just play songs. Does it actually have like interactive guitar lessons?

 

It shows you how to play songs and scales but it doesn't teach you technique. If you build up bad habits they will be hard to break later. Learning from a guitar teacher is the best way to learn and develop the fastest. I taught myself via youtube videos and I am still struggling with some bad habits I picked up from just looking at tabs and learning songs instead of building fundamentals, theory, and technique.

 

Learn the basic chords first and learn to switch them fast before learning bar chords. Also watch tutorials on yt it really helps a lot especially when ur learning to play certain songs. At first ur finger will hurt a lot cuz u need to press the string hard but u will definitely get used to it. Eventually practice makes perfect gl dude

 

false. it does teach you technique, and it does have interactive lessons.

 

Check out this review:

http://www.jamplay.com/rocksmith-review

You can make the decision yourself, but breaking bad habits is difficult.

 

i don't care what random review was posted, i own the game, and i've had people who've been playing music for a living for the past 30 years play the game, and they've all agreed its worth learning on, if you don't have someone whos been playing for years to teach you.


also on note with that review

bad habits- if you follow the 50+ lessons you wont get bad habits, as it tells you the correct way to position your hand etc.
Too fast- do they even know there is a way to slow the song down from 100%- 1% speed to learn sections, with a rift repeater? how much easier is that then loooking at youtube, and having to stop, replay the video and repeat 100x

upsells of content- customsforge.com i have over 500+ extra songs that i havnt paid a dime for.

 

You should definitely invest in something from which you can thoroughly learn the fundamentals, not just how to imitate. It might take a little more effort and patience, but its well worth it.

 

learning chords and melody is a big thing with guitars

 

1. Learn the actual parts of the guitar.
2. Learn how to hold a pick (do what feels best)
3. Learn how to read tablature.
4. Learn chords, a b c d e f g
5. Learn what an "octave" is.
6. Explore frets 12 and higher.
7. Ignore everything I have to say because I've been playing guitar for 9 years.

 

This. You might be able to play a riff from 10 songs, but once you leave those 10 songs then you're going to be screwed if you haven't built up the knowledge of how playing works. I can show you how to put your fingers on the guitar, but there are subtle mechanics in everything from chord changes to pick control that you won't get from imitating a song. As TV says it is worth getting something and working your way through it that starts you off with what the parts of the guitar is and how they work, how they effect tone and other mechanical parts of the guitar, and basic maintenance. It will then lead you into chording and pick control generally and build you up from there.

When you are self teaching there is a plateau that you will hit and it is frustrating as hell and most people give up. If you have an actual teacher who tailors learning to you then you probably won't hit that, or if you do they'll work you through it. I regret not having a teacher or someone to ask questions and talk with. I start with tabs and chord charts and just banged out a few songs with some basic chord information. When I wanted to move to advance subjects like finger picking or cross picking it became extremely difficult for me because I had grown accustomed to chording a certain way and my muscle memory worked against me. I am working my way through that right now and I almost have all of those old bad habits broken so that I am more free flowing with my playing.

If you aren't seriously looking to play then by all means buy Rocksmith and jam, but if you want to seriously pick it up then I urge you to look elsewhere.

 

but then again this is coming from someone who has never done anything real with the guitar besides some stuff off youtube vids, my brother has went to a music school and can read notes etc, and he even prefers when needing to learn a new song to do it over rocksmith.



to each there own, but i wouldnt take advice from people who havnt done this sort of thing for a living.