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Learn to Play the Guitar - Tips For the Newbie

Learning to play the guitar can be easy and hard, and what I mean by that is that it can be easy to be excited and ready to get down to playing awesome rock songs or cool acoustic tunes when in reality it takes lots of practice to get there and that can be the hard part. Depending on the person you talk to the tips for learning to play a guitar can vary greatly, so it’s important to learn the proper techniques in the beginning to make it easier for you in the long run.

But if you’re feeling like quitting the guitar because you’re frustrated or bored I’ve got a few tips and tricks that just might keep you from closing up your guitar case and letting it collect dust. So lets get to work improving your skills!

It’s important that you enjoy the process of learning the guitar. Yes it can be difficult at times but nothing ever worth learning was totally easy. Don’t make excuses, sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to get past the voice in your head telling you “I don’t want to today” and just sit down with the guitar. You’ll find yourself playing and practicing and wondering what the big deal was and why you were putting it off in the first place.

keep your posture in mind because just like playing piano or sitting at the computer you need to pretend like your head is a plate and you’re balancing it on your neck. If you slouch, or tense your shoulders while you play it’ll hurt and you’ll want to quit.

Remember to take it slow when learning a new song especially if you don’t have the notes on the guitar memorized yet. If you rush, again, you’ll just end up frustrated. I would give yourself a week of practicing one hour every day to learn up to 2 different songs.

Now if you’re serious about getting into learning the guitar I suggest you read this review here about an online award winning guitar learning kit and TAKE ACTION!

Get started and have fun!

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April 27th 2009
Tags: guitar

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Tags: Uncategorized

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Tags: music

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Tags: music blog

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Tags: composing

Chord Progressions

You hear a song you like. You can pick out the melody line using your right hand. You don't know what chords to play on the right hand. Usually, if you know it, you'll know the whole sequence of chords to play. If you don't know, you'll be picking the chords by trial-and-error, ...

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