A newbie already in love with her first guitar...

[sheresa]

Afternoon everyone! So about a month ago - my mom who has been playing since she was about 9 bought me my first guitar after I shredded my fingers messing around on hers all night while I was visiting...anywho long story short - I love my guitar...but now I need to learn how to play it!

So far I'm still working on switching from A to E...sad I know! Anywho...just wanted to say hi to everyone and welcome any advice, tips, etc... =)

hope all is well on this first day of 2008...

take care
sheresa
:o

[hunter60]

Welcome to GT! You'll get plenty of advice and knowledge here that's for sure. Hopefully you'll have a life long love affair with your guitar. I know I can't get enough of mine! :)

[Geeetar4Life]

Afternoon everyone! So about a month ago - my mom who has been playing since she was about 9 bought me my first guitar after I shredded my fingers messing around on hers all night while I was visiting...anywho long story short - I love my guitar...but now I need to learn how to play it!

So far I'm still working on switching from A to E...sad I know! Anywho...just wanted to say hi to everyone and welcome any advice, tips, etc... =)

hope all is well on this first day of 2008...

take care
sheresa
:o
Welcome :) I think you'll be able to find all the lessons and stuff you need here. But yeah, enjoy!

By the way, what kind of guitar is it?

[light487]

Be careful.. playing music can be habit forming. :)

[ren]

Hey Sheresa.... :)

A and E eh? It's all difficult when you start out. The only piece of advice I'll bother you with now is to practice a little every single day, and you'll get there....

Just wait until you try a F or a B.... ;)

[light487]

The main chords you will be playing are A, C, D, E, and G. The F and B chords can be a bit daunting at first. If you are already working on A and E, I would suggest the next chord you could learn is D. This is because many songs that have A and E in them also have D.

The shape for D, when you think you are ready for the next step, is:

E||-----|--2--|-----|
B||-----|-----|--3--|
G||-----|--1--|-----|
D||-----|-----|-----|
A||--x--|-----|-----|
E||--x--|-----|-----|

The numbers are for where your fingers go. So your ring finger is number 3 for example. The x's are the strings that you don't play. So really you are only playing the top 4 strings for the D Major chord.