A good place to learn?

[Tyler_5]

I have had a Robson Electric Guitar
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for two years and I still don't know much.
(I can't finger properly... or even play a chord... :( )

What's a good place to learn that doesn't cost much?
(Preferably free)
P.S: Yes I know www.guitartricks.com but I said Preferably free. If It's gonna cost money I might as well get real lessons in person, because you can't beat having someone right there you see your technique and help you.

[Van1lla_Fac3]

mm.. buy a book..

but for only $10.95 a month with anytime access to videos compared to $60 a month for 30 minutes a week.. i went with this.. big help too... and tomorrow i'm trying out as a guitarist in jazz band.. haven't even been playing for 10 days..

but i know i'm ready.. thanks to this place..

4000 tutorials..
and surely you have a friend to point out what you could be doing wrong..

[light487]

Hrmm.. well you're going to need to practise a reasonable amount regardless of which option you take. When I have tried to teach people how to play in the past, the main reason they don't learn anything is because they don't have the muscle memory and strength for it. So really.. you need to grab a chord chart and scales chart or something.. and try playing a few of them.. get good at changing between the different chords.. The E Major, A Major and D Major chords are a good starting point.

Try to practise for at least the same time, every day, that you would spend with your instructor if you chose to go that path.. That's about 30mins a day.. every day.. You really need to get those fingers all calloused up. :) Learn a couple of scales and stuff too of course. Anyway.. after a week or two (depending on how much you practised) you should be at a level that you can make a better assessment of what you really need.

[ren]

I've never found anything really worthwhile that was free. You have to remember that to get something for nothing, someone somewhere would be getting nothing for something, and that's not fair is it?

Being a teacher, yeah - nothing beats a real teacher. However, the subscription fee for a month here would only buy you about 10 minutes of my time.

Are you still at school? Only asking because I started learning at school and that was free. At you stage of learning, I really would recommend a subscription here - give it a go and see what you see. I'll bet you pick up loads even in just a month, and if you don't you can always cancel. Here in the UK the money for a month sign up would just about buy me 2 cups of coffee... If you can find a teacher in your area, it could be worth having lessons to keep yourself motivated. After 22 years of playing I still take a lesson every two weeks - something to keep pushing me on.

[guitarpeach]

I've went through a number of things to understand the basics such as chords. I've got to say for the price GT is by far the best. But if you cant afford it then thats understandable. When I first got my my guitar about a year ago I was told about Cyberfret.com, Its not near as good as this site but is the best free site I've ever been to it should have enough to teach you about some basics. Books are also a good choice, but I would say the best experience I've had was a guitar class i attended at a community college. I would look around for something like that but Cyberfret would hurt in the mean time.