the reason why i say, or i recommend learning on an acoustic guitar is because:

1. helps begginers with how to grip and hold chords
2. builds finger strength
3. bulids calices
4. it gets the begginer in to correct positioning of the right hand, as well as the handling of the guitar
5.helps with alternate picking for begginers as the distance between the strings is greater.

i do recommend it, but i wouldn't say it's the only way. i learnt on both, but i relied on my acoustic slighty more when learning chords and picking patterns

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thanks, im looking to get an acoustic from a second hand shop ASAP and for my birthday in a few days im getting guitar lessons so i should improve in no time.
Thanks for all your help with my problems
An.Kn

well enjoy your birthday and good luck with your guitar lessons!!!

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Hey AKAN. I'm not a pro or anything far from it. Heck you are prob way better then me if you are working on cords. I just started playing 3 days ago. But what I can tell you from 20 years of playing drums is that anything worth having is hard. I to have tried to swtich cords and just cant do it yet. But that dont mean I will not be able to. It just takes time. When you get mad just stop for a few minutes and go back the next day. You dont have to be the best in 3 months. In fact there will always be someone better but dont quit. My drumming experiance has shown me that. Alot of people think drumming is easy but imagine someone telling you "take your left foot and do this, now at the same time take your right foot and do this, oh yeah now take your right hand and do this, and then your left doing this. All at the once and with differant timing." It can really make your brain go nuts. But then you keep trying and one day it just happens, and you have this feeling in your body that you know you did it right or at least you are close and its feeling that drives you to play more and more. Good luck and don't quit I'm sure in a little while you will be asking how to play that super complicated solo or something.

that's exactly the point. after a little practice your progression as a guitarist will be everlasting and very noticable. keep at it!!

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i dont think there is an awful lot that comes before chords, and seen as my guitar looks as if it cost somewhere in the region of £150-£200 i never really thougt i would quit, i was just having trouble, and iv never played an instrument before, so i couldnt anticipate anything like it. The closest thing i can imagine to it is learning to play footy? Probably nothing even close, but thats the only thing i can think of that i have done over such a long period and kept progressing at, until i am near the top of the ladder and can do the best that my body will allow me, which has carried me to a high level in the sport. I suppose thats sort of how it is in guitar, but i wouldnt know, as i am only on the very first rung of the ladder.
thanks for your support and advice all the same

An.Kn

guitar is like sport. the more u practice, the quicker you'll progress

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