Guitar Newbie Help Please

Hey Everybody,

Well.. i just bought my first guitar ever its a YAMAHA and its tuned. I really really want to learn how to play where do i start? I wanna learn how to play some Acdc, Led zeplin, Greenday, Metallica and all that... :) Dam Guitar looks pretty hard to learn i have no clue where to learn.. anyone?

aw I am like you. I have been at it for close to 2 months..
the 1st thing you need to do is start with major chords like C D G
and practice them over and over. Until you can change from one to another. hitting all the strings at the same time. It is pretty much building cordination. the 1st week is builiding up the calsuses on the tips of your fingues. but after you get them you will be glad. dont pick them you want them.

You might want to learn all the parts of the guitar all so if you do not already know. and read about how to read tabs.

they tell me there are lots of song you can play with C D G . so i guess this is the 1st step. I have been practicing them about 1hr a day. And i will just keep doing it till my fingues do it without much thought.

good luck. I cant wait. to play a song. will no ****-up :D

hey....u can also try the coordination of E, Am & D...u also need to learn that which strings do not suppose to be played in open chords....try to find open chord positions online or buy some books...if u really wanna learn guitar...i'll say try to find a good teacher around ...if u can afford....or buy some self taught DvDs. ;)
good luck

Look in the begginers section on this site pretty helpful :)

hey Guys I'm new here!! Where is the beginners section?, Can't seem to find it :eek:

Originally Posted by: SpexXhey Guys I'm new here!! Where is the beginners section?, Can't seem to find it :eek:

[font=trebuchet ms]??? How did you get here? :confused:

If you click the Guitartricks logo at the top of the page, it takes you to the home page.

Clicking >Beginners< in the toolbar next to the logo on the home page takes you to the Beginners section.[/font]

Along with learning chords, get yourself a little metronome and learn to keep time. Without learning a sense of rhythm, all your stuff sounds weird. When I first started learning to play, people would ask "What's that?" I'd tell them and they'd say it really didn't sound like it. So I knew I was screwing up somewhere. I asked a friend about it, and he got me a metronome and taught me what it did and how to use it. I improved alot in a very short time.

Originally Posted by: Lordathestrings[font=trebuchet ms]??? How did you get here? :confused:

If you click the Guitartricks logo at the top of the page, it takes you to the home page.

Clicking >Beginners< in the toolbar next to the logo on the home page takes you to the Beginners section.[/font]

Ahh!!

I found the site by accident while Google'ing.Thnx for pointing me to the Beginners section :)

Originally Posted by: Lordathestrings[font=trebuchet ms]??? How did you get here? :confused:

If you click the Guitartricks logo at the top of the page, it takes you to the home page.

Clicking >Beginners< in the toolbar next to the logo on the home page takes you to the Beginners section.[/font]

I found it by accident whilst Google'ing and it bought me straight to the forums, I didn't realise there was a home page :mad: . Thnx for pointing me to the beginners section

i keep reading that about rhythem. to me that is the easiest part. I would hate to have to learn that too. i would go nuts.