Hello from Holland

Hello everyone,

As a lot of people here I'm new to guitar playing. I always liked to learn playing guitar, but never felt I had the time / opportunity. Now we are in lockdown, so I ordered my first guitar and set of picks online and here I am.

I'm really motivated and I already can play some chords from the beginners course!

Maybe someone can help me out with my first question? I'm having trouble finding the right string to start and keep on strumming. In the first lessons from Lisa, I can play along. However when I have to look at my screen for the chords, I can't find the right place to 'land' the pick. For instance when playing simple chords on the first three strings, I'm hitting string nummer 4,3,2 and 1 or strings 2 and 1. Does anyone have a tip on how to find/land the right stings? Or is it just that I have to practice it again and again?

Yours,

Remco

Welcome!

Others may have some suggestions but I found this tutorial by Christopher to be really helpful. It's on alternate picking but I feel it really gives you good string awareness. Something else that I have been doing lately is another string awareness exercise I found... Pick the first string, then the second, then the 1st, then 3rd, 1st then 4th, 1st then 5th, 1st then 6th. And then go back....6th and 1, 5 and 1, 4 and 1, 3 and 1, 2 and 1... It takes a lot of practice and excercises like this to get a good feel for where the strings are in my opinion. I'm a little rusty right now so I've been working on this too. But practice, practice, practice...you'll really see improvement with some basic exercises. :D

Have fun Remco, and again, welcome. This is a great place to be.