Beginners Guitar Lessons

Archive for December, 2009

i really wanna learn how to play guitar but i don’t have patience in reading and learning off a book so i wanted to know if there’s any dvd that can teach me? THANKS!

Not sure whether or not you’ll be playing acoustic or electric, but Rock House (as mentioned by another poster) produces amazing DVDs that will teach you everything from the very basics (parts of the guitar and their functions, tuning, etc.) through everything you’d learn from years of lessons. There is a three-DVD set for acoustic players, as well as a three-DVD set for electric players and each set costs less than $40. I’d been playing guitar for more than 20 years when I decided to try the DVDs and can’t believe how much I’ve learned. The same guy teaches on both sets and he’s fantastic. It’s like having a private teacher who never loses patience, no matter how many times you go back to review something. Here are links to the sets at Musician’s Friend:

http://books-videos-music.musiciansfriend.com/product/Rock-House-Learn-Rock-Guitar-Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced-Package?sku=942719

http://books-videos-music.musiciansfriend.com/product/Rock-House-Learn-Rock-Acoustic-Guitar-Beginner-Intermediate-Hands-of-Steel-DVD-Package?sku=942720

Was wondering if any of you knew any websites with free guitar lessons. Video’s would be good but anything really. Cheers Guys ! I’m learning electric.

The best web site i know of is Justinguitar.com, easy to follow lessons for every level of player.

www.ultimate-guitar.com. They have bass tablature and bass lessons. The bass lessons are arranged from beginner to pro. They also have genre geared lessons.

I really would love to learn ho to play acoustic guitar. but i was just wondering, is it hard to learn how to play? i play piano and sing if that helps… plus i can read music too. also whats a good guitar to start out with that isnt that expensive? less than $200 but more than $100?
Thanks so much!

Learning the Guitar
You need a course of instruction.
The best way is with a private teacher
2nd would be class lessons
3rd regularly get together with other guitar players
or if you absolutely will or cannot do the above, Buy a book on how to play the guitar and follow it religiously.
Last would be to find some free online lessons and skip around in them doing what YOU think you want to do next.
Guitar is one of the world’s most popular instruments.
It is easy to take with you.
It has a sound that people like.
It can be use in almost any type of music.
Almost anyone can learn to play it.
Simple music is easily played after only a few days or weeks.
You can continue to learn new and challenging music forever.
There are several good guitars to start with in that price range. Go visit the music store and see what the have.

i am 15 and have been playing guitar for almost 11 months and im pretty good. i just bought a new guitar and amp and i am playing lead in a band. i can play really fast solos and i know a lot of techniques like
-tapping
-hammer ons & pull offs
-tremolo picking
-pinch harmonics
and lots more

i dont know like all the penetonic scales, and how to play in a certain key. i feel that sometimes im like illiterate when it comes to guitarr knowledge. do you think i should get lessons, if so, hhat should i learn from it.

lessons are a lot of money. and judging by your knowledge of guitar techniques so far i wouldn’t advise you to waste your money. you can watch free lessons on youtube, many of them are very good and i’m pretty sure most of them teach pentatonic scales and the likes. you could buy a book in any instrument shop or in good bookshops or even the library which goes through scales. your right to feel illiterate now but when you really learn the scales and what keys to play in your ability to write your own songs will increase so much.
also check out gibson.com. they have arlon roth specially giving lessons and i think he goes through scales. i wouldn’t be too sure but have a look if ya like.

hope i helped

I’ve wanted to learn how to play guitar for a few years now but i’ve never really had the time. Now that i have the time and aspiration i don’t have money to pay for lessons so i was wondering if anyone knows any cost effective ways to learn?
I’m a complete beginner so i don’t know much =) Any help will be appreciated.

Actually, people who take guitar lessons are the rich ones. And the lazy ones who usually end up learning little.

When I 8, my dad bought me my first guitar. I ignored it for 2 years then after that, I started to see music videos of Van Halen, Slash, Santana… you know, the guitar gods. And then I was inspired to learn how to play guitar.

My dad is a guitar player and offered to teach me how to play. I was so annoyed because he keeps asking me to repeat a chord even though I already mastered it. So what I did was I stopped asking him for help and bought a song magazine. See, in every song magazine or song book, there are chords and guide for chords. They show you what to press for that chord. The song magazine was really really cheap so I bought it and started reading them. I enjoyed learning because I got to play some of my favorite songs.

Now, I’m very very very good at it and I own about 4 electric guitars. I’ve started using power chords just last year. I’m 14 now.

My advice: buy a song magazine. Trust me. You’ll go a long way from there.

Cheers!

Where to find video lessons with full series? I’m a newbie but I’m eager to learn to
play guitar! Waiting for ur info….Thx!

Well, learning guitar is not that easy if u dont have a teacher.
But a good new for u is that this book has acoustic guitar lessons with step by step videos.
It has lessons for all level guitar learners and teachers guiding u around.
Hope it also works for u:)

How does online guitar lessons compare with real life courses? Should I expect online lessons to be less efficient that meeting with a teacher who I can ask questions to?

I depends on your motivation and your ability to study by yourself.
There are video courses available that you can pause and replay when and as often as you want. It is a definite advantage over a teacher who will be available for only an hour or so at the time and that you will have to pay by the hour.
Find out what is available and reviews of the best online guitar lessons on the http://CountryGuitarLesson.net website.

I want to get acoustic guitar lessons but with my current crazy time-shifting job it is impossible for me to be available during decent hours. I have heard there are video lessons on the Internet but I would like to get feedback from someone who tried it.

There are video courses available that you can pause and replay when and as often as you want. It is a definite advantage over a teacher who will be available for only an hour or so at the time and that you will have to pay by the hour.
Find out what is available and reviews of the best online guitar lessons on the http://CountryGuitarLesson.net website.

An unfingered guitar string is 0.70 m long and is tuned to play E above middle C (330 Hz). How far from the end of this string must the finger be placed to play G# above middle C (415 Hz)?

I’m stuck on this one can someone help me out?

Thanks.

For a string fixed at both ends the fundamental frequency is f1 = v/2L

So v/2 = L1*f1 Since the wave speed is constant
we obtain for the second frequency
v/2 = L2*f2

Putting these together L1*f1 = L2*f2 or L2 = L1*f1/f2 = 0.70m*330/415 = 0.56 m

So you must finger the string at 0.70-0.56 = 0.14m from the end