Dec 09
21
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! 
