Saturday, October 29, 2011

Learn How To Play The Guitar

By Paul de Vizard


Guitars are are wonderful instruments for make music and anyone can learn to play with a little practice. Many people learn to play the guitar by doing only three simple steps. One, they will buy or borrow a guitar from a friend; Two, they will memorize the cords to their favorite song; and then the last step is that they will hold everyone hostage to play the same song several times until you learn to run from them. The truth is that learning to play the guitar is not that simple. Unless you know the music, you could end up embarrassed in front of people.

One of the best ways to learn to play a guitar is by watching a professional guitar player play on a DVD. These instructional DVD's are beneficial in many ways for both beginner players and the more advanced players who have been playing longer but still need a few tips. Watching someone else play on DVD provides you with many different advantages such as being able to do this in privacy. Also, you can pace yourself and are able to learn more quicker, rewind anytime you missed or forgotten anything, and pause. By using this method for a learning tool, you avoid the trouble and cost of hiring private teachers and guitar lessons.

Do you want an acoustic or electric guitar? There are minor differences in the structures of both types of guitars and in the techniques which are used for playing them. However, you will get different kinds of sounds from the two types of instruments, so you need to figure out what style you will be playing in. In general, the acoustic guitar is more universal, but if you want to play rock songs with killer sound, you must get an electric instrument. Do not miss to get a pick with the instrument.

Lessons are important, and you can take these online, buy an instructional DVD, or better still, use the services of a qualified instructor. Any kind of lesson can be expensive, but to play well, you really need to have lessons. One problem wih online learning or learning from a book or DVD is that you will get no feedback, making it difficult to accurately assess your performance. Positioning your fingers is important, and a good strategy is to get some kind of feedback from someone who is experienced with the guitar, and playing a few chords for someone is enough to give thenm an idea.

At the beginning of the video, you will also learn how to replace the strings on your guitar. The last steps in these DVD's are learning different fret techniques and the chord shortcuts in order to help with learning the easier way of plucking, as well as, strumming of your guitar. You will also be taught how to create different chord accompaniment when you are composing songs.

Practice is the main thing you need to learn how to play the guitar for beginners. It is essential for you to learn the theory and how to learn tablatures. However, it is more important to actually play. By practicing, you will get a better feel of how to hold the guitar and how to position your fingers on the frets to play each chord correctly.

Check out Learning the Parts of an Acoustic Guitar




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