Teach Yourself Guitar

  The answer to this question is definitely yes, you can teach yourself guitar. There are some things you'll want to know before you get started so you don't waste a lot of time and get frustrated. Anybody can learn to play guitar. You don't have to be gifted in any special way, like having long fingers or a natural ear for music. The single most important thing you need is the desire. 

 

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Where to Start? 

   Probably the most effective way to learn guitar is by having a private instructor, but this can be very expensive. Private lessons can run anywhere between 20 to 50 dollars an hour. So where does that leave you? Fortunately you don't need to go that route nowadays because of this wonderful thing called the Internet. Even though you want to teach yourself guitar, you will still need some guidance. There are a lot of good guitar programs available on the Internet that can be downloaded immediately, most being less expensive than the price of one private lesson. You will want to find yourself a good beginner course so you can get started in the right direction. One thing you don't want to do is pick up bad habits from the start, because somewhere down the line they will hinder your progress. And as we all know, bad habits are hard to break. 

      There are some things you'll want to be aware of from the get go, because these are some of the main reasons people get frustrated and quit, but if you are aware of them ahead of time they won't be an issue when they arise. The first thing is, you are going to get blisters and your fingers will be sore, there's no way around this, but it doesn't take long to develop calluses on your finger tips and then you'll be fine. 

 

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 "Sometimes you want to give up the guitar, you'll hate the guitar. But if you stick with it, you're gonna be rewarded."
~Jimi Hendrix 

  Regardless of what type of music or what style of guitar playing you want to learn, the first thing you need to learn are the basic chords. What happens to a lot of people when they first start learning is they will get frustrated with their progress, and then they lose that initial motivation and they quit. What I have found that works to avoid this, is once you learn your first three chords you should find songs that use just these chords. That way instead of getting bored by practicing those chords over and over until you get them sounding good, you start playing along with a song. Even if you can't make the changes smoothly or get the chords to sound good yet, you will enjoy practicing them this way, and before you know it they will be sounding good. 

  The first chords you should learn are the major and minor open chords. See my page on learning how to play guitar chords to learn all the basic chords.

  The next step would be to learn about strumming patterns and how to keep time. Good strumming technique is often overlooked by beginning guitar players, but it will make all the difference in how you sound.

  After you have the basic chords down and are working on your strumming, the next step would be to start learning the notes on the guitar. This is where it starts to get hard if you are trying to teach yourself guitar. Music theory is very difficult to learn on your own and you can get by just learning chords to songs, but if you want to understand how the guitar works and become a complete guitarist, you will eventually have to start learning some music theory. It just depends where you want to end up as a guitar player.

 

Practice-Practice-Practice 

 

       Yes, practice does make perfect. Sorry, but there's no way around this one. But what's actually more important than how much you practice, is the way you practice. The muscles in your fingers need to be built up and develop what you call muscle memory. So, as it is important to practice as much as you can, you will want to keep your sessions short but frequent. A little practice every day will get you a lot further along than practicing for three hours once a week. Setting up a good practice routine will make a difference in how fast you progress when you are trying to teach yourself guitar. Check out my page "play better guitar" for tips on setting up a good practice routine. I hope this has helped you a little on deciding whether or not to teach yourself guitar. I have reviews on some very good guitar programs available online. Good luck and play on. If you are just starting out to teach yourself guitar, make sure you sign up for my free 6 part mini guitar course. It will teach you the basics to get started and my newsletter will update you on tips and lessons.

 

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