How to start learning to play guitar

How to start learning to play guitar

Well first of all, you need a guitar. If you don’t have one, you can buy one or you can borrow one. You can even make one if you like. But I started of by borrowing my aunt’s guitar. She had a beautiful classical guitar. The strings are softer so it is easier for your fingers when you are just starting off. So my suggestion to anyone interested in learning to play the guitar is to borrow an old guitar from your friends or family and preferably a classical guitar. An electric guitar is also good because the strings are even easier to press. If you start off with an acoustic guitar it is going to hurt your fingers. So why make it hard for yourself?

There are a few basic things you should know before you start learning. My first rule is to always treat the guitar with respect and take good care of it. Put it on a stand or in a case if you can.

Then you need to know some of the basic parts on a guitar. These will help you later on. You can also sound as if you know a few things about guitars.

• Headstock/head
  
  
• Tuner/ tuning pegs
  
  
• Nut
  
  
• Fret – a small segment which divides the neck up into different sections. When you press down the string in different fret it produces different pitch
  
  
  


• Fret marker – round dots in the fret to help you count the fret number
  
  
• Neck / Fretboard / Fingerboard
  




• String – it is what you pick and strum to create the sound. There are usually 6 on a guitar. From the thickest to the thinnest they are E A D G B E
  
  
• Body
  


• Bridge
  
  
• Guitar pick – a piece of plastic which help you strum and pick the strings
  




• Guitar tab – music sheets which tell you which string to play and which fret to press
  

Just get a basic idea for now and I will go into more details on some of the terms.
Now that you have some idea about the guitar and guitar tab you can start learning more about some of the following

• Guitar chords



• Strumming



• String picking



• Guitar solo



• Guitar effects



• Different playing style

I will discuss in more details about learning to play guitar in my other blog posts. Go get yourself a GUITAR first!! HURRY!!!!