Learning to play the Guitar.
Discussion
It's something I've wanted to do for a while now!
How much am I looking to get started with a half decent guitar? I'm on a budget but have no Idea how much or what a good guitar is!
I know it's one of those things where you're constantly learning, but how long would It take to pick up until you could say play a easy song?
How much am I looking to get started with a half decent guitar? I'm on a budget but have no Idea how much or what a good guitar is!
I know it's one of those things where you're constantly learning, but how long would It take to pick up until you could say play a easy song?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yamaha-F310-Acoustic-Guita...
this is the one pretty much everyone always recommends for this question. The guitar on its own is £105 but this comes with all the kit you'll need to get going, and Yamaha make the best guitars at the bottom of the market.
As to how long it takes to learn to play a song properly - The first song I learnt to play on the guitar was "The House of the Rising Sun". Within about a month or so of being persistent with practice I was playing it well enough for other people to realise what I was trying to play.
this is the one pretty much everyone always recommends for this question. The guitar on its own is £105 but this comes with all the kit you'll need to get going, and Yamaha make the best guitars at the bottom of the market.
As to how long it takes to learn to play a song properly - The first song I learnt to play on the guitar was "The House of the Rising Sun". Within about a month or so of being persistent with practice I was playing it well enough for other people to realise what I was trying to play.
Little Butch said:
That seems like a reasonable price, thanks for the link! How much easier would it be to learn by having lessons compared to trying to teach myself?
It's just one of those things I've wanted to do for ages, just never actually done it!
Much easier. Certainly the beginning bit - learning how to hold the guitar and the really basic techniques - will come much quicker if you are taught them rather than if you figure them out yourself. I taught myself, as did most of my friends. I'm rubbish, some of my friends are better. The friends I have who had professional tuition are all amazing at it though.It's just one of those things I've wanted to do for ages, just never actually done it!
Was looking at a Deacon Telecaster in a shop the other day which looked nice and was good value, also seem to have some good write ups on the internet. That and a good little basic 15W practise amp
Where you can get the basics of playing blues chords and stringing them all together into something that resembles music.
I'd like to have a go too.
Where you can get the basics of playing blues chords and stringing them all together into something that resembles music.
I'd like to have a go too.
Little Butch said:
It's something I've wanted to do for a while now!
How much am I looking to get started with a half decent guitar? I'm on a budget but have no Idea how much or what a good guitar is!
I know it's one of those things where you're constantly learning, but how long would It take to pick up until you could say play a easy song?
everything you need to know is here..How much am I looking to get started with a half decent guitar? I'm on a budget but have no Idea how much or what a good guitar is!
I know it's one of those things where you're constantly learning, but how long would It take to pick up until you could say play a easy song?
http://www.justinguitar.com
info and videos on what to buy, then lessons to get you playing it.
good luck
I've been trying to teach myself now for a couple of months.
I have the Yamaha 310 and also a Squier strat and practice amp that I got a couple of years ago. I got the yamaha as I was really struggling to hit chords with the electric (so had given up). However I'm now finding the squier MUCH easier to play now and much easier on the fingers.
I've been following the beginners course on JustinGuitar.com. Would recommend this. I'm nowhere near having a song cracked yet, but feel that I'm making progress. I've also got his beginners song book, which probably isn't necessary but I find picking it up and having a bash at one of the songs helps if I feel I'm getting a bit bored. Also the 'Lets look at our guitars thread' on here is useful for dipping into for inspiration.
I also have a practice schedule which I find helps.
Wish I'd done this years ago though!
I have the Yamaha 310 and also a Squier strat and practice amp that I got a couple of years ago. I got the yamaha as I was really struggling to hit chords with the electric (so had given up). However I'm now finding the squier MUCH easier to play now and much easier on the fingers.
I've been following the beginners course on JustinGuitar.com. Would recommend this. I'm nowhere near having a song cracked yet, but feel that I'm making progress. I've also got his beginners song book, which probably isn't necessary but I find picking it up and having a bash at one of the songs helps if I feel I'm getting a bit bored. Also the 'Lets look at our guitars thread' on here is useful for dipping into for inspiration.
I also have a practice schedule which I find helps.
Wish I'd done this years ago though!
I started this year and found it took me around 2 weeks to be able to string a few chords together.. Some simple songs can be learned in a few days once you have a handful of chords learned..
Your fingers will hurt though, but its a great feeling.
I think I'll get a few lessons when I can
Your fingers will hurt though, but its a great feeling.
I think I'll get a few lessons when I can
vixen1700 said:
Picked up a Squier Telecaster for a decent price in Brighton at the weekend, and have found a Fender practise amp secondhand locally nice and cheap. Been looking at the Justin link above and that seems to have pretty good feedback from people. Looking forward to sore fingers.
vixen1700 said:
Picked up a Squier Telecaster for a decent price in Brighton at the weekend, and have found a Fender practise amp secondhand locally nice and cheap. Been looking at the Justin link above and that seems to have pretty good feedback from people. Looking forward to sore fingers.
davepoth said:
Little Butch said:
That seems like a reasonable price, thanks for the link! How much easier would it be to learn by having lessons compared to trying to teach myself?
It's just one of those things I've wanted to do for ages, just never actually done it!
Much easier. Certainly the beginning bit - learning how to hold the guitar and the really basic techniques - will come much quicker if you are taught them rather than if you figure them out yourself. I taught myself, as did most of my friends. I'm rubbish, some of my friends are better. The friends I have who had professional tuition are all amazing at it though.It's just one of those things I've wanted to do for ages, just never actually done it!
I started to 'teach' myself after about 3 years of lessons, mainly becuase I went through a phase of being skint, and you have to be really hard on your self to keep pushing yourself. Learning an instrument shouldnt be done on a whim with little cash, you can start playing and teaching your self the odd chord sure, but the benifit of having a good teacher always stays with you so it is worth investing in.
Dont just think you will be learning what a teacher tells you the internet is full of tabs, video lessons and the like. So as long as you have drive you can pursuit your own tastes.
Rockschool are pretty easy grades to pick up and play as they are all in tabs (guitar notation thats rather simple) as comes with a Cd. If I was you I would try
Im not sure If you want to play electric or acustic, but Dean (shredders guitars in basic terms!) do a rather good strat copy, nice smooth neck, cheap too. Nice enough tone from memory. On the subject of price, If you are going to buy an electric Id say try and have a few mounths of practise under your belt first so you can play and test them properly before you buy, some teachers will let you rent a guitar.
If you are keen on getting a good guitar early go for something more in the 100-180 mark rather than a really cheap guitar as you will out grow it rather quickly.
Cort do really good, cheap guitars, every one Ive played has been a very high standard for the player, if the quality of parts is a little cheap, yet thats what you pay for.
Good luck
Teacher or self taught - both work. The glue that ties learning together is desire. You'll only progress if you want it. The desire is key, if you really want to learn the instrument, you will, but if you think it's hard, you're stuck, you don't feel like you're making headway. then probably you'll put it in the corner & dust it once a month. It's how it goes.
Me, I found really, really good players motivating. I wanted to be able to do what they did, only better. It's a never ending quest & I love that about it - there's always something more difficult to learn. I'm fortunate that I own nice guitars, but even if I didn't, I would still be spurred on by good musicians.
Me, I found really, really good players motivating. I wanted to be able to do what they did, only better. It's a never ending quest & I love that about it - there's always something more difficult to learn. I'm fortunate that I own nice guitars, but even if I didn't, I would still be spurred on by good musicians.
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