How can I teach myself how to play the acoustic guitar?
81131
well my son is fifteen and someone gave it to him as a gift he taught himself to play by learning which string made what sound, listened to songs and practiced like hell he sounds pretty good not to have lessons
43378
I mostly taught myself with the Hal Leonard Guitar Method.  By the time I got through book two, I didn't really use the method books anymore because I could then play other music that I wanted to learn.  Now if I want to learn a new song, I can find chords for that song on the Internet and learn it that way.  If it happens to contain a chord or a section that I can't play, I can practice that and get better.\n\nOver the years, Internet users have figured out chords or close approximations thereof to thousands of songs.  Searching for them with google.com or tabcrawler.com should turn up some songs you want to play, after you get the basics from a good guitar method book or teacher.
611355
Many guitar instruction books come with CDs to play along with.\n\nCheck these out:\n\n\n   http://www.powells.com/s?kw=guitar+instruction&x=0&y=0\n\n\nBlues albums are sometimes the easiest because of simple repititions.
576211
hey i just started playing guitar about 3 months ago and im pretty good already.  first u have to learn how to reead tabulature (tab).  go into google and type in how to read tab.  once you learn that you can go to guitartabs.cc and get tabs or i advise that u get a book :) thats wut i did:)
497357
Here's a link for the tab, you have to have enough skill to be able to set your guitar and play it like Hendrix after that.\n\nhttp://www.aztabs.com/J/JimiHendrix/fire.asp
151479
This is not to insult you, but I tell this to everyone who asks.  Practice more, find a good teacher, and take lessons.  When I taught guitar, I showed students how to practice and good technique.  I used music the student lilke as well.  This alone is worth the time. \n\nBest wishes
1151348
It takes 8 classes (If twice a week) or say a month to make ur fingers'  comfortable with the frets. To start learning its alwayz better with the acoustic, electric guitar will be easy after your fingers are comfortable with the frets. Practicing after learning is very important. You can visit indiaguitartabs.com if you want to get the notes for songs. They are self explanatory. Get back to me in case you require any further help. Have a gr8 guitar day.
847154
Check at guitar shops and in paper .Make sure the person you ask to teach you can play the type of music your into.If your looking to learn on music theory i strongly recomend a teacher.There is books out there about it but i just could not get it all out of a book.Reading tabliture was huge for me once i learned that i really became a better guitarist mastering all the old metallica albums.Theory though helps open your mind to so much more and you already know what your doing before you do it.Example with theory mastered you could listen to a guitar part and now exactly were to go to play a solo or what scale would fit.\n       Good luck to you and remember the biggest thing that will make you improve as a musician is,practice i cant stress this enough
1121966
I'll try to help since I've been playing guitar for a couple years. The first thing you should do is start learning you're chords. Do a google search for guitar chords. Learn the major and minor chords. Then, if you want to make you're own music you need to know which chords belong to which keys. The key will tell you what chords sound good together. I made myself a printout of all the keys and their chords, if you want it you can email me for it.\n\n While you do that try to learn how to play some songs. Just pick your favorite song and use your ear to figure it out on guitar. Since you're just a beginner you can get the tab for it, but it's better to use you're ear to learn it yourself because it's really important to have a good ear.\n\nHere's a good site for learning stuff:  http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/instruction.html
752741
E-mail  every guitar company possible and see if they have a school or training that you can take to learn the trade.\n\nOr take a look at any of the links below..\n\nHope this helps you out..
74605
It depends on what type of guitar is used for the music you want to play.\n\nIf you're asking this question, I'm guessing you don't play guitar yet.  Many people start out on an acoustic guitar, then go to electric.  I don't know whether people go the other way.\n\nAs for being easy on the fingers, you can get strings that are easy on your fingers for an acoustic guitar, too.  It doesn't take long before you build up callouses and then it doesn't matter much.\n\nI hope you have a great time playing the guitar!
872751
Some tablature has arrows that go up and down. The best way is to just really listen to the song. If you listen to it long enough and practice at it you'll get it eventually. It took me awile to develop an ear for rythem when I first started playing guitar. So just hang in there
836623
You won't learn the guitar if you keep hanging online!\n\nLearning to play takes time and effort.
139648
learn to play the guitar first, practice the movement of your fingers and search for tabs of the song, there's probably tons available
714231
Picking up my guitar- I need a reminder on how to tune it.
864293
Learning to play guitar is one of the best things you can ever do. You can play around the first and chicks really dig guys who can play the guitar.\n\nYou can start by taking lessons from an accomplished guitar player, but if you want to give it a shot without the commitment of meeting weekly with the teacher, you can try a course like this, which I've heard some really good things about...\n\nhttp://watersaffl.jamorama.hop.clickbank.net?tid=YAHOOANS
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One good way to learn how to play the guitar is to practice until your fingers bleed.... Then practice some more....