How to Learn Guitar on Your Own

~ Myspace.com/fallenshortrocks ~ This is the way I learned to play guitar. It is not going to come at you at first so you have to be patient, but it is a very simple concept and I think its better than trying to hire someone. This can also help you become familiar with your instrument.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Things You’ll Need:

• Internet for looking up tabs or....
• Sheet music from your favorite songs and artists

1. First you will need your guitar. I would start with an electric, because they are easier to me. Different people have different feels however. A good beginners guitar would be the First Act guitars. Also get you a small practice amp. (most First Act guitars come with practice amp and cables)
2. Learn how to tune up your guitar. Standard Tuning would be, from the thick string down, EADGBe, or Dropped D, theres many ways to do this but I go with, DADGBe. Just get you a tuner.
3. Alright now to begin playing, this is the fun part that almost made me put down my guitar but luckily I did not. Look up guitar TABS not CHORDS on the internet. they look like this -
   
   e--3--------0----------
   B--3--------3----------
   G--0--------0----------
   D--0--------2----------
   A--2--0h2--3----------
   E--3------------------
   
   They are very easy to read. Look them up for your favorite songs. Listen for songs that you are interested in that sound very easy to play, then look up the tabs on the song. It will take you a while to learn the songs perfect.
4. You need to practice this every day, always look for new material to learn, if you learn the other songs. After a couple of months of reading tabs, start trying to learn Chord positions, and you will see that after reading tabs for so long, that you know how to do most of the chords. Your skills can only grow from this poing, never stop practicing. I practice 3 hours a day but guitar is my life, im sure most people cant fit that into their schedule.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember to always practice.
• Always have patience, just because it seems hard at first dont give up, trust me! It will pay off.
• Do not continue to play if your thumbs start to hurt, your hands will become tough from the guitar, especially your Fret hand. Just be patient.