Guitar help ...eeks :]]?

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Guitar help ...eeks :]]?

okay so i want to learn to play guitar....because i love singing and have been doing it for many year. Now i want to start writing my own songs and trying to learn the guitar.

but anyways....
i have a guitar and a couple of my dads old guitar books.

the book i am learning out of now is teaching me with the notes (letters) is that a good way of learning.

i have also heard of learning by chords is that the same thing as the notes.

also i have played the clarinet for 3 years and know alot about music and stuff so i know that will help alot but the notes for clarinet are the same for guitar ..correct ?

oh geez i'm so pathetic i dont know anythingg.

please help me! what the easiest way to learn and how do you do that ?

thanks for all your help :]]]

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: First of all, you are not pathetic. You are a musician, and you are trying to expand your horizons. Nothing wrong with that. I've got a couple of things that will help you right off the bat.

1. Your clarinet is a transposing instrument. The guitar is going to sound different than the clarinet. You probably figured this out already, but I had to get that in just in case. If I didn't tell you, I would just be wrong. With a Clarinet, when you play a C, a B flat comes out of the instrument. With a guitar, when you Play a C, you get a C, but you get it one octave lower than it's written!

2. I can't give you easy, but might be able to get to doable. The guitar is a polyphonic instrument. Clarinet is monophonic (one note at a time) I'm going to give you some links to some sites that might help you figure out what you need to do.

Here are the first five chords:

1. E minor seven with a suspension
Strum across the strings without putting any fingers on the strings.
The E minor is E (First and 6th string)/ G (third string)/ B (second string)
The Seventh is D (fourth string)
And the suspension is A (the fifth string)

6/0 5/0 4/0 3/0 2/0 1/0
Easiest chord in the world to play, hardest chord in the world to say!

2. E minor Seven
Put your second or third finger on the second fret of the fifth string

6/0 5/2 4/0 3/0 2/0 1/0
E / B / D / G / B / E

E minor E / G / B
the dominant Seventh D (4/0)

3. E minor
Put your second and third finger on the second fret of the fifth and fourth strings

6/0 5/2 4/2 3/0 2/0 1/0
E / B / E / G / B / E

4. E major
Put your second and third fingers on the second frets of the fifth and fourth strings. Now put your first finger down right where it already is, over the first fret of the third string

6/0 5/2 4/2 3/1 2/0 1/0
E / B / E / G# / B / E

E Major E / G# / B

5. A minor

Put your second and third fingers down on the second fret of the FOURTH AND THIRD STRINGS! Put your first finger down on the first fret of the SECOND STRING! ( Move your fingers over one string!)

6/0 5/0 4/2 3/2 2/1 1/0
E / A / E / A / C / E

A minor A / C / E

Move back and forth between these chords until you can do it smoothly. Later on you can learn more chords but this is a good start.

E7 ( E major dominant Seven )

6/0 5/2 4/0 3/1 2/0 1/0

Amin7 ( A minor with a dominant seventh)

6/0 5/0 4/2 3/0 2/1 1/0

A7 (A major with a Dominant Seventh)

6/0 5/0 4/2 3/0 2/2 1/0

A (A Major)

6/0 5/0 4/2 3/2 2/2 1/0

Let me know when you are ready for more.