I want to learn guitar and maybe start my own band lol?

Question:Big dream i know but i listen to rock bands such as trivium ect and would love to play guitar :( where do go for lessons? online im guessing? hi just wanna no whats a good starting point for any1 trying to make a dream a reality?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Big dream i know but i listen to rock bands such as trivium ect and would love to play guitar :( where do go for lessons? online im guessing? hi just wanna no whats a good starting point for any1 trying to make a dream a reality?

I've taught classical guitar for many years and to me the best way to learn is to have a teacher...but I know that today a lot of students cannot afford them, so the next best thing is to get an online tutor, they also have lots of DVD's, Cd's, videos, and books on the market today...they also have free lessons on the Internet, but I prefer the others, at the end I'll give you some free sites and you be the judge as to why !!!!!!!!
http://www.billbrutal.com/
http://www.guitarchordsmagic.com/
http://www.jamplay.com/
http://www.learn-to-play-guitar-online.i...
http://www.8notes.com/ ( this site also has a free electronic tuner, and a lot of interesting things for guitarist, where it says chords click on it, you name the chord and on the left it shows how to make it !! )
http://www.worldguitar.com/
http://www.justinguitar.com/
http://www.fretplay.com/
http://www.infiniteguitar.com/
http://www.guitarlesson.net/
http://www.stringdancer.com/
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/
http://www.guitar.about.com/
http://www.absolutelyunderstandguitar.co...
http://www.learntoplayguitar.net/
http://www.guitartutoronline.com/
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/
http://www.guitar-lessons.com/lessons/le...
Free sites :
http://www.cyberfret.com/
http://www.ultimateguitar.com/
http://www.freebasicguitar.com/
http://www.learntoplayguitar.com/
http://www.abclearnguitar.com/
I hope that one of these sites helps you to get started, you can get just about everything you want on these sites from online lessons to DVD's, videos, and Cd's. Good luck !!!!!!!!!

Congrats on that dream. But to get good guitar lessons find a guy who listens to metal music as well.

look around in your area, there might be some people/businesses who are willing to give you lessons.

check at your local music store too (where you buy instruments and such) they might offer it as well.

there are lots of books on learning the guitar out there, you can look at the library or the bookstore. but once you get started you have to practice practice && practice :)

maybe look in a phonebook for guitar teachers and youll be on ya way 2 becoming a star

Loads of software packages available for guitar tuition, hardest part is practice.

tuition video's can be found on you tube as well

Go to your local music store and ask around for someone to give you guitar lessons. It helps a lot when somone is there instead of just going online.

ok first of all do not get online lessons get regular lessons because online is crap and second of all start playing a squier strat and when your good enough then buy a really nice guitar or bug your parents until they get you one(i did this and now i have a $1100 BC Rich mockingbird)after you get good then you can think about starting a band

No! not on line! The best way is to start from a scratch and learn to read notes before anything else! And take private lessons, from a friend or a tutorial or something =)

First see if anyone you know wants to start a band. Second, learn the basics. You can't become a guitar god overnight. and if your looking for lessons check out ultimate-guitar.com
some of the lessons there helped a lot when i started

You have to be very dedicated to the guitar if you want to learn it. It is very difficult and frustrating at the beginning and most begginers quit right away.

If you are serious, go out and buy a cheap acoustic guitar. Then name your guitar (I always do this for some superstitious reason) lol

It wouldn't be a bad idea to pick a couple of lessons up from someone who knows what they're doing. I never did though, but thats your choice.

When I got my first guitar, the first thing I learned how to do was play simple songs through tabs. Tabs are VERRRY easy to learn to read. Heres a link to a good tutorial. http://guitar.about.com/library/blhowtor...

Once you learn a couple songs maybe like jingle bells or smoke on the water, move onto chords.

There are many online videos that teach the guitar on youtube so I recommend checking that out. Of course these aren't nearly as good as having a teacher in person.

Good luck and stick with it! Guitar is a very fun instrument, but it takes time and practice.

Good starting point is taking lessons from a good teacher and practicing a lot. Think of it this way, if you're going to write childrens books, you have to learn how to write first. You would learn to write basically any kind of book. Then you would focus the talent you've so developed on children's books. In other words, you can't just focus on metal, you have to learn to play, then direct what you know to developing a good metal sound. Good luck.