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It is not a good idea to teach yourself. I strongly recommend a teacher.
You should have said what sort of music you play : classical, flamenco, pop, rock , blues etc ?

Anyway, start off with learning the open chords

http://www.guitaralliance.com/guitar_les...

That should keep you busy for a few months until you can change smoothly from one chord to the other.

After you have learned open chords then you can learn bar chords.

It is also a good idea to start learning where the notes on the fingerboard are :
http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgur...

This will help when you start to learn how to read music.

Do not learn TABS ; learn how to read music properley.

PS buy a tuner from the music shop so that your guitar is always in tune. They cost about $20.

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i learned how, practiced chords.



http://www.metacafe.com/channels/nextlev...

http://www.get-tuned.com/old_guitar_tune...

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by a book to help u

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Here are some good tricks a s a professional Berklee Teacher.
Use fingers 1-2-3-4 starting with fret 1-2-3-4. Alternate pick each note and repeat on the 5th, 4th,3rd strings etc.... to the smallest string.
Then, go backward. 4-3-2-1 from the smallest string to the lowest.
Practice 30 min. a day Everyday. Don't do like some who practice 3 hours and skip 2 days. Practice less, but practice every single day. That is the secret.

P.S. MissingR fogot the most important thing. Alternate pick every single note with an up and down stroke. No exception.
Their are other isometric fingering. Actually, their are 24 different fingerings.
1-2-3-4, 1-2-4-3, 1-3-2-4, 1-3-4-2, 1-4-3-2, 1-4-2-3
2-1-3-4, 2-1-4-3, 2-3-1-4, 2-3-4-1, 2-4-3-1, 2-4-1-3
3-1-4-2, 3-1-2-4, 3-2-1-4, 3-2-4-1, 3-4-1-2, 3-4-2-1
4-1-2-3, 4-1-3-2, 4-2-1-3, 4-2-3-1, 4-3-1-2, 4-3-2-1

Take one fingering a week. If you want to push your technique further, play each fingering with different string combination.

Ex: 1-2- on 6th string; and 3-4 on 5th string; 1-2 on 4th string, 3-4 on 3rd string etc..etc....

Good Luck !!!!!

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See, the reason you get a teacher at the outset is to make sure you have the fundamentals down. I've known lots of self-taught guitarists who wound up with carpal tunnel surgery--including a good friend who had BOTH her wrists done last summer.

A good teacher can be had for $20 per half-hour, or less if you can find a guitar major from a local college or a guitar class at a community center or community college.

A dozen or so lessons will set up your fundamentals, then you will be ready to self-educate if that's your goal. Buy up a lot of books, cds, and dvds--used bookstores or ebay will save money--all of them are good enough, and if you accidentally get one that's too advanced for you, just set it aside 'til you catch up to it.

At the outset, practice for only 10 minutes or so, and do it several times per day--4 to 6 is a good number. Then after a week, extend the time to 12 minutes. Keep extending time slowly, eventually dropping the number of sessions until you are putting in one hour-long (or longer) session per day. This plan yields faster progress for the beginner, and it builds stamina and callouses the right way--no blisters, no tendinitis.

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