How do i not suck on the guitar?

Question:I want to get really good I practise about 2 hours a day.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I want to get really good I practise about 2 hours a day.

Get a teacher, this will get you off on the right track. If you can't afford that there are a lot of links that teach guitar on video, Cd, DVD, and some even have live tutors. I teach, and one student that I got about five weeks ago is really doing well, last night I went to give him his lesson and he was sitting playing around with Dust in the Wind, the old Kansas song, I couldn't believe my ears......this kid knew nothing about guitar until I started to teach him....I started out with a couple of scales, three chords, and the standard stuff, string names etc. In three weeks he could play and read all the notes in the first position including the Fsharp in the fourth fret.....now he knows about fifteen chords, about eight scales, he's working on four songs......he plays the usual, for beginners, he can play well, House of the Rising Sun, Yesterday, Snowflight, and a few others.....he plays these fingerstyle, and what blows my mind is that he plays right handed and he's left handed ????
Why I'm saying all this is to show you that you can progress better if you have a teacher....most of the kids that I get say that they already know how to play....(some have played up to four years).....and they don't, all they know are a few chords, and the intro to some songs like Stairway to Heaven, Smoke on the Water !!!!!! They have no idea about key signatures, timing, none can finish a complete song... If you really want to be a good guitarist you have to start out with a teacher. Maybe some people who have perfect pitch or are musical geniuses can teach themselves, but from what I've seen most think they can, but I see the results of what self taught people amount too, and their all the same, they know the same thing, the "power chords", and the same introductions to the same songs, and all only know about ten barres of the song !!!!!!! Practicing two hours a day is great.....but it's what your getting out of those two hours that count....if your just doing the same things over and over your not going to accomplish much. Do you just practice chords, tabs, and songs, or do you work on reading music notation, scales, a varity of music, and some theory, do you know about keys, and time signatures ????
Have you ever had a teacher ???? Are you completly self taught ???? And how long have you been playing ????

you get lessons..

I've been playing guitar for about 5 years now and the best advice that anybody can give you is:

1. Learn as many songs as you can. You will pick something up from every song you master.
2. Don't try to play fast. Speed comes as a result of precision.

Remember these two things and you will get good faster than anybody.

get some lessons wit professionals
thats what i am going to do

Please keep it up and don't get discouraged. Trust me be patient and practice pays off.
It's important to know theory, scales chords... a real musician can play *ANY* style of music... you need to have an umbrella knowledge and not be circumscribed to a genre or a song.
2 hours a day sounds about right, one thing I wish my music teachers had told me... is build up speed gradually and learn how to "feel" the notes. Faster is not always better.
Also spend time with other musicians or invest in lessons. Honestly I've probably learned more just from being around musicians.
Technique, bends, vibrato, hammer and pull... are essential.
There's loads of interactive software on the internet... and the CDs where you can practice along with the disc are fun.
Keep practicing and have fun, music is supposed to be a joy. :)

Oh yeah, no one ever told me this but the first year is really hard... so many times, i wanted to just give up because I thought I sounded awful... but in retrospect I was glad I didn't.

Get a cheap electric and a good amp. Learn yourself up the power chord, the string bend, and the major pentatonic scale.

Voila! You're Angus Young from ACDC.

after that, get a wah pedal.

Voila! You're Tom Morello from RATM.

Okay, there's a little more to it than that, but honestly, the major pentatonic is the base for most all blues and rock songs. Get yourself comfortable with the guitar and learn to sling it about while playing. Grimace musically. Wiggle your tongue. Jump up and down like a pogo stick. Learn that wicked "super chop jump" thing that emo metal bands do now. You'll feel like one million U.S. dollars, and you'll already be ahead of the game. As far as solos? Leave it to the dudes with long hair and no job. They'll get butt-hurt if they don't get to squibbly-dabbly-doo 14 million notes into a measure anyway.