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Question:without any formal lesson?without personal guitar,maybe with some writing guide.i just need to understand all about guitar,and please help me people,can i play guitar without any formal lessons,how?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: without any formal lesson?without personal guitar,maybe with some writing guide.i just need to understand all about guitar,and please help me people,can i play guitar without any formal lessons,how?

This is like saying - how can I drive a car without lessons and without a car.
If this is really what you want, I would invest in a cheap guitar and manual. Go to a music store and explain this to them. Otherwise do a search online for the info that you need.
Unless you play by ear, you ll need lessons of sorts. I taught myself piano years ago, 10 years later I took lessons. I was screwed up a bit because I didn't learn the proper technique.
You seem to have a passion about this, invest in yourself. It will be worth it. Good luck :)

ask your friend that expert in guitar to teach u, and start with a song that u like the most.

I just started playing and am doing pretty good after a month. I started with "guitar for dummies" which is excellent in explaining how to start playing. I also have a CD-Rom thing that im working on and its gone pretty good so far.

Buy a beginner's guitar manual, such as Hal Leonard's Beginning Guitar Method #1. Inside are tips on how to tune, care for, and hold the guitar for playing.

Also the book has many basic chord diagrams for you to memorize and a focused study on music theory with exercises on each string.

Tabs are really easy to read as long as you know how, they show you where to place your fingers to play chords or solos.
However, if you are truely a beginner i would suggest:

http://guitar.about.com/library/blguitar...

Thats a good website with a lot of information, help and tutition on how to play guitar. Guitar takes a lot of perserverance in the first couple months and you may feel you want to give it up but stick with it.

Take that guide in little bits everyday and practice as often as you can. It gets easier believe me and you get such a buzz when you learn to play a song. When you've mastered the basics (barre chords, open chords, basic scales) I'd suggest buying a magazine such as Total guitar and practice your solos over the backing tracks.
Good luck!!

internet, thats how I learned, start off with basic chords then move up