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Question:Hi i was just wondering. Im a pretty big noob a guitar but i want to learn how to play a decent some what a good but easy some i can learn to play thanks

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hi i was just wondering. Im a pretty big noob a guitar but i want to learn how to play a decent some what a good but easy some i can learn to play thanks

1. Find a qualified guitar instructor and buy a beginner's guitar chord book having basic music theory.

2. Have your instructor show the good habits to form in building chords and playing them, how to string a guitar, how to take care of your instrument, and how to tune it.

3. As you learn and practice forming various chords ask your instructor to teach you the basics of music theory.

4. As you progress, ask the instructor to help you in:

a. Chord progression
b. Key transposition
c. How to determine the key signatures in music.
d. Writing basic music notation.
e. Playing rhythm as he plays melodies and vice versa.
f. Learning the Chromatic Scale with chords and notes.

5. Practice rhythm and strumming techniques--both striking the fundamental bass tone and strumming down and then back up. Practice fingerstyle methods of right picking different strings in chord backup.

6. Keep your instrument clean and in good shape. Treat it better than you would your own body. Keep your hands clean and dry while playing. That cuts back on oily residues.

7. Watch other guitarists and their technique or style. Copy their methods up to the point of forming your own style.
And finally, your fingertips will hurt terribly until you can build the calluses on them. Until then, you must endure hours of practice. If you don't have the motivation and strong will to work past the problem of sore fingertips you will never be a guitarist

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Try this song, American Pie by Don McLean. It's pretty easy, all open chords. Not many people of this generation will know it, but it's a classic song. The Youtube video is there in case you don't know how it goes.

Assuming you can play A D and E chords, go back to the sixties and do stuff like Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode (final song in Back to the Future). Elvis'Hound Dog, Blue Suede Shoes. Buddy Holly's Heart beat. Beatles I Saw Her Standing There, Twist and shout. etc. Hope this helps

If you know the basic chords, either pick up an easy guitar book or look online. Some artists such as the Beatles have some simple riffs and rhythms.

Good luck!