| Some people say it is difficult to learn guitar, | | | | your progress as a guitar player will be quite rapid. |
| others say it really isn't that hard. The ones who | | | | If you begin to learn the guitar you will learn |
| say that it isn't hard are the ones who have | | | | about callouses on the fingertips, about the need |
| actually learned to play. They have chosen the | | | | to keep your guitar in tune at all times, and about |
| style they want to learn and have disciplined | | | | how you need to take your friends' advice with a |
| themselves to set aside a part of every day to | | | | grain of salt. You could try taking some lessons |
| practice. They have learnt to read sheet music or | | | | with a guitar teacher. If you can afford that, you |
| tab and they have found out about the rewards | | | | will always gain something from the experience, |
| of playing music for themselves and for their | | | | even if the teacher isn't much good. Or you could |
| friends. | | | | keep teaching yourself, making use of guitar |
| Go out and buy yourself an acoustic guitar, | | | | tutors that you can buy at your local music store |
| download some chord charts and guitar tabs from | | | | the free guitar lessons on video that you can |
| the internet, get yourself a guitar tuner, and try | | | | view on the internet. |
| teaching yourself. That's the beginning, seeing | | | | Learning the guitar by yourself is one of many |
| what you can learn. The advantage of learning the | | | | ways and the big thing that is missing is structure. |
| guitar by yourself is that you are very rarely by | | | | It is very difficult for one person to set himself a |
| yourself for very long. There is always somebody | | | | disciplined practice regime. So along with learning |
| who has learned a little bit of guitar themselves | | | | guitar technique and music, your progress as a |
| and who is ready to share their wisdom with you. | | | | guitarist will also include self-motivation and making |
| If you decide to learn from videos available on | | | | use of reality checks where ever you can find |
| the internet you will be learning from a great | | | | them. |
| variety of guitar teachers. You are benefiting | | | | So if you get yourself a nylon string guitar, learn |
| from the experience of guitarists from all over | | | | some chords and some strumming patterns, you'll |
| the world you would otherwise never have | | | | be off to a good start. From there you can |
| known about. If you are able to devote the time | | | | branch out to learning solos or riffs or |
| to practicing what you learned from these videos | | | | fingerpicking. |