| You should always do some research before | | | | touch a football, it's just impossible. You should |
| buying your own guitar at a random music | | | | never deny the learning curve in it. Actually I |
| instrument store! I still remember how I got my | | | | decided to learn guitar after watching some cool |
| first guitar: I went straight to a large music store | | | | performance at a party, so without doubt my |
| and asked one salesman for recommendations, I | | | | first try is to play my favorite songs. I didn't |
| told him I'm a total beginner and I just need one | | | | make any progress except that the frustration |
| to get me quickly started. The guitar I finally | | | | almost made me quit. |
| chose only cost me $140, but it didn't take me | | | | Learning guitar usually requires a great deal of |
| much time to find out it was a terrible choice... | | | | practice, but you need to know that practice is |
| The problem is there's a big gap between the | | | | not all. It may need some time to grow callouses |
| strings and the frets, so I would really have to | | | | which can protect your fingers from injury and |
| hold it extremely tight and press hard to just | | | | pain. For beginners, I would suggest you start with |
| make it sound right. After having a try with my | | | | some very simple songs such as "Twinkle, |
| friends guitar which cost him about $300, I | | | | Twinkle, Little Star", or you can just practice |
| immediately knew what a good guitar would | | | | chords. By doing this, you would easily let your |
| mean to you. | | | | fingers gradually get used to the string and |
| So here's my advice for serious beginners: be | | | | become stronger. |
| SURE that you get a high quality guitar to start | | | | One of the easiest songs for you guys who can't |
| with, by high quality I mean you should definitely | | | | wait to show off is As Tears Go By - The Rolling |
| avoid those $100 dollars guitars if you don't want | | | | Stones, it's only made up of three verses, and |
| your learning process to be miserable. Well, make | | | | each verse contains four lines. Also, most of the |
| sure you don't go too far for high quality, a $1000 | | | | chords are close so that it's quite easy for you to |
| dollar guitar won't make you a guitarist in two | | | | switch. Don't forget to check out YouTube for |
| days. | | | | lots of useful tutorials, and I'm sure you will quickly |
| You should not start with songs which are too | | | | improve your skills. |
| hard for your level because you will spend tons of | | | | The most important thing is, you should always |
| time frustrating yourself. Professional guitar | | | | enjoy every moment when you are playing. Or |
| players are known as professionals for reasons. | | | | you would easily give up. Hope my advice helps |
| You are not gonna play in NFL the first day you | | | | and have a good time learning guitar! |