Learn Guitar

I learned to play guitar when I was 10. My mother bought me a shiny new acoustic guitar, and I was in heaven. Of course, it didn’t sound right straight off. That’s when I realised I didn’t know how to tune it. I got over that hurdle, and immediately discovered that in order to play it, I had to learn first.

That wasn’t so much fun...

I got a guitar book that showed you where to put your fingers for the various chords. It had some songs in the back too. Old songs like “Way Down Upon The Swanee River,” and “On Top Of Old Smokey” – songs like that. I didn’t want to learn that old stuff, but I had little choice. Anyway, it got me through the basics, and that was the main thing.

Today, if I had to do it all over again, I’d go to Jamorama and get their guitar learning kit. It’s got it all. In fact, I did go there and get it. That’s how good I thought it was. I’m not exactly a beginner, but I learned a lot of new stuff from it. A beginner would sail through the basics with this excellent resource.

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Guitar Lessons

Guitar Lessons

There’s a certain kind of magic about getting guitar lessons. Especially for young people who see their musical idols wielding their screaming instruments during power-packed stage performances. But real life is different. Guitar lessons are not easy and fingers get sore. But a little determination, and these few tips should help.

1. When tuning each guitar string, you should always start low and tune up to pitch. If you start with the string tuned higher than the desired note and tune down, the string is much more likely to go flat, and you’ll struggle even more through your guitar lessons!

2. Tuning a guitar usually requires a keyboard or pitch pipe as a reference. But if you have neither, then use your land line telephone dial tone, which is an F. Place your index finger of your left hand on the first fret of the first (thinnest) string, and tune it to the telephone dial tone. Now you can tune the other five strings to that string, and your guitar lessons can proceed unhindered.

3. When changing strings, it’s usually best if you can change them all. Change the strings one at a time, starting with the thickest. This keeps tension on the guitar and will make it easier to get it back in tune, as the instrument doesn’t have to re-stabilize itself.

4. Bridge pins can get stuck and be difficult to remove when changing strings. To help prevent damage to the bridge, keep a short piece of strong, smooth twine handy. Wrap it around the visible part of the pin and pull gently out of the guitar.

5. You may find that your plectrum, or pick, is too smooth while playing guitar, and prone to slipping from your fingers during guitar lessons. Super glue a small piece of shaped fine grade sandpaper to both sides of the upper part of the pick, where you grip it, to create a solid textured grip. A good alternative is to use skateboard grip tape instead.

One thing you will experience in your early guitar lessons is sore fingers. It takes time to build up calluses, and there really is no shortcut. But with time you will develop hard tips to your fingers, and those hours of left-hand finger agony will be but a distant memory as everyone admits that your guitar lessons have finally paid off.

Guitar lessons.

Guitar Lessons

Welcome to my guitar lessons blog. Here you will learn about the different approaches to guitar lessons and where to get the very best guitar lessons to learn guitar.