The Guitar Magician

That is a good and timeless question. I have some suggestions:

1. Have a friend that plays guitar show you a few chords and some songs to go along with them.
2. Go online and search for the song lyrics,chords and guitar tab to your favorite songs. Because you are already familiar with the songs you can work out how to play them rather quickly!

These are both good solid workable ways to get started. By doing this you will build up familiarity with the guitar. You’ll get used to holding and strumming, you’ll start to see some patterns in the way certain chords are grouped together and you will start to feel comfortable with your guitar.

A few hints on kicking it up a notch.

Whenever you feel like you’ve hit a plateau in your guitar playing use the following tips to move your playing up to the next level

The first is to use a metronome. The regularly maintained beat will help you refine your timing and bring it completely under your control. Use the metronome as a tool to increase your dexterity and playing skill as well. When you have a guitar piece mastered at say 84 Beats Per Minute, crank up the metronome try 104 then 144 Beats Per Minute and so on. Do the same with scales until you can rip though them with ease. Believe me this will bring you to a new level for sure.

What are guitar Tabs? Tabs (short for tablature) are a great simple way to “read” where the notes of a song are even if you can’t “read music”.

Tablature is drawn as a chart using the fret board of the guitar as the background. Six lines are drawn on the chart to represent the guitar strings. Small circles with numbers in them (representing the fret at which the string is fretted) are placed on the “strings” in the sequence that they are played. This allows the player to see at a glance where his fingers should be in order to play the next note!

Congratulations! You are going to buy your First Guitar. This is exciting. The guitar is a whole new world of fun, excitement and creativity. I am very happy for you. There are many great memories ahead of you. Have Fun!

With as many models of guitar that exist, choosing your first guitar can seem to be an overwhelming task. Do I choose a Gibson, Martin, Taylor? How about Fender, Yamaha, Takamine, Guild, Ovation? Should I but a Vintage guitar a used guitar a cheap guitar?

Don’t Fret (Yikes! bad joke).