I am going to start teaching myself guitar hopefully.
Does anyone know any good sites for helping teach or any tips for starting off?
Thanks.
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Not technically 'teaching yourself', is it?
You should have asked this during last week
Yesterday's Guardian and today's Observer carried two books to get you started...
some online stuffs
http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/guides/playingguitar/0,,2277580,00.html
How exactly
do you 100% teach yourself then?
Invented...
..chords and scales, at a guess.
I'm playing this with a straight bat, but I was pretty much being a pedantic tossbag.
Just to give you the heads up.
Haha
Okay but im not that much of a genius.
Just play
surely? Teaching yourself is alright if you want to twiddle. but several years on and i can't play normal chords properly.
i'm fumbling my way through the same thing
these are quite helpful.
song tabs/chords:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/
chords explained:
http://jguitar.com/
Thank you
Those sites seem good.
What is better to use
Pick or no pick?
no pick
to start with. Develops fingers.
I'd say pick
.
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/3281502#r3281617
Trial and error
Stab at it and stuff
^ this
Experiment and find what works for you. It's more fun than pretending to be a session musician.
Try this one...
I think http://www.guitarnoise.com/ is pretty good.