Absolute Beginners

[bleed_black_orchid]

Yeah so I was playing a G chord on my friends guitar on Sunday morning and then I learnt another chord and now I want to learn to play guitar so music masterminds... Like what do I start with? whats a good guitar to learn on?

I can literally play 2 chords and thats it so Im talking like never leaving my bedroom cant play jack shit kind of guitar.

 

[Lord_Of_This_World]

I got you beat i can play 3 so nyer!

 

[bleed_black_orchid]

Oh fuck off trying to upstage my new found talent.

 

[breaklose]

get an acoustic guitar with strings close to the neck, so you dont have to push dead hard to play a chord. then learn nirvana songs.

 

[Light]

learn to play heaving earth by morbid angel on an acoustic with really hard strings made of cheesewire (the guitar must be painted with creosote)

 

[Maqus]

and I still wonder... why did you start with the G? why not E or A, the easier ones? Get those two right quickly and then you'll rock as much as LOTW.

 

[bleed_black_orchid]

Well it was just the first chord that he showed me. I then learnt an E minor.

 

[breaklose]

you could play the verses from 'about a girl' with those two chords.

 

[bleed_black_orchid]

great but Id probably get confused about the order and the timing and generally being able to move between the chords.

 

[Light]

it's ok, you're a girl

 

[bleed_black_orchid]

I was waiting for that.

 

[Lord_Of_This_World]

Learn d and g then you can play crazy little thing called love by queen.

 

[breaklose]

make sure your g string is tuned too.

 

[Don Corleone]

joking aside, vic, buy yourself a classical guitar. then you can hop off to other types but classical is the best place to start. but i highly doubt that you will buy yourself a classical at first. it requires much more patience and hard work then an electric

 

[zupi_clone]

get an acoustic guitar with strings close to the neck

then she might just hang herself, finally... haww haww haww

 

[Judge gsz]

If you're serious about picking up the guitar, I'd suggest you find a decent teacher. I was fooling around with the guitar for about 3 years and didn't really get anywhere. Then, about 1.5 years back I decided to take lessons, and now I'm really satisfied with the improvements I make

 

[breaklose]

ive learnt all by myself.

 

[Cerulean]

If you're serious about picking up the guitar, I'd suggest you find a decent teacher. I was fooling around with the guitar for about 3 years and didn't really get anywhere. Then, about 1.5 years back I decided to take lessons, and now I'm really satisfied with the improvements I make

Hmm I've been playing for 2 years now and I've learned everything by myself, mostly online. And I can notice constant improvement so I guess it's okay to do it like this. Teachers are way too expensive anyway, bastards.

 

[discouraged1]

get some cheaper yamaha, theyre quite good for beginners methinks.

learn 4 chords and youll beat anything from the ramones

 

[Judge gsz]

Well I guess if you don't want to spend money on a teacher, www.wholenote.com is a good place to start