What is the best site to learn how to play the guitar?
I want to start learning how to play the guitar but my parents can't afford lessons. And my friends don't play the guitar. Are there any good sites in which I can learn how to play the guitar from the basics. I looked myself but its not very helpful for a beginner such as myself, or you have to pay for it. Thanks.
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I would highly recommend www.justinguitar.com. I started at the very beginning of January (2009.) and already know a lot (for free!) considering that I started with absolutely no knowledge. Justin (the one that teaches on the website) is very funny and happy to help, has experience, really knows what he is talking about and teaches very useful stuff in a very comprehensive way. When I got the guitar and bought a tutorial book I thought: "no!". There was too much of everything. As I started learning with his website, I stopped reading gossip in the internet as the time spent on playing guitar with his website seemed to be too attractive to leave it for gossips and rubbish.
When you try the site (do it!) remember to donate as this is the only way Justin can keep improving the site!
There are many people that teach guitar online. If you go to www.youtube.com and search for "guitar lessons", you will probably find man results of people that start teaching from the very basics, such as simply holding the guitar in the right position. It is also completely free to view these tutorial videos.
Good luck with learning :)
How long it takes to learn guitar depends on how good you want to get and how much practice you put in. How good you can get with 1-2 hours a day for a few months depends on what methods you use to practice. There are effective practice methods that will help you make the best use of your time. This course is one of the best. https://bitly.im/aMHSH It's not just about how much you play but how effectively you play that will determine how good you will get.
I taught myself to play guitar when I was around 11...my advice would be just to look up guitar tabs of songs you like and learn them. You might be crappy at the beginning, but struggle through them, and it will get much easier :]
And it will make you feel special that you know how to play an actual song instead of just random chords and scales.
A good tab site is www.ultimate-guitar.com
[if you don't know how to read tab, it is pretty straightforward/easy and you could look up how to do it on google]
Good luck :D
Youtube, Youtube is filled with experts who like to post videos for beginners. And they really can spell it out for you.
Learn major,minor and blues scales.Just google these and learn them.Also learn chords - major,minor,7ths. Just do it!
Use your ear as well!
Check out Expert village you can learn almost anything there
http://www.expertvillage.com/search.htm?s=guitar
good luck
justinguitar.com he's the best on the net.