Just decided to take up guitar this morning...

mp3guy

My friend showed me how to read guitar tabs, so i gave them a shot, decided to learn guitar. I don't know notes or anything like that. But any advice on starting out?

Karl Hungus

Quick! Get an axe! It's a trick!



Honestly though, start with a good teacher, nobody can really advise you as well as proper one on one lessons. Other than that, get a good begginers guitar and a Microcube.

feylya

Get your friend to show you a few more things on his guitar. You don't want to spend €200+ and find out that you don't like playing. Get tabs for bands and songs you like (but avoid Dream Theater for the time being ) and try and play those. When you know you want to continue playing, get a budget sorted in your head, decide whether you want acoustic or electric, make a list of everything you have to buy from the budget (guitar, strap, amp, cable, picks, etc) then go and play everything within your budget.

Just don't play Smells Like Teen Spirit and Enter Sandman in the shops

mp3guy

Well, my dads been playing guitar for 30 years, so i think he'll do... I've got an acoustic guitar right here i've been messing around with.

feylya

Ah, then start getting some tabs and start playing.

Giblet

Yep, this is what you *do* for the rest of your life, enjoy.

marshmallow

I'm the exact same as you mp3guy. A few friends were talking about learning stuff on their guitars so I decided to try learn some chords. My bro has an acoustic he doesn't use anymore but I haven't put "pen to paper yet".

mp3guy

Right, i found something simple to practice with;

http://www.mxtabs.net/tab_versions.php?path=Guitar,p,10597,Porcupine+Tree,Shesmovedon,132841

voxpop

you can find some easy songs to play here

LundiMardi

mp3guy wrote:

Right, i found something simple to practice with;

http://www.mxtabs.net/tab_versions.php?path=Guitar,p,10597,Porcupine+Tree,Shesmovedon,132841

tbh, just learn some chords for now, they take quite a while to get used to so better sooner rather than later!

learn some bob dylan

BossArky

The first song that myself and a few other people I know learned was "About a Girl" from the Nirvana unplugged. Funny coincidence.

cornbb

This sounds obvious, but learn the sort of songs you really like, starting with the easy ones. You have to play, play, play to learn. Hours every day. But don't worry, you'll love it. Forget about TV for the rest of your life. You'll never look back. Best of luck.