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Okay so you want to play a guitar, but you don’t really know how. And you don’t wanna pay to learn. Okay I’m here to help since I’m a self taught guitarist myself.

I can tell you one more thing, if you wanna be a pro or aka professional player here are the requirement’s :

Learn the chord’s well, memorize them well.

practice make’s perfect, practice make’s perfect, practice make’s perfect, practice make’s perfect, practice make’s perfect, practice make’s perfect, practice make’s perfect, practice make’s perfect, practice make’s perfect,

that’s all the ingredient’s needed to become a professional player.

For me I’ll just be a casual guitar player = practice guitar once in a while guy : )

First you will need a guitar of course duh.. , but hold on a second. There are two types of guitar which is Classical guitar and Acoustic guitar. So which should you choose then, I’ll try my best to assist you in choosing your first guitar. If you some how had a guitar in hand right now, no matter it’s a classical or acoustic. Then don’t bother rushing for a new one, use it for now. The first month will determine if you are really a serious player or just a casual player like me. If you’re really into it, then only can you go buy a new guitar.

Okay Classical or Acoustic guitar?

Classcial Guitar = If you want to play Spanish songs such as the famous Malaguena. Look at this guy below, notice why his left lips are always lower, it’s because of the enjoyable feel of playing a classical guitar, Look at 1.38 and you will notice he is raising his right eyebrow that signals he is already in his little own world.

Acoustic Guitar = This is the guitar you’ll probably need if you just want to play your favourite songs and impress ladies : )

Play guitar long enough and you will have that feel of playing with your own style. Nobody can teach you that kind of skill of playing with your own feel and style. Every single guitarist has their own style of playing a guitar. It’s a natural thing for every guitar player. Look at guitarist when they play solo, that facial expression of enjoyment and fulfillment say’s it all.

Food for thought, self taught guitarist are better than guitarist who went for lesson’s which cost a few hundreds a month. Dun trust me? People in the list below proves it, come on who doesn’t know Jimmy Hendrix. And of course Carlos Satana, BB King etc, etc..

1 Stevie Ray Vaughan
2 Jimmi Hendrix
3 Esteban Echeverría
4 Jimmy Page
5 BB King
6 Carlos Santana

There are lot’s of differences between Classical and Acoustic guitar, but I’m just too lazy to explain everything in detail. But I have explain most of the basic detail’s you’ll need to know for now.

To learn playing a guitar, here’s the easy part.

First tune your guitar, how to tune a guitar? Just tune your guitar strings from top string E ( the tickest string ) to the lowest string with the help of the tuning audio below.

Second go to ultimate-guitar, and search for the artist song which you want to learn.

there are tabs and chords, tabs will show you the 6 strings and the numbering of your fingers

( 1 for Index finger, 2 for Middle finger, 3 for Ring finger, and 4 for Pinky finger )

Capo is a device which is use to hold down the strings and therefore raising the pitch. So when you see something like Capo 1, 3, 5 random numbers. Then you will need a Capo to lock down on the fret’s, if it’s capo 1 then use the Capo to lock down on fret 1, if capo 5 then use the capo to lock down on fret 5. I have included the image below to show you an example.

This is a Capo

This is the Fret

Chords will only show you the lyrics and the chords to play only. I will recommend beginners to learn through chords first, which is much more easy to learn than tabs which are more complex and complicated for beginners. (Recommended)

So you tuned your guitar, and have the song chord ready. What’s next? memorizing and learning the chords of  the song of course. Have your ultimate-guitar song page ready, and you’ll be looking something like this below:

Now learn the chords like how I explained before 1 = Index finger 2 = Middle finger 3 = Ring Finger 4 = Pinky Finger

Now feel the pain on your tip of your fingers, you will indeed shed skins on the tip of your fingers and again feel the pain hehe..

Now this is the end of my tutorial, the rest is in your hand’s, Jimmy Hendrix did it, I did it, others did it too. Now go kill some time!!