question about the acoustic guitar and tabs?

Courtnub

i got some free lessons with my guitar but they only told me the basics and half of it i just forget. but anyways, i tried learning some tabs like the basic titanic i learned in middle school but they are SO confusing and aren't even like the tabs i learned back then, does anyone know how to read them? i watched some videos of people playing my heart will go on from titanic and it sounds so good and i want to be able to play like that, but i probably wont be able to get more guitar lessons for a while.

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HOW TO READ TAB:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/for_beginners/reading_guitar_tablature_ii.html
http://www.guitar.about.com/library/blhowtoreadtab.htm
http://www.howtotuneaguitar.org/lessons/the-basics/how-to-read-guitar-tab
http://www.catalogs.com/info/music/how-to-read-guitar-tabs.html
http://www.fretplay.com/how-to-read-tabs.shtml
http://www.ehow.com/how_17082_read-guitar-tabs.html

Kabum

beginner at acoustic guitar?

Q. i want to find the easiest way to learn cause i get frustrated so easily but i always wanted to learn this so i don't want to give up. i don't want to learn how to read sheet music, is that okay? can i learn by chords or tabs? what do you recommend? please help.
BUT SOME OF THE CORDS I TRIED LEARNING THERE ARE MINOR MAJOR AND SOMETHIGN WITH A 5 OR 6 I THINK


WHATS THE DIFFERENCE. WHICH ONES DO I LEARN

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If you get frustrated too easy, then you won't like my answer. There is no easiest way. It takes a lot of time, and dedication to learn how to play a guitar. It's going to take quite some time just to condition your fingers so you're not complaining that your fingers hurt. Anyone can make noise on a guitar. It takes an artist to play it. Been playing since the 60s.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=free+beginners+guitar+lessons&fr=ush-ans

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Acoustic guitar tabs. Need help?

Ne Treba

I need links of easy guitar tabs.. Beginner

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ultimate-guitar.com is a great website to use, as is 911tabs.com (which includes Ultimate Guitar tabs). I use Guitar Pro for Mac (you can download a free trial) which downloads files from those two websites and shows you the tabs, notes, and plays them out loud with multiple tracks such as drums and "vocals." Guitar Pro is also available for iPhone and iPad, which I prefer better than the pc/mac versions (it's cheaper too). Songsterr for iPhone/iPad is also a good app that doesn't even download tabs, it just searches for them. I believe it is free.

Learn to play acoustic guitar.?

Alice

I play bass, (started a few months ago) and I am also learning to play the keyboard better (I'm okay-ish) But, I have absolutely no Idea about anything concerning other instruments. I really want to learn the acoustic guitar... So, yeah. I can't read guitar tabs, I don't know anything about chords really besides that you play them with your left hand on the keyboard.

So, my question is, does anyone know a FREE website, where I can learn everything from scratch? I mean everything. Notes, Tabs, so on. From beginning to end, where in the end I'd like to be able to play random music sheets and tabs of my own choice. I just... know nothing! Oh, by the way, please don't say something like get a teacher or something. I can't, the town I live in is too small and... You get the picture. Also, don't post 'I don't know'. I'm quite certain you just thought about doing that. I just want serious answers. Thanks.

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PluckandPlayGuitar has free video based lessons for absolute beginners and assume you know nothing or close to nothing.

It takes you step by step through the basic guitar chords one by one. There's also lessons on guitar scales, techniques and some easy songs to play.

http://www.pluckandplayguitar.com/

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Where can i find some acoustic guitar tabs for free?

Awesome

Im a beginner and i can kinda play some tabs but not very good and i want to get better. Please can someone tell me where i an get some and please dont make them too hard.

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Songsterr.com(having a membership on it allows more features but the basic tabs are free), Ultimate-guitar.com, and 911tabs.com are all the sites I use.

what would be the best acoustic guitar to get for a beginner??

lkasjdflsa

i want to buy a new guitar, and learn how to play.. but im not sure whats good and whats not... i need help ! (:

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For my first acoustic I bought a cheap 100.00 fender. It was hard to play becasue the strings were higher on the fret board. But it also helped me build dexterity in my fingers and it bought the strength my fingers. Once I got used to that I would play to get faster so I could do the solos and chords easier. If he likes it after that he can get a 300.00 guitar. After playing a harder acoustic a more expensive one would be easier to play. On the more excpensive ones the strings sit closer to the fret board, and they also have a better sound. After I played on a good guitar it made me more interested to play. I went from a 100.00 fender, to a 300.00 ovation up to a 800.00 Takamine. Heres a great link with tons of differant guitars. Also if they learn how to play on the acoustic the electric will be very easy to learn. The strongs on an electric are thinner and much much easier to play.

The ultimate guitar link is a site where you can get free tabs,chords,video lessons,etc. They also have a very good forum

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What is the best way to learn acoustic guitar?

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Drew

Hello--I am wondering wat the best beginner guitar and where to get free tabs and the BEST way to learn OTHER than lessons (too expensive). Thanks!

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"Acoustic guitar" signifies NOTHING to me you have to be more specific!!

There are 3 types you see, classical, flamenco and steel. You need to specify which.

Anyway, steel is for people who are too stupid to understand complicated classical or flamenco music and is really really easy to learn just go to isohunt.com.

Classical and flamenco are for more intelligent people who can understand complicated music and require a teacher. They are very very hard and take about 12 years to bee just good at them.

How can I learn to play the acoustic guitar?

Liz

I have been wanting to learn how to play the acoustic guitar however I don't have the money to pay for classes. So how can I begin? How can I learn to tune my guitar( i own a guitar)? Do you have any suggested youtube channels, anything? Thanks:)

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As much as I think the other answer is great, I honestly think he could have been more specific, so I'll try to do so.

So being a beginner in the 'music world' is always difficult, with dedicated practice, you'll get much better. Like Jesus stated, or whatever his SN is, you need to start with your basic chords. He wasn't very specific as to what those were. Basic chords mean your open-position chords, or in other words, chords that aren't being barred. Barre chords are chords that you place one finger over more than one string at one time. Avoid those for maybe a month because you need to build finger strength and get calluses so you don't feel pain when you play anymore. (It's normal, don't worry about it.) Your basic, open-position chords will be chords like: A Major, A Minor, C Major, D Major, D Minor, E Major, E Minor, G Major, and some variations like Dsus4 or stuff like that, but those are chords you can learn on the side when you learn songs. When you see chords on chord charts or tabs, they'll probably just say A, Am, C, D, Dm, E, Em, and G. Obviously the 'm's' stand for minor. So that's that for you. Once you learn those and feel confident on those, then learn barre chords: F, B, Bm, etc. You'll see the difference and there are different ways to play each chord on the guitar. Some guitarists just use barre chords and some open-position and some use a variation of some power chords. You pick what you like.

To tune your guitar, you will need to know what notes to tune your guitar to, obviously. Standard tuning for a guitar is EBGDAE or EADGBE, however you want to look at it. EBGDAE would the strings listed from highest in pitch to lowest in pitch. In other words, if you were to think about this for position on the guitar, the strings that are lowest on the guitar/the strings that are closest to the ground are the ones you would tune first. EADGBE would be the opposite and if you are confused by explanation, I apologize greatly and I'm sure you can look up on google or YouTube 'standard tuning on a guitar' and someone will be able to explain it better than me. If you need to learn to tune your guitar, I would either buy an app on your iPod Touch/Smart Phone/iPhone. Don't get any free ones. Those are really bad and they're slow and they're honestly very annoying. If you buy an ultimate-guitar tools app, it has a tuner and even a chord chart and it's a very helpful app for guitarists. Anyway, if you don't want to do that, then buy a chromatic tuner. Some tuners are 10 dollars and some can be up to 40 dollars depending on what features the tuners have. 10 dollars is fine but I'd recommend maybe something between 20 and 30. Tuners break so it's nice to have a nicer one so they can last longer. In addition, there are tuners for guitars that you can clip onto the headstock, but you decide what you want.

If I were you, I'd start with a book and start with YouTube and maybe even charts that you can find. When I started, I started with a song because I was way too eager, but I actually started with a book and I learned how to play a basic song by picking the notes and not learning chords, but you can choose. Books are a great tool and so is the internet. If you need tabs, I'd use ultimate-guitar.com. If you need to learn songs and you don't want tabs, then I'd use either Marty Schwartz or yourguitarsage (just YouTube them). youguitarsage has MANY beginner acoustic guitar tutorials on songs that you may want to learn and Marty Schwartz has both acoustic and electric tutorials and some are more challenging and he even has tutorials on some scales. Mahalo.dom or just Mahalo has tutorials for both acoustic and electric guitars and they have different teachers for their company and you can switch between all of them and decide which one of them you like most and see which teaching style helps you.

I hope I've been some sort of help! Good luck and have fun and don't forget to practice! You don't need to learn any instrument during summer, by the way. I learned guitar during spring break and still played during school. Just keep practicing and don't get discouraged. Everyone has troubles. I know, I did and gave up for like. . . a month or two.

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How should I go about learning to play the guitar?

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heyy =]

I got an acoustic guitar for my birthday :)

It's beautiful and has a really nice sound, but how exactly should I go about learning to play? Should I just start with chords? I know a few simple ones. Btw, I don't have the money for lessons, so that's not an option.

Also, do you think learning to read notes on music sheets is essential when learning? I'm just learning to play as a hobby; I don't plan on performing, lol.

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It's really cool if you can teach yourself. Start just learning some simple songs, and you'll pick up on the chords soon enough. You Tube definitely has awesome lessons. Try these links, see if you like them:
http://www.youtube.com/user/HowToPlayGuitar2 (This one's my fave)
http://www.youtube.com/user/nailguitar
http://www.youtube.com/user/martyzsongs

If you're just learning guitar for a hobby, its not that important (in my opinion) to read sheet music. Only if you're in a band. It is important though, to learn to read tabs (makes life so much easier).

If you're looking for tabs for any song, try:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/

For a list of chord diagrams, this is a great site:
http://www.chordie.com/chords.php

For a bunch of free stuff, like drum backtrackings, empty tab charts etc, go to:
http://www.nailguitar.com/freetools.html

Lastly, for a good beginner guitar course, check out:
http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-play-guitar-for-newbies/

I know it's a lot of info, but it really helped me out a lot.

Hope I could help :)

Where should I start learning guitar?

kaisaki134

I am going to buy an acoustic guitar (a starter package with a training dvd). I'm a complete beginner so I don't know where to start learning. I want to build the basics. Maybe some chords.

I am more comfortable following instructions in written materials.

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I would suggest learning how to read tablature (tabs) http://guitar.about.com/od/tabchordslyrics/ss/read_guitar_tab.htm and the finger shapes of the more common major/minor chords like C, D, A, E, G and Em. There are a number of online guitar courses available that cost money but only what you would pay to get 2 or 3 lessons from a real teacher. I own Jamorama (about $40) and Learn and Master Guitar (about $150 I think). L&M guitar is a DVD based course with a booklet. Jamorama is a downloadable course with text lessons and videos/jam tracks included. They are both excellent courses and use videos to teach. They also have money back guarantees if you dislike their teaching style.
If you can't afford Jamorama, then I suggest checking on Youtube for Justin Sandercoe. He provides some great lessons for free and is a pretty good teacher. http://www.youtube.com/user/justinsandercoe?blend=2&ob=4

For your first song with strumming and chords, I suggest learning Pearl Jam - Last Kiss. The chord progression follows G - Em - C - D with simple down down up up down strumming. And for songs where you are picking (plucking strings individually), I would suggest simple songs like Old McDonald, Twinkle Twinkle and Happy Birthday. Ok... so that is a bit lame, but it will help you learn some of the basics.

As for buying a guitar, I would suggest something around $140-180 that is already on sale as a beginner instrument. Check at local music shops for any deals they might have and ask them to make some recommendations. Decide on what you can afford before you go the store so you don't end up buying that awesome guitar that is 3 times what you wanted to pay. You can pick up an electronic tuner or use an online one (I believe Jamorama comes with a version, however I like using an electronic one) Here is a resource about guitar buying http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?doc_id=99529 Be sure that the guitar fits you well.

Good luck with learning to play. And remember, it is starting that is the hardest. Your fingers will get sore until you develop some tougher skin on the fingers, but hang in there and keep practicing.

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Good websites that has free lessons for acoustic guitar beginners?

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Cory

I just started playing the acoustic guitar about 3 weeks ago. I know a few chords and i know how to read tabs and thats really all i know. I need some help finding a good website that has lessons for acoustic guitar beginners. I would greatly appreciate it.

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you could go on guitaretab.com and search it. there's stuff like that on there.

Experienced Flamenco players, what's the best way for complete noob to learn Flamenco Guitar?

Noah

I have very little (almost a complete noob) experience on a ukulele (only learned a few notes to strum), but I have little interest in the uke. I want to learn guitar, and more specifically flamenco guitar (though I have an interest in country music as a whole, too), but I have no idea where to start. I can't read music, and I have a very basic understanding of tabs.

What's the best way for a complete beginner like me to learn? I realize going to Spain or hiring an instructor (in person or online) are the best routes, but neither are something I can do right now. I may seek one out in a few years, but in the mean time I need to start off with something else. So what is my next best FREE option? I have enough to buy an inexpensive acoustic guitar and a few instructional dvd's, but that's it. I'm a very patient person who's willing to put in the basics for months before even attempting a song, so what do you experienced players think would have been the best route if you had to restart from the very beginning without having an instructor (at least for 3 to 5 years), but needed to self-teach?

Should I learn classical, or look through a much more limited selection of flamenco instructional dvd's? I've looked through a few, but they seem geared toward those with a little experience with classical guitar already.

Or do I just learn classical first, and then 'unlearn' a few things when I move into self-taught flamenco a year or two later?


I'm so confused because it seems like there's just a limited amount of flamenco self-teaching aids, and they seemed geared toward those that know a bit about guitar already. There's slightly more classical self-teaching aids, but I've heard I'm going to have to UNLEARN (seems less efficient) a few things when I finally do move to flamenco. And then there's just basic acoustic guitar (country, pop, etc) with so many free instructional videos online...

So what should I do considering I'm a complete beginner with a little bit of funds and only enough time to spend 2 to 3x a week learning the absolute basics right now?

My ultimate goal? In 10 years to be playing flamenco well enough on my own that I can enjoy picking through various songs from memory and having fun...

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Spend as a minimum, $300 on a steel-stringed acoustic having good volume and tone. Next, start with Country to get the feel of chord changing and specific runs from one chord to the next.

Flamenco style playing will come as your expertise builds with fingerstyle playing. Start with learning some basic Flamenco-style songs such as "Malaguena," "Espana Cani," "The Breeze and I," "Kiss of Fire," "Marie," and similar Spanish-feeling tunes. I have more on my mind, but cannot recall their titles.

Russell E had provided some excellent tips in that fanning chords is one good way to get that Flamenco touch. You can experiment with the chords of E and Am by downstroking with your four fingers on the nails and then reverse the approach by starting with the little finger and end with the forefinger on the upward swing. I believe nails are crucial to get that volume and control you would need.

What's more, developing your own unique style of playing is ever important. You can mimic other great Flamenco players up to a point, but remember--it's your playing that counts. The same goes for the Country genre.

For many years I copied the deliveries of Chet Atkins and Merle Travis only to eventually learn that there can only be one Atkins and one Travis in the guitar world. I developed my own style of delivery that has nuances of Atkins, Travis, Montoya, and others--to include Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reed--both credible Blues' players and singers.

Don't forget the lure and captivity that Delta Blues can offer. The tunes and lyrics are simple and so are the chord progressions, but they can create moods where they are in the infancy stage.

Buy a quality chord book and a beginner's guitar manual such as published by Hal Leonard and Mel Bay. Don't forget to focus strongly on the music theory sections in the book as that is one attribute you must build upon.

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