I can play VERY good air Guitar and Guitar Hero too!!
I am the best at air guitar though
LOL
air guitar is hard to master
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I can play VERY good air Guitar and Guitar Hero too!!
I am the best at air guitar though
Taught myself to play when I was a senior in high school, and I'm 52 years old now.... so it's been so long ago I really can't remember how difficult it was to learn. I do know I practiced a lot in the early years, not so much these days.
tommy_ed is exactly right. You won't be able to get thru the "really sore fingertip period" unless you really want to play. I've been playing guitar for about 40 yr.
My sister & I put in $10 ea. and bought a guitar from a pawn shop. I still can't believe I learned to play on it - the strings must have been 1/2" off the fret board.
This was in '64 & I got books of Beatles songs and just learned to play. One sister was taking piano lessons then and her teacher wrote out lots of popular songs including the guitar chords so I learned to play lots of them too. I had a couple of friends learning at the same time so we could get together & learn from each other. Played rock & roll for a few years - learned a lot from our lead guy.
Bottom line is - just get a guitar & start playing - don't worry about the model at this point. You can get a better one if you find that you really like playing. Also when starting, electric or acoustic doesn't really matter - a guitar is a guitar from a new learner POV. In 6 mo. you might have learned enough to know which style you really like to play.
One caution - learn to play the whole song, not just a riff here & there. I've met many good pickers that just don't know any songs all the way thru. You can't get girls to sit down with you if all you know is the beginning of "Stairway To Heaven". Learn some funny songs to get them laughing and then start slipping in the love songs.
That will help you with learning electric later on, also steel is more diverse when it comes to music.
Whats a good beginner song?
Whats a good beginner song?
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House of the Rising Sun is a good one if you feel adventurous (The Dylan version though).
That one would be cool as hell! Never learned that, wish I had tab for that.
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