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Learn How to Play the Guitar (Part 2) – By Following Your Passion

Why do people quit?

Too many times I have seen friends of mine starting to learn how to play the guitar, only to give up after a few months or so. Some of them because it was to hard for them to learn, others claimed that it was to much for them to learn.

These are only poor excuses, I tell them. In my opinion, learning the guitar is an incredibly rewarding experience. Yes, it can be hard, but the rewards are immense.

If you want to learn how to play the guitar, here are three things to think about.

  1. What do you want to do?
  2. What level of playing do you want to achieve?
  3. What style of playing do you want to learn?

By thinking these thoughts, you can start to see where you’re going. Have you ever heard of a ” observers arrangement”? This is where friends who are learning to play the guitar get together and practice together. This is a great way to accelerate your guitar playing because your Observers are able to keep each other motivated by seeing how far they have come.

Whatever style you decide to learn, you’re bound to get bored if you go at it for too long without learning new things. Boredom is an extremely bad thing because you don’t want to practice just to return to the same level you were at.

It’s important to divide your guitar playing time up over a number of weeks, months or even years. The reason is that when the initial joy of playing the guitar is gone, so is the motivation. To repurpose your mind and get it to focus on new challenges is a much more effective way to get better rather than just playing the same thing over and over again.

  1. Level of playing what you want.

If you are just learning to play church style guitar, then playing some basic and vague chords will keep you busy for quite a while. As you get more advanced, this style of playing will become more defined and you will begin to really push the limits of your guitar playing.

The important thing is to set goals for yourself. You don’t need to learn tons of chords or scales in order to be a great guitar player, but you do need to be aware of what you want to achieve and how you want to play in order to grow as a musician.

  1. The style of playing what you like.

If you are just learning to play church guitar, you should be using a lot of mainly power chords and chord-heavy style songs. This is not the style of guitar playing that will get you nights and weekends worth of enjoyment.

You may think that learning to play power chords means that you can play absolutely any style of music and be successful. Forget it. You may be able to play more songs (rouse in your friends’ ears) with power chords than almost any other style of guitar playing. But if you want to be good, you will need to expand your ability and not limit yourself.

  1. Pick a cool guitar riffs from a CD or get inspired by your favorite band.

If you’re learning to play guitar, odds are you have already the musical influences that will get you going. Get a hold of some contemporary guitar riffs (most of the time state-of-the-art ones) and play them over the top of your power chords.

Never forget that the key behind playing guitar well is having fun. Don’t kill yourself trying to come up with interesting lead guitar parts. Have fun with your rhythm playing and write your own rhythm guitar riffs.

  1. Watch other guitarists live or online.

Take advantage of Google’s awesome new servers. If you don’t have the time to be in front of your computer and the opportunity to study some of the top guitar players online, strap on your big-screen theater chair and go to YouTube (see what I mean).

Note: This is not the time to be cheap. Lessons with a real guitar teacher can cost $20 or more per hour.

  1. Be extremely selective about your guitar teacher.

If your dream is to be able to play Ozzy, don’t be tempted to bite off more than you can chew. You need to build this important skill into your learning curve. Do your homework and only go with the highest quality lessons that are guaranteed to deliver results. When you are looking for a good guitar teacher, note the big difference in the cost of lessons.

The average cost of lessons will be between $15 and $50 (it depends on how far you wish to go) but do not be afraid to ask and explore the cost aspect of your situation to determine if this is the best use of your hard earned money.

Learning To Play The Guitar – A Beginner’s Guide

There are hundreds, if not thousands of people who decide as they get older that they want to take up the guitar playing thing, and quite often they succeed in becoming accomplished players. Some people jump in and become full-fledged guitarists, while others will find it harder and struggle to get them to enjoy practicing. The important thing is not to give up, and learning to play guitar can be achieved by anyone who has the desire to learn.

To learn how to get started with beginner guitar songs, all you need is a guitar and a lyric book. Guitar music is written down in chords, which are pictures of the strings with dots at the frets where you place your fingers to fret them. You need to get used to the guitar, but in the beginning it will feel very awkward.

Play Easy Guitar Songs

The best way to start is to pick a few very simple songs to learn. By playing these songs, you will get a better visual grasp of the basics, and you will be able to judge where your fingers need to go more quickly, and which notes are easiest to remember. Once you have practiced them for a few weeks or so, you can graduate to playing harder songs. You will be able to combine the simple chords with these harder-to-play chords, and you will be able to see how the texture of the music in a particular song varies through time, which is a great learning tool.

When you learn beginner guitar songs, you should try to play them exactly as the composer has intended, if you can’t read music then you need to take some easy guitar lessons that can teach you that. Mozart himself was not a master at reading music, but he could recognize music theory and basic chords that he had observed while listening to different composers.

Most beginning guitarists have their own personal learning process that they use for learning new songs. You need to track your own learning style and your own personal technique and reveal your learning style to other guitarists. One good way to do this is to join a forum guitarists or a similar group where you can upload and pubhize your own content, since you will have the whole world at your fingertips.

Learn Guitar Chords: Easy Guitar Songs to Play

There are hundreds of guitar songs out there, some are more difficult and complex, like the famous and popular “Master the Guitar”, while others are made up of simpler yet memorable songs. When you are just starting out, it is highly encouraged to learn guitar songs using the easier songs first, and then move on to the more complex ones. The following list of easy guitar songs is a good start:

  1. “The Wind Cries Mary” by Bob Dylan2. “Come on in My Kitchen” by The Beatles3. “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield4. “imity to You” by Unknown Survivor5. “I’ve Got That Old Feeling” by Joe Cocker6. “Because the Night” by Elvis Impressions7. “Everything she does is Magic” by ABBA8. “Yellow Ledbetter” by Pete Townsend9. “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin10. “House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals11. “Situations” by Adam Sandler12. “Possum Kingdom” by The Hives

This is a list of songs that are generally recognized as easy guitar songs. Other songs can be added to this list, but it is best to stick to the top twenty. Once you have learned these songs, play along with them on your CD player, and get used to the rhythm and chord changes. This will help you with your improvisations in the future.

Play Easy Guitar Songs for Beginners: The Four Songs You Need

  1. “Blowin’ in the Wind” – Bob Dylan2. “Sleeping on the Ground” – Elton John3. “All I Have to Do is Dream” – recognizable as a hit4. ” rallying cry” – George Pedwell5. “Only a Fault” – Fleetwood Mac6. ” hypersonic” – REM7. “My Body’s Keepin’ You Alive” – nominees again from the 90’s, ‘Alive’ from the juggernaut of 90’s music, The Rembrandts8. “Sweet Caroline” – Neil Diamond9. “One” – ELO10. “Three” – Chicago

Remember, the type of instruction that you choose for yourself will determine the type of guitar player that you will be. As you can see, the choice of easy guitar songs will depend mainly on two factors: the type of music that you already like and the type of guitar that you will choose to play.