| Learning how to play the guitar is not as easy as it | | | | However if you want to play genres like metal or |
| looks since it requires a lot of dedication, practice and | | | | jazz, you will need to get yourself a good solid |
| concentration. If you want to be really good at it and | | | | bodied electric for metal or a hollow bodied electric |
| one day would like to play in a band or become a | | | | jazz guitar for Jazz. |
| professional musician, you will have to completely | | | | Now once you have picked a good guitar to suit the |
| devote yourself to learning this instrument. Initially it | | | | genre of music you are playing, you need to start |
| will be a bit boring and tough, but once you get the | | | | with a couple of finger exercises to improve the |
| hang of how to move the fingers of the fret board | | | | dexterity of your fingers. There are many finger |
| and how to strum and pick, you will be playing songs | | | | exercises you can find online, one of the most |
| in no time at all. | | | | common being the chromatic exercises. These |
| There are over a hundred lessons online where they | | | | exercises are quite boring but they will do a lot to |
| teach you basic guitar playing and also advance | | | | increase your accuracy and speed. Another important |
| playing. But none of these courses mention how | | | | thing I have learned over the years is that accuracy |
| important it is to start listening to a lot of music while | | | | is a hundred times more important than speed. |
| learning how to play the guitar. This will help give you | | | | Without accuracy you cannot progress and you |
| a better understanding of guitar playing and music | | | | should make sure you master every finger exercise |
| itself. You can start learning how top play the guitar | | | | before moving on to the next stage of guitar playing. |
| by either going for private lessons or learning online. | | | | After you have fully mastered the figure exercises, |
| Private lessons may be a lot costlier than the online | | | | you can now start learning the basic chords (Major |
| ones but will certainly help you progress faster. But | | | | and minor) and also start learning scales. Scales are a |
| before you join any lesson here is some advice that | | | | very important part of guitar playing and mastering |
| will help you get a good guitar. | | | | them will help you play some awesome leads. Also |
| Before you join any lesson you will need to get | | | | learn how to play modes and arpeggios on different |
| yourself a good guitar. If you want to play just for | | | | root notes and octaves. This will help with your Jazz |
| the fun of it, and don't really want to play a particular | | | | Guitar playing or any other genre of music. Make sure |
| genre, then getting an acoustic guitar is advisable. | | | | you practice everyday and practice each lesson |
| They are cheaper and better to learn on since the | | | | thoroughly before moving to the next step. |
| fret is not as soft as the electrics. You can buy an | | | | Whatever genre of music you are playing, be it Jazz |
| electric later on when you think you deserve it. | | | | Guitars playing, metal, alternative rock or classical. |