guitar

First, learning to play guitar or any instrument is a noble ambition. You will be learning for the rest of your life. To answer your question with any accuracy it is necessary to have a little more information. How old are you? What kind of music do you like, and how much money do you have to spend on the instrument? I will try to give you a few general things you should know. A guitar has six strings, a body, a bridge, a head, a neck and a nut. The strings stretch from the bridge, over a piece called a saddle, down the neck over the nut and attach at the head using the tuning keys. The distance between the strings and the neck is called the action. Poorly made, inexpensive (cheap) guitars typically have a poor action. This means the strings are high above the neck and very difficult to hold down. This condition is probably the number one reason for beginners to quit playing, it makes your fingers hurt quite quickly. It is better to buy a better grade of instrument (one where the action can be adjusted) than a cheap guitar. Trust me, this is important! For a little background, I have been playing for over forty five years and I learn something new every day and I still would not consider myself an accomplished musician. If you care to respond I will try to help you further.

I feel it's my duty to pass on what I've learned on guitar to everyone I can because I feel my method is "THE BEST". No.1 I was first told by an older mentor whose mother is a guitar/music teacher in a school that you absolutely want to start out on an acoustic guitar, not an electric. No.2 find some of your favorite music on cd,dvd,tape,radio,and/or satellite and play along with it searching up "ONE" string for common notes to the particular song. email me after you've done that.

You are like me, I know nothing about guitars and I help a musician, he has so many guitars, I didn't know there was so many, I still can't tell the difference between a guitar and a bass, I think it depends if you want to learn acoustic, electric, and I think a lead guitar is different again, there are a lot of different types..good luck to you i hope you do well...