Many people long to play the guitar. Some have actually have attained fame and fortune, while others are in the beginning stages. If youve just bought your first guitar, you can look forward to a rich and rewarding time of learning to make music. Dont make the mistake of thinking it will be easy, or that you will automatically become a pro. Just to become good takes a lot of time and practice. Its all worth it as you begin to enjoy making music.

One of the first things you will need to do is decide if you will hire someone to teach you to play or buy books and teach yourself. Then, you might consider taking advantage of the pictures and videos found on the Internet. Many of these are excellent and easy to follow. Then, you will need to decide on the type of music you want to play. Remember, you will have a number of genres to choose from, all very exciting but unique.

In addition to learning the proper way to hold the guitar, you will also learn the proper placement of the fingers and soon be learning a number of chords. Even before you know much, take time to start plucking one string at a time to hear its sound. Each string and each note is designated with a letter of the alphabet from A to G. In addition, as you learn chords and notes, you will see a #, which denotes a sharp note or a b, which refers to a flat note. For example, if you saw C#, that would mean C Sharp or Cb would mean C flat.

Before you can play any chords, youll need to tune your guitar. There are six strings, with a note assigned to each one. An example would be tuning your guitar so that the first and thinnest string is the high E. The second is B, the third G, the fourth D, the fifth A, and the sixth, thickest string will be the low E.

When you start out you may want to have someone else tune your guitar, such as your teacher or someone at a music store. In no time at all youll be able to do it yourself. During your first lessons, youll most likely learn open chords and the first position. The more you use it the more comfortable youll feel and in a month or so you will be able to play real songs. Learning to play the guitar is a terrific hobby that could develop into something bigger over time.

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