Family help: I just started playing accoustic guitar. - Help.com

Get a good tuner and make sure your guitar is in tune every time you go to play. Until you get used to what all the notes are supposed to sound like. Find music you like to listen to, and see if you can find some “made easy” chord books with those songs in it. If you like the music from the 60’s, 70’s, you will find a lot of good music that is easy to play. For example: Knockin on Heavens Door by Bob Dylan, and redone by Guns n Roses is super easy. G,D,C..G,D,Am..G,D,C..G,D,Am…over and over. Try to find people to play with, monkey see monkey do, is the easiest way to learn. It will help you with your fingering of chords and your strumming patterns.
15min a day practicing your chord changes, and you will get better at placing your fingers and faster too. I would suggest staying away from the electric guitar until you have a good grasp of the acoustic. There are 12 main chords, learn those and you can play just about anything!
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Why thank you Qzzzz. Your the best! Do you play the guitar too?

The acoutic and electric are the same thing just one is used with an amp. I will get some suggestions from my husband and let you know.

Yeah acoustic and electric are pretty much the same thing. they just sound a little different, so no worries eh? Check out http://www.guitartricks.com for some lessons and stuff like that.

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you Carolyn. Squire is a good starting guitar, make sure they set it up for you, check and make sure there is no buzzing of strings or anything. Take somebody knowledgeable with you who can give it a test drive for you. The fat strat your lookin at, will give you years of enjoyment. Have fun! If you need any help give me a shout
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i find youtube really helpful if i have trouble with a song i type it in there and it usally brings about ten to twenty people playing it , if nothing else it gives you a starting point and something to work from. good luck and keep at it practice makes perfect as they say.

Well its a great day when another person learns guitar. Acoustic is better to start out on before you do electric anyway. What helps is to learn just a few songs and a few chord progressions and start off and teach yourself from there its what I did and now I have been lead in every band I have played in. But the only thing there is to know is that if your wanting to write your own stuff spend more time learning about music, scales, and the guitar and start writing your own stuff and make it were its challenging but dosen’t overwhelm you. Thats basically what I did.