What Would I Do If I Was Just Beginning Guitar?

Many of us have been in the situation where we want to learn the guitar. For me, my motivation came from all the great music I heard during my youth. As a youngster, I started buying 7-inch singles (I mean decent ones, not kid's stuff) at the age of 7. By the time I was a teenager I was buying albums every week, but it was not until I was in my early twenties that I became interested in making my own music.

By this time, there was a lot of home recording gear coming onto the market, and MIDI was just becoming established. I naturally invested in synthesizers and drum machines, a four-track recorder and mic, and taught myself the essentials. But although I was fairly satisfied with my efforts, there was a certain something missing from my sound. The missing link was - the guitar. I could have found a mate who played it, and formed a band, I suppose. But, looking back, I was really into Roy Wood's album 'Boulders' (which I thoroughly recommend to anyone who's never heard it) and the fact that he played all the instruments on it inspired me to go it alone too.

So, I ended up teaching myself the guitar too. Having previously learned to play keyboards helped, as I could already read music, to a fashion. When I learned, there were not as many options available as today. So I used a combination of 'The Three Chord Songbook', and some other book that I forget the name of, that had tapes you could play along with.

Recently, having lapsed my guitar playing somewhat over the years, I decided to refresh my skills. Having not played for a long time, it was virtually like starting over again. And, what I discovered was that there was a brand new and exciting way of learning guitar that did not exist for me first time around - the Internet, of course.

Nowadays, to anyone beginning guitar, there are two main options. The first - merely search online, and view an instructional video of a song you want to learn. For example, if you wanted to play 'Yesterday' by the Beatles, there are over 1,300 results for this in Google. In reality, there is a mixture of good and bad. It really is potluck on what you find. But if you are looking for a totally free way of learning songs, this is the way to go. What I would recommend is you try this out and learn a couple of songs this way.

The second way, which I heartily recommend, is to purchase one of the affordable guitar tuition packages available. By all means, initially learn a few songs from YouTube, but if you want to really make progress and learn the instrument properly, you need to take some proper training. Why? Basically, only by following a structured program will you be able to put all the theory and practice together. Without this, every time you learn a tune via YouTube (or equivalent) it's almost like starting all over again. Only a structured program of guitar tutorials will give you the skills to be able to play new tunes straight away, at will, by understanding the theory behind them.


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