Stupidly I’ve had numerous guitars since 2019, but I never learned basic chord theory.
I have played basic stuff though; double notes; single notes on the low E and high E.
Gonna watch Youtube to learn. I am musically inclined so I hope I learn quickly.
Jumbo guitar and guitarlele are at home. Got another guitarlele arriving in the post tomorrow here at the loony bin.
Maybe have some fun try doing simple.things first learning chords repeating them
Learn some chords then some scales then play along to a song you like
play fifteen mins. a day to build up callouses on your left hand…I would learn to read tablature because there are many tablature sites online to choose from.
i need to learn to play as well lol i bought a guitar recently but i dont really have a place to practise
Is it too loud for your apartment?
One tip…
Buy a nylon string guitar as the pain in the fingers is much, much less, so you can play more and when you take a break it still doesnt hurt the fingers as much when you pick it back up.
The pain in the fingers really does stop people playing. A nylon stringed guitar is so much easier!
yea exasctly , my neighbours would probably complain
I got a great tip for you, other than getting a nylon stringed guitar.
If you are right handed playing on a right handed guitar, then the right hand is the engine and the left hand is the steering wheel.
Like the original karate kid you need to wax on, wax off. And that rmeans learn 2 chords (G major and C major) then practice the finger picking hand using the thumb and the fingers to individually rev the engine.
Slow it down and speed it up, learn variations with the right hand and just switch betwen the two chord. Use the thumb"!
No one told me to do this, but i wish they had. You could know 40 chords and still sound awful, beleive me I tried. Just tune the engine.
Steer just left and right ( the two chords) only and master that right hand. Wax on and wax off!
When the engine is clean and revved perfectly then move onto all the chords.
This will give you a great advantage that no traditional teacher ever told me online anyway.
It will save you a lot of time and have you sounding great in a few months.
Remember wax on/wax off!
@POET If neighbors are a problem, you can get an electric and attach it to a Fender Mustang Micro and some headphones for a more private, neighbor-friendly experience.
thanks for the recomendation. its a good idea but i think even using headphones the string plucking would be decently loud. thanks for the idea tho!
put up with fifteen mins. a day playing a steel string and build callouses I say is better…callouses start in about three days…then you eventually can’t feel anymore on your string left hand fingers…I show people my callouses by pressing straight down on a table for about five seconds and when I pull my hand away my fingers look flat across the edge…ha
You never know till you try. Who knows, you might hear applause through the walls between each song, jk 
loool thanks, yea im thinking of getting a piano instead cause its a lot more quiet
Do you have an acoustic, electric, or acoustic/electric? Just curious because my acoustic is reasonably loud, my electric is virtually silent without an amp, and my acoustic/electric is loud af with the amp. When I had a piano, I had it put in a center area of the house because I didn’t want the neighbors to complain lol. With the guitars, I just make a point to play during the day while they are at work or use the electric and headphones if I want to play at other times.
Speaking of, I got a wicked amp that records; I went from an Orange to a Fender. I’m pretty happy with it.
i have an accoustic guitar so yea cant really play it in the house haha, i want to get an electric keyboard.
And another thing, don’t be embarrassed to use stickers.
You will learn the note postioning much faster if you can see what the note is and play it.
Then it will be sharp and easier.
Don’t let the ego win (and you lose) by ‘being cool’ when you can learn more quickly and be better than other players in less time.
All I can play is E major chord atm lol
Thanks for that! I think I will buy some stickers. Would speed up the process quickly.
