i think i want to learn to play acoustic guitar finally.

hey look · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:24 am

i dont know where to start or how to read tabs or how to strum or anything. i just want to be able to do a few covers to take up time and be some lame singer-songwriter type.

help a dude out.

beachy · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:29 am

If you love music half as much as most in here, it will be easier than you thought, I took up ukelele a month ago and I've got
Suspicious Minds~ELVIS
Somewhere Over the Rainbow~Isreal Kumonawannaleiya???
Something~The Beatles
licked already

there are a boatload of resources on the net for chords and all.

hey look · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:30 am

yeah but i dont even know how to read anything.

beachy · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:35 am

me neither, but they got these chord charts that show where yer fingers go on the frets...ezzysquezzy

hey look · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:36 am

link me, boss.

jagged · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:39 am

you're first step it to learn how to play some basic chords (G, C, D, E, A, F)...sites that tell you how to play those chords are a dime a dozen

but after that, reading the tab on the internet is easy...usually it will just be a lyric sheet with the chord letters over various words to tell you what chord to play at that moment

there's a ton of simple 2 or 3 chord songs out there...I remember Hotel Yorba being pretty easy and I can't really think of any others off the top of my head

simple fun songs anyone?

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:49 am

Just off the top of my head, anything older country (1960s and 1970s) is pretty much based around simple major chords. After all, I think it was George Jones who was quoted as saying "take those minor chords outta there."

Other stuff:
Wilco "Kamera" minus one or two Bm chords is real simple
Almost anything Ramones (not really acoustic but it works)

stuff like that is good for beginners. once you learn minor chords, then things really begin to open up, but learn the majors first.

hey look · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:53 am

but where do i learn the majors

jagged · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:58 am

I just glanced at it, but this article looks pretty good

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:58 am

http://www.chordfind.com/

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/

there are many others out there besides these

Vanlandingham · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:59 am

gaping jagged headwound Wrote:

I just glanced at it, but this article looks pretty good

That does look pretty good

legonads · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:25 am

Not being able to tune my guitar discouraged me from learning how to play. There's one fucking string which just won't tune!

I don't even know where that guitar came from.

alive · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:00 am **Posts:** 352

gaping jagged headwound Wrote:

I just glanced at it, but this article looks pretty good

I was just going to mention guitarnoise. In my experience it's the best site for learning to play guitar.

hey look · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:29 am

awesome thanks.

i think i want to learn to play acoustic guitar finally.

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