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Is it possible to learn how to play guitar from the internet if I know nothing about them?

  • My dad recently moved and he gave me his guitar (he never played it much), I would really love to learn how to play it, but I can't afford lessons. I'm 17 and know absolutely nothing about them, is it possible to learn using the internet? I have no idea where to begin. Does anyone have any tips or useful sites?

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    It is, I did, many other good guitarists i know did. However, you will need to download stuff which you may not be legally allowed to. If you can torrent, then that would be great. I have found books like "A complete idiot's guide to playing the guitar", "Troy Stetina's Metal Rhythm guitar vol.1", and "Troy Stetina's Rock Rhythm Guitar vol.1" very beneficial for a beginner. Also, if you can manage to download torrents, look up "Riff interactive" as a torrent and Archives of it like "The very beginning" would be greatly beneficial. Riff Interactive is a software which allows you to read your lessons, see the tablature (notes of the guitar, also teaches you how to read them in the beginner lessons), hear them being played, and see video samples of them being played. You can check out www.Riffinteractive.com but archives there are not free. If you cannot do illegal downloads, then i would suggest it's best to look up free beginner ebooks. You may also look up lessons online (perhaps youtube or ultimate-guitar.com). I'd suggest Finger stretching exercises and some basic major chords for a complete beginner. I found many websites where they email you complete beginner lessons constantly, i do not recall any though. You could too. Moreover, i would also advice the usage of a software called Guitar pro (i use Guitar Pro5, i do not recommend the previous versions, and i have not used newer versions, i wont know about those much). You can download tabs of known songs from ultimate-guitar.com (amongst many sites) and open them with this software. It can show you its tabs, play them for you, and show them to you on a fretboard which will facilitate things for a beginner. However this will not teach you music theory, will not explain what is being done, and will not explain where the song comes from. It will just show you the song notes and it being played on a fretboard. While it is very entertaining to play the songs you love, do not solely rely on that method. Unless, of course, you would rather know how to play some songs you like and not how to actually play the instrument from your own self. I do both. These may give you a general idea on where to start. If you have any questions or need any help, feel free to contact me.

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I would have to admit that it's possible, but the is so much ill-informed rubbish there that it is very unlikely. You'd be much better of with a beginner's book.

Tony B

of course you can there are many video tutorials that will be useful for you, in youtube. you'll find a lot there.

Iyah

Why not? http://learnhowtoplayguitarchordsx.com/

John

Yes, it's possible but not easy. There are so many self-taught guitarists today who think learning to play guitar means going on Youtube and watching videos that teach them step by step how to play a particular song and they can download tabs that show which fret to play on which string. They learn some cool sounding songs but really have no idea what they're playing or why. There are also those who thing playing guitar just means learning where to put your fingers to play particular chords, and you can certainly find chord diagrams that show, for example, how to play a C chord and whenever you see a C chord written on a piece of guitar music you play that chord. Those things are fine and if you just want to know some chords and play songs from tabs that's all you really need to know. If, however, you really want to learn to play the guitar, then you should get a lesson book or take lessons from a skilled teacher. They will teach you to read actual music (not just limited tabs), what the notes are on the neck of the guitar (so you actually know what note you're playing not just what fret on what string), major and minor scales (music theory), how chords are composed from the notes in the scale, etc). Then, when you see a C chord you'll actually know that a major chord uses the 1st, 3rd, and 5th interval of the major scale, which, in the key of C would be C, E, and G and you'll know where C, E and G are on the fretboard and you'll be able to play a C major chord in any position on the fretboard. And with that knowledge you'll be able to improvise, write your own songs, and do a lot of interesting voicings and creative playing instead of just copying other musicians. It's the difference between being an artist and painting by numbers in my opinion. As you can see, there's a wide range of interpretation as to what "learning to play guitar" really means. Personally, I don't think you've learned to play guitar unless you understand what you're playing an why. That's very difficult to do online.

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