Any tips for guitar?

[Raventi]

So I recently just got a guitar, and I'm trying to teach myself to play. Any tips on how my fingers should be positioned or anything? I'm not really interested in playing with a pick

[Goku]

So I recently just got a guitar, and I'm trying to teach myself to play. Any tips on how my fingers should be positioned or anything? I'm not really interested in playing with a pick

 

So I'm assuming you are playing acoustic then? Was going to recommend Rocksmith as a decent tool to self teach, but it mostly just shows you how to play a song.

 

Justinguitar is a really good place to start. Every you look online, people praise his course. He starts you off at the bare basics and then goes on from there. I started and got about halfway through his course when I just kinda stopped playing as much. Will prob repair my guitar one day and get back to it.

[Guest harro]

If you're not planning on picking, I'd recommend starting out with a classical book to get good positioning and fundamentals before you get comfortable.

 

If you have the money, nothing really beats a good tutor.

[MyHobos]

I'm still not sure if you're planning on playing like modern fingerstyle or proper classical guitar @Raventi so lemmeh know and I'll hit you up

[Raventi]

I'm still not sure if you're planning on playing like modern fingerstyle or proper classical guitar @Raventi so lemmeh know and I'll hit you up

 

most likely modern fingerstyle

[Blasé]

just try and learn simple rythmic strumming first. tempo is the most important thing if you want to sound good. get a good feel of the guitar and try to play chords before trying to learn fingerpicking. I played guitar for 7 years and I learned fingerpicking in the last year, and I must say, it was kinda like learning guitar for the first time again.

 

Also, do you have any artists in mind? so i can get a better understanding of what style your aiming for.

[Raventi]

just try and learn simple rythmic strumming first. tempo is the most important thing if you want to sound good. get a good feel of the guitar and try to play chords before trying to learn fingerpicking. I played guitar for 7 years and I learned fingerpicking in the last year, and I must say, it was kinda like learning guitar for the first time again.

 

Also, do you have any artists in mind? so i can get a better understanding of what style your aiming for.

 

well hes insanely nutty in my opinion but im aiming to reach Sungha Jung's level, you can find him on youtube, his 4 songs that sparked my interest were Gravity, Felicia, Nostalgia, and Waiting

[Blasé]

Ohh alright!

Well, this guy has more lead-style guitar playing, as opposed to some folk guitarists (more pattern-based finger picking).

But you can see he still uses his thumb as bass (6th string) and plays the melody with the middle and index finger on the higher strings/notes.

I would suggest learning guitar scales, like a blues scale for example, and move on to others; pentatonic, dorian, etc.

I started learning finger picking with guys like Leonard Cohen (Suzanne) and Dave Van Ronk (Green Green Rocky Road).

I think, after a while, the most important thing is to jam out and have fun, even if it sounds bad.

[Raventi]

Ohh alright!

Well, this guy has more lead-style guitar playing, as opposed to some folk guitarists (more pattern-based finger picking).

But you can see he still uses his thumb as bass (6th string) and plays the melody with the middle and index finger on the higher strings/notes.

I would suggest learning guitar scales, like a blues scale for example, and move on to others; pentatonic, dorian, etc.

I started learning finger picking with guys like Leonard Cohen (Suzanne) and Dave Van Ronk (Green Green Rocky Road).

I think, after a while, the most important thing is to jam out and have fun, even if it sounds bad.

 

okay thank you so much man!

[Veggie]

Watch youtube videos of people doing tutorials.