I wish someone had told me this when I first started learning guitar. Teaching yourself to play guitar can sometimes seem like a hopeless situation. When I got my first guitar I was so excited.
I really wanted to be a great guitarist. I knew I had the patience and willpower to do everything necessary. I was going to practice hard and teach myself to play guitar fast but I had a few major problems.
I didn't know what guitar chords I should be learning
I didn't know about guitar scales or how to learn them
I didn't know how long I should spend practicing every night
To be honest, I didn't even know where to start. In the end, I wasted so much time not learning guitar the situation began to look hopeless. My fingers hurt like hell and any dream I had of playing those mind blowing guitar solo's and killer riffs was fading fast. So how did I turn this miserable situation around and teach myself to play guitar? Well, after several fruitless months of wasted time, energy and money I learned 3 important lessons.
A good guitar can save you months of time and effort. The biggest mistake I ever made was buying a cheap first guitar
A good plan is half the battle. Don't ever learn a chord or scale just for the sake of learning it.
Make sure you're practicing the right things. When you learn bad habits on guitar it can take years to unlearn them.
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Dave Long is the owner of http://www.LearnGuitarBlog.com where he writes articles, creates videos and posts a newsletter about learning guitar
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