[tibbs]

hi ive just got my first guitar and wanted to no whats the best thing to learn first please or were to go on the forum to find out,sorry if ive posted it in the wrong place im new here and need has much help has poss thanks again

[Vetinari]

Check out the home page for beginners stuff

[randomaire]

Welcome to the forum tibbs and to answer your question I would like to direct you to the following link to help you on your way.

Brand new to playing the guitar?...read this first.

[allthumbs]

Ask questions if you get stuck. Use the seach function to find info also. Lots of good info has been posted here.

[LeeB]

I am curiuos to know what others think about just starting out. Would you advise someone to start with learning and strumming open chords or would you suggest playing notes ??? There is probaly no correct answer. I started with learning standard notation and playing notes but think if I did it over again I might start with Chords ..maybe

[Justapicker]

Originally Posted by LeeB

I am curiuos to know what others think about just starting out. Would you advise someone to start with learning and strumming open chords or would you suggest playing notes ??? There is probaly no correct answer. I started with learning standard notation and playing notes but think if I did it over again I might start with Chords ..maybe

The notes. Chords are made up out of notes after all! Standard notion is a big help in the long run.

First the C major scale and some simple single line melodies. Then chords derived from the C major scale and pieces that incorporate both the single note lines and chords.

[johnmcp]

I started out learning my favourite songs. The trouble with learning shapes and chords first, is the boredom factor. When you can play a song that you love, albeit one of the easier ones it gives you a sense of accomplishment. When you get a little further with technique then you can then apply some music theory to what you have already learned.
The more fun you have playing, then the less chance of you throwing the towel in, which unfortunately a lot people do.

[dougp23]

Originally Posted by johnmcp

I started out learning my favourite songs. The trouble with learning shapes and chords first, is the boredom factor. When you can play a song that you love, albeit one of the easier ones it gives you a sense of accomplishment. When you get a little further with technique then you can then apply some music theory to what you have already learned.
The more fun you have playing, then the less chance of you throwing the towel in, which unfortunately a lot people do.

I think this has a lot of merit. I started with a "Learn the Guitar" book, which tried to go over notes. Then I took a lesson, and the first thing the teacher said was he was going to show me how to play stuff that I knew. Just real easy stuff, but yes, once you play something that sounds like something, ALLELUJIAH!!, you wanna keep playing!

[Rockerbob]

The first thing most guys do is spend a lot of time figuring out their band name.

[garydavis]

I started with strumming, but i suggest to learn a bunch of chords first(basic) before starting to pick... it also takes coordination to change chords and such