Electric Blue-Bass Guitar-Music-String-Framed Art PrintFinal step. Pick 2 songs to learn next week and practice them the same way we did Wild Thing. Good luck at your 3-song gig! I hope you enjoy this free online guitar lesson.
You just got your guitar now you need some free online acoustic guitar lessons. What do we start with? Well, what are your goals? Do you want to put together a band and play at parties, do you want to charm the hottest girl at school or do you just want to be able to play because you have always wanted to and you decided it's now the time? Whatever your reasons, I am psyched that you have decided to learn.
Before you start set your goals. Make a list of 10 songs that you would learn how to play. Just write them down and keep your list. Don't think about whether they are too hard to play. Chances are some of them will be and some of them won't be. Start with the easy ones. Ask around. Someone you know from school or work or your social circle will know how to play. Ask them which of your list is the easiest to play and start with that song.
Now we have our first goal. Let's say for example that you chose to learn "Wild Thing" for your first song. You will need to learn an A D and E chord. Make learning one chord new chord each day your goal. So Monday (if you are staring on a Monday), you will learn the A chord. This may take you some time.
Thursday calls for us to play our song. Are you ready? Two strums on a, 2 strums on D, 2 strums on E and 2 strums on D. Sound like Wild Thing yet? If it does keep on playing you are doing great. If it doesn't sing the song in your head for a few minutes and try to match what you are hearing with what comes out of your guitar. This will help out tremendously.
Free Online Acoustic Guitar Lessons - Learning Your First Song
Put your fingers on the chord. Look at your hand. Are your fingers curled so you are up on the tips? If not, fix them so they are. Give the chord a strum. How does it sound? If it sounds good and all the notes are ringing take your hand off. Now put your hand back on the chord and try it again. Remember to make sure you are on the tips of your fingers. If not fix them. Give us another strum. Hopefully it sounds good again. Once again take your fingers off the string and put them back on again. The reason we do this is because changing chords is harder than just learning them. So by doing this we practice getting our fingers moving to chords. Do this for about 10 minutes.
Friday is review the song day. Now Saturday or Sunday you must play the song for someone. It doesn't matter if you think it's not ready, just do it. No excuses. You have a gig this weekend even if it's only one song.
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