How do you teach yourself guitar?

when i started i just got tabs and stuff online, but then my bro in law gave me a guitar book that teaches you stuff and the dookie guitar book...but i never really looked into those..i just play whatever even though it sucks

listen to songs you like, and try to copy it. and if youve got pics or videos of people playing, you can try to look at their fingers and copy them, then hear if it sounds ok

good luck to yer

well im here right now looking up tabs on net
and just giving a bit of a go

Practice. It doesn't matter if you sound crappy, you'll get better eventually. If you're not patient you're really not fit to play an instrument. Practice chords and scales and stuff like that. My dad taught me a few chords, which you could easily find on the internet, and he let me go from there. After two years I can play every Green Day song there is. Don't give up! Even if your fingers bleed!

Hi_howareyou?:

Practice. It doesn't matter if you sound crappy, you'll get better eventually. If you're not patient you're really not fit to play an instrument. Practice chords and scales and stuff like that. My dad taught me a few chords, which you could easily find on the internet, and he let me go from there. After two years I can play every Green Day song there is. Don't give up! Even if your fingers bleed!

yeah don't give up ppl

i taught myself guitar like you on my brothers old guitar and im doing alright.
I went on to ultimate-guitar.com and pretty ,uch taught myself from there, just be determined dont give up and you'll be fine

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Practice. It doesn't matter if you sound crappy, you'll get better eventually. If you're not patient you're really not fit to play an instrument. Practice chords and scales and stuff like that. My dad taught me a few chords, which you could easily find on the internet, and he let me go from there. After two years I can play every Green Day song there is. Don't give up! Even if your fingers bleed!

Indeed.I taught myself.First I used a book,You know to learn the basic stuff.Just don't give up and keep practicing.

the important things to remember when you start to teach yourself, it will hurt your hands, you'll start off sounding crappy, and you have to play everyday to get better

Gustavatron.:

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/

Take some of those beginners lessons. O=

UG = answer for everything.

i used that thing too

Look on the internet for chord diagrams. Then practice holding that position, then chord changes and stuff. I found it easier to learn open chords first, then go to power chords. But ya, you can probably find anything you need on the internet.

I taught myself. I'm an okay player, I bought one of those books that comes with a cd to let you hear how the the chords and excersises are supposed to sound. and websites with mp3s are good too

I had lessons for about a year, I learned the basic stuff, chords, scales,tab reading, simple songs. After that I felt it wasnt going anywhere so I droped out.

Even though I only had a year of lessons, I kind of developed an ear.

I've taught myself since them. Mostly easy stuff like Green Day, Blink 182, ect.

You have to learn the chords, remember what the sound like, be able to pick them out in a song, thats how you teach yourself, I guess

Scales. Do your scales. Over and over and over. Up and down, all across the board. Arpeggios (sweep picking) and whatnot. Boring as hell, but necessary.

If you have a piano or something.. you could tun it against that..

Or find a site which helps you...

i had my best friend teach me

I had one of my good friends show me some pointers

http://www.cyberfret.com

Hope the link works. A really good website for beginners.

what is the addy for ultimate guitar?

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/