How to Learn and Play Electric Guitar
Have u bought a new electric guitar? Want to create magic with that six-string instrument? Don’t worry. It is not at all a tough job. You just need to follow some guidelines.
Once you have the guitar then go to a proper tutor. Your tutor is the best person who can best teach you how to learn and play electric guitar.
A tutor can help you in many ways. He will be able to show you the chords practically; you can discuss your queries with him and over all he can boost you up, when you are down. Remember that even though playing an electric guitar is easier than playing an acoustic guitar, you still need a lot of patience.
But if you think that you don’t need a tutor and you can do it by yourself, then here are some simple tips for you on how to learn and play electric guitar.
- Buy some books where you can find notations of different songs. Start with simple 4/4 beat songs or 3/4 beat songs like Yankee Doodle, charade etc. These notations will help you increase your reflex. It will also help your fingers move easily.
- Once you get used to these notations then go for some more complicated ones, where you will get a chance to move your fourth finger. Remember, while you are playing an electric guitar, you need to be able to move your four fingers. Only the thumb will be on the neck for support.
- Now when you have got hold on all of your fingers, experiment with the time signature. Try to play more complicated key signature notations. Play 6/8 beat, 2/2 beat, 7/4 beat etc.
- You must remember one thing, if you want to be a good guitarist; you need to be fluent on scales. Practice scales everyday. Practice both the major and minor ones, the harmonic and melodic minors.
- Try to play on different fret positions. Try to be fluent especially on the 3rd, 5th and 7th position. Remember you cannot learn how to learn and play electric guitar, unless you feel comfortable playing in every frate position of your guitar.
- Now, let us come to the chord section. Knowing to play rhythm is very important in electric guitar. Start practicing the easy chords first. Chords like D major, A major, E major, G major will be your first attempt. Play them on the nut position first. After becoming comfortable in nut position, go for the bar chords and the minor chords.
Try to play the ornamental chords like diminished, augmented, 7th chords, 6th chords etc. Practice different kinds of rhythms.
- To know how to grip the chords, go for good music books. There are lots of good books that will teach you how to grip these chords.
These are the basic guidelines. But there is something else also. If you seriously want to know how to learn and play electric guitars then you must listen to good solo electric guitar pieces. The more you will listen, the more you will get to know a lot of things.
And remember one more thing. Do practice everyday. If you do not practice sufficiently then this how to learn and play electric guitar lesson will be of no use.
Victor Epand
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January 31st, 2010 at 3:20 am
how do you learn to play the electric guitar fast easy and free from your house?
I really want to learn how to play the electric guitar easily and for free but theres nothing thats free and that actually helps you learn electric guitar anyone know about somthing like online and thata worked for them?
January 31st, 2010 at 8:22 am
hello,
actually ive learned alot of guitar on youtube, just type in guitar lessons, or electric guitar lessons on youtube, there are tons of tips and lessons/videos in there, and its free
hope it helps
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January 31st, 2010 at 8:26 am
Only if one of your parents is a guitar teacher.
Websites and videos let you watch somebody ELSE play. If you want to learn to play, then someone who is an EXPERT must be able to see and hear you. No website will do that. Sure, people will TELL you and SELL you – but the only one truly winning there is the one cashing the checks.
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Professional musician, certified teacher, and competition judge in Ny since 1971.
January 31st, 2010 at 8:28 am
There is no such thing as learning guitar "fast" and "easy". If it were truly "fast" and "easy", everyone would do it. And "free" guitar instruction materials are generally worth what you paid for them.
Instead there are a lot of clueless beginners who buy guitars thinking that its going to be fast and easy to learn guitar off the internet — then they find out that they’re NOT going to be good enough to be in their friend’s band in a month, get frustrated and quit.
Or they learn a few intros and solos to a half dozen songs from tabs they got off the Internet, but they skip over the basics of MUSIC. They can’t play chords or keep a steady beat when they’re playing rhythm, can’t improvise, follow a chord chart, or play anything they don’t have tabs for. Then they hit a wall in their guitar playing and come on here looking for advice on how to improve — and the advice is — TAKE SOME LESSONS. LEARN THE BASICS before you dive into playing solos right away. Learn what you’re doing and why.
If you’re truly interested in becoming a good musician on guitar, you can’t go into it expecting it to be fast and easy. You can learn a handful of chords in a few months, well enough to strum along on some simple 3 chord rock songs without messing up too badly. And if that’s all you want to do, great. But truly mastering the guitar takes YEARS, and its a neverending journey, because no matter how good you get you never run out of new things to learn about music.
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37 years of guitar playing
January 31st, 2010 at 8:30 am
Listen to what Mamianka and Rachel said. There is nothing like that. Electric guitar is an art, just like any other instrument, and takes years to become good at. Obviously, you have no previous experience with music, you can’t read music and don’t know the theory. So please, do yourself a favor and book some lessons (you won’t need more that ten probably) just to learn the basics of playing and theory. With correct approach and knowledge of some theory, you can further teach yourself, but in the beginning you really do need a teacher. A real teacher…and EXPERT…not a friend who knows 5 chords!!!!
Good luck and pleeze do it! You will save many months, in fact, learning from a teacher is the fast way your looking for, but you’ll have to pay, however, it’s bloody worth it! DO IT!
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January 31st, 2010 at 8:32 am
Yes, youtube is the place. It will help to have a real human to jam with after you learn some basics (or to help learn the basics)……….that’s sometimes free, too.
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