CYorke Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 SO I am new on here and this is only my second or third post. I do not play guitar yet, my wife just bought my first guitar for me. She was going to sign me up for guitar lessons also but was laid off right after she bought the guitar. Since that has happened I need to hold off on the lessons, but I have this new guitar that I want to learn to play. SO I have been searching the web trying to get some info about online lessons that are cheap/free. Unfortunately there is a lot out there and I am not sure what to look for. I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for online lessons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Hey man, try these: http://www.justinguitar.com/en/AA-000-LessonIndex.php http://forums.gibson.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=17975 http://www.chordbook.com/guitarscales.php Good luck and have fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 I like this one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CYorke Posted December 15, 2009 Author Share Posted December 15, 2009 thanks guys, I will check these out to see if any will work for me. I have found some but none of them seem to have a really easy layout to navigate and go from step 1 to step 2 etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 You can do it! You can always come back here if you need help! Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 CYorke... Nashville, eh? <grin> I don't know if the darned thing is even available any more, but the old "folksinger's guitar guide" got me started. It wasn't on line, 'cuz heck, there wasn't any "line" to be "on." But... The thing is, get a cupla three chords that work in a simple song you know, and make your hands do those chords while you're trying to sing along. Frustrating, I know. But it gets the basics rather quickly. Whatever you end up trying, though.... RULE #1 in my opinion is this: Always stop playing when your beginner fingertips start tingling. Or, as has happened to me, when your too-long layoff fingers start tingling. Sit it out until they stop tingling, no less than 15 minutes, though, then get back to it until they're tingling again. Then quit again. Don't do this more than three pickin' times a night or the next night your fingers may hurt and you think, "gee, this ain't fun." Before you know it, you'll be pickin' longer and longer and more and more smoothly. And you won't have to hold a note in a song for five minutes any more while you try to change chords. After you've got around five chords figured out and moving between fairly well, then do the same stuff in a different key. Transposing from one key to another? If you have a "lyric with chords" of a song, this web site can handle cut and paste if you don't have a more cerebral way to do it. http://logue.net/xp/ m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Hmmm.... my fingers have never tingled. Wonder what I am doing wrong.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmurray Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I *highly* recommend watching Pebber Brown's videos on youtube. Everything you need to know is there - right from the basics. This will get you started; [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Chanman... Light pain? <grin> Hey, I remember pickin' until I was literally starting to bleed when I started. And I was screwy enough to keep doing it regardless. I'm not sure that's what I'd recommend to the average newbie, even an adult. <bigger grin> I have a hunch I may have felt more motivated than some. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Ahh!! Pain... this I recall as I built callouses! ... and I didn't stop, either /chuckle Masochists are we! I wasn't sure if it was another little something I missed 'cuz of how I play (vertical thumb/fingertips). Thanks most kindly, sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I *highly* recommend watching Pebber Brown's videos on youtube. Everything you need to know is there - right from the basics. This will get you started; [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] OMG, that was SO insightful, you've no idea. I "pick weeds." Literally, that stiff shoulder thing is SO me. I am so glad this topic got started and this was posted. I added it to my favorites on youtube, tytyty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmurray Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 No worries Izzy. He's quite the funny and entertaining bloke too. Check out his other vids, I think he has over 200 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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