While you are there, you may as well pick up a chart that shows all the notes on the guitar. Now with your guitar tuned, and your chart by your side, you’re ready to begin learning. Start by memorizing the notes, all the way up the neck. If you find this super boring, you can do this while you watch TV. The important part at this point is the fingering of the notes, not the actual playing of them. Memorize those notes.

Once you have memorized the notes on the guitar, you can learn some basic chords. The G chord is played at the third fret, sixth string – which is the bass E string- is played in the third fret, preferably with the fourth finger, The A string, next one down, is played in the second fret with the third finger, and the first string, high E or bottom, is played also in the third fret with the baby finger. The rest of the strings are open, strum this and you’re playing the G chord.

D chord is relatively simple, place your second finger on the bottom string, your third finger on the next string up, third fret, and your first finger on the G string, your second and first fingers play second fret. Start strumming at the D string, which is the first string above your top finger.

The A chord is really simple, The B, G, and D strings are all played in the second fret. Many people are able to play all three strings with just their index and middle fingers, while some of us use index, middle and ring fingers. That’s the A chord, now if you play it with your third finger on the B string, your second finger on the D string and your first, or index, finger on the G string, it makes switching to A7 really, really easy. Simply lift your index finger off, and now you’re playing A7.

Now you can practice these chords, and any others you can learn the positioning of with your chart. Once you get fairly comfortable with the chords and can change back and forth between them, start playing along with some music. You may not get it right at first, but hey you’re still learning.

Now time to add another element to your learning. Remember when you memorized all those notes on the guitar. Well now you get to use them for something. Pick a note, and then try and sing that note. Move around and use different notes, and don’t worry it will get easier with practice. Alternate between the notes/singing and the chords.

Practice with a variety of notes, until you can pick it and sing it almost instantly. Then if you want to really get impressive, try to sing a note, and then pick the appropriate note on your guitar. Now you’re well on your way to learn to play the guitar quickly. If you know a good guitar player, ask them if they could teach you some good tips, and then practice, practice, practice.

Have you ever wanted to learn to play the guitar quickly? Our how to play the guitar fast method is by far the fastest and easiest way for anyone to learn to play the guitar quickly, regardless of musical background.

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Gibson began with their first guitar that they brought out to the world back in 1936, the ES-150. This popular guitar became, at that time, the top electric guitar for jazz music for its sound alone. For it’s time, it was quite an accomplishment in the music world.

However, it was in 1952 when they released their most well known and popular model, the Les Paul. The first Les Paul solid body electric guitar had a single coil pick up called the P-90 which is part of the reason for the amazing tone that they can produce by a skilled player.

About nine short years later, they came out with another very popular model (best known for being used by AC/DC’s guitarist, Angus Young), the SG. Some people say that the SG stood for standard guitar. This guitar has a thinner body than the Les Paul creating a slightly different tone.

After the success of these two guitar releases, Gibson started designing other models which included the Explorer, Flying V, Firebird and others. Just about all of the models of guitars became very successful which says something for the company itself.

With the amount of other guitar companies emerging in the music world, it is amazing to see Gibson staying on the top end of the pack. They have always been committed to making the highest quality instrument that they are able to make. If you do not own one yet, get one or at least try one out!

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A great motivator named Earl Nightingale came up with the this definition of success…

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”

I like that definition very much! What does this definition mean to you? Let’s take a closer look at what you want to achieve…

Spend a few minutes writing down what “worthy ideal” means to you. It is my vision of perfection…a vision of what I would ideally want & like things to be. It is a vision that I find inspiring and energizing!

If your success with guitar is totally dependant on working towards a worthy ideal, doesn’t it make sense that you first need to figure out what YOUR worthy ideal is? How can you progressively realize something even if you don’t know what it is? Let’s do some exercises to figure your one out…

You must invest a couple hours a day doing the following exercises. They will seriously help you build a mental picture of what your goal is in your head…

Exercise 1:
Try to imagine how you would like to play.Try to imagine what your guitar will look like, sound like, and feel like.What guitar are you a master of? How does your improvising sound? What is going on with your composing? Please write down your answers now.

Exercise 2:
I want you to imagine your ideal guitar playing career. Would you be a master guitar teacher? What about an amazing performing artist? Or another goal can be performing as part of a highly successful band? What do you think about being an in demand studio guitarist? What do you really want to do? You can write down your answers now.

Exercise 3:
Jot down your ideas for a worthy career in guitar playing. Write your goal down in the present tense like you have already achieved it.Try to make it into a one paragraph statement.

Exercise 4:
Invest 5 minutes every morning and night to read your worthy ideal. This will be a factor in helping you stay motivated and focused on the goals that you want to achieve.

Clarity is something that you must have. Without it you won’t be able to start developing an effective plan to work towards your worthy ideal.

You will find that while you are answering the questions that self-doubt will start to creap into your mind. You may doubt whether or not what you write down is even possible! This is normal. Just write down your answers anyway You don’t need to know right now HOW you will achieve your worthy ideal. All you need to do is figure out WHAT it is.

You can improve your guitar skills. You only learn by doing.

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The song was very popular during the Vietnam War, and it can be heard in many Vietnam War movies, as well as, video games.

“Fortunate Son” reached position 14 on the United States music charts and Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song number 99 on their list “500 Greatest Songs of all Time”.

Even a beginner shouldn’t have many problems with this song. A little time spent with the backing track to get down the rhythm and it will be another song under your belt.

Fortunate Son Backing Track

Fortunate Son Song Chords

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Your fed up of playing guitar hero and you’ve got the balls to learn real guitar -well done. So what do you need to know before buying your first guitar? Here’s some tips to give the beginners an idea of what they need to look for in a guitar.

• What kind of guitar do you want to buy? The myth used to be that you had to buy an acoustic before you could progress to electric. Thats completely untrue, as if you want to play electric guitar you should go and get one. You will benefit most from starting on the type of guitar you want to want in the first place. Its the same with giving someone who wants to play acoustic guitar an electric- its not a great idea. Although you will still be playing guitar, to start on the instrument you want will be alot better, due to hand positioning and posture.
• What guitar is the right one for you? So you’ve decided you want an electric, but what suits you and the style you want to play? There is not much point in buying a Dean Razorback guitar, thats built for playing metal if your into playing jazz. The tone of a guitar will vary from guitar brands depening on the pick ups and the wood used to make them. While single coil pickups will give you a ‘brighter’ tone, humbuckers will give off a more bassier tone. Starting off on one of the cheaper models, such as a Squier or a Yamaha brand guitar which are good solid beginners guitars are good.
• Play the guitar before buying it. You’ll have a much better if the guitar is suited to you if you go back to play it afew times. While going into a guitar shop in front of other players can be daunting, they’ll know that we are all beginners at some point. If your buying the guitar for someone and want it to be a suprise, try to find out what type of guitar they’d like and ask the shop for recommendations. A guitar you enjoy play will encourage you to no end, while one that you dont enjoy will only take the fun out of it.

After to get your first guitar and guitar accessories

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