Taking Easy Lessons with an Acoustic Guitar

First let’s start off by describing the Acoustic guitar. It is a hollow wooden instrument that is shaped almost like the outline of the number eight. It has a
hole in the body of the guitar. It has a long neck and has six strings made of
steel that go down the neck and over the hole. When the strings are strummed,
plucked or struck in some way, they produce sound.

Now you are familiar with what the acoustic guitar looks like, its time to begin
making some beautiful music with it! Here are some pointers in taking easy lessons with an acoustic guitar.

Step 1. First and most importantly you need an acoustic guitar. If you don’t have
your own, ask around to family and friends to see if anyone has one you can borrow.

Step 2. Find your source of education. The Internet is full of useful websites
on how to play guitar. Finding one that suits your style is a good start. Many
sites provide you with online lessons for free.

Step 3. Who do you want to sound like? There are so many different styles of
acoustic out there and choosing one you want to emulate is a good place to start.
Artists such as Dave Matthews band and John Mayer are popular artists when making
this decision. The style doesn’t have to be mellow when it comes to acoustic
guitars. That’s up to you.

Step 4. Know your guitar. Know how it works and what each part of the guitar is
for. Knowing why certain sounds are made helps to understand why some sounds don’t
come out quite like you want them to. Knowing this fact is very important.

Step 5. Next step in taking easy lessons with an acoustic guitar is to learn the
basic chords. There are many resources on line that will show you how to play the
basic chords. The better you know and practice these chords, the easier it will be
for your hands to move from chord to chord.

Step 6. Once you know these chords, try to master them without actually looking at
your hands. Another method is to actually practice playing the chords with your
fingers without actually having your guitar. This is something you can practice
while at the store or talking to friends, helping you to both multitask and
remember chord positioning.

Step 7. It is important to practice as often as you can. The best results are
usually shown in people who practice about 5 times a week. The more you practice,
the easier it will be and you will be playing full songs in no time.

Step 8. Although it is painful at first to play the guitar, your finger tips
become stronger the more you play. And when you play enough, you will begin to
build up calluses on the tips of your fingers. The good thing is that once you
have calluses on your fingers, you will be able to play for longer due to no pain.

Step 9. Once you know your basic chords, its time to move on to the more difficult
ones. Bar chords (also spelt barre chords) are probably thought of for most as
the hardest chords to play. These are when you use your index finger to “bar” a
whole fret (across all the strings) so you can play n a higher tone. Although
these are very difficult to master, keep practicing!

Step 10. Lastly and also equally as important is to get plenty of rest. Don’t
overdo it. You are here to have fun, not do so much that it’s more along the lines
of work. It’s your choice to play acoustic guitar. Go at your own pace, just don’t
give up!!