How to learn to play the guitar: a detailed guide for the independent

Before you begin

Many believe the development of the guitar a daunting task, which take many years. This is partly true, but only if you want to master the instrument on a professional level.

Much more often people want to learn to play guitar, to perform their favorite songs in the company or just for fun. In this case, training will not take a lot of time and effort: for two or three months, you can easily learn the basic chords and how to play.

Should not give up, even if you already had a bad experience. Talent - it is only a tenth of success. Much more important is tenacity and regular practice.

What is needed

1. Guitar.
2. A wish. It is even more important than the instrument itself.
3. Time to practice. Its too easy to you findIf the desire is strong enough. The more that you have enough for 30 minutes a day.
4. Tutorials. With them, no problem at all: you can buy a tutorial in a book, watch a video tutorial on YouTube, and chords on the Internet.

As you can see, nothing extraordinary.

Select and buy a guitar

We assume that the desire and you have the time. It remains to get a tool. They say that the newcomer will approach any guitar, but it is not. When the string is touching the frets and cut into fingers and the guitar does not hold system, no progress can be no question.

Bad instrument almost certainly whacks all the hunting to learn.

Therefore it is better to find a good guitar. At first, you can borrow a tool from someone from friends, and then, if it will go and you will like it, get your own. Not necessarily expensive and proprietary, the main thing - is more or less quality.

There are two main types of acoustic guitars: the classical and Dreadnought (Western). It is believed that newcomers are more suitable for classical guitars because of the wide neck and nylon strings. The first feature reduces the chances of accidentally hurt your fingers unnecessary string, because the distance between the strings more than the dreadnought. Even the softer nylon strings of metal, so not much digging into the fingertips and fewer stuffed corn.

On the other hand, if the performance of classic songs not included in your plans, it is better to take a dreadnought. This guitar sounds louder and louder due to the metal strings, but on a smaller fretboard more convenient to take the chords. Again, when playing on the metal strings fingers faster zagrubeyut and calluses will be no more.

As a compromise, we can take a dreadnought and nylon to replace metal strings at least during training.

Going to the store for a guitar, bring a friend who knows how to play: each tool has a lot of detail and novice can they simply do not notice. Choose a guitar not only in appearance but also in terms of convenience. Pay attention to the possibility of adjusting the neck, peg mechanism strings.

Learn guitar

Instrument purchased (or taken from friends), and you are one step closer to the goal. Look carefully at the guitar.

A large part is called the deck. To it is attached neck, ending head with pegs: using them stretched strings.

Grief divided into frets metal nut, which are pressed to extract the sound of the string. The first way is from the headstock, the last - in the deck.

Only six strings. The countdown starts from the bottom, the thinnest.

Tune your guitar

Before you try to play, you need to tune your guitar. Do not worry, it is possible even for a newbie. Without this skill, you will not be able to play.

according to the tuner

You will need a tuner as a separate device (you can buy at a music store or on the same AliExpress) Or a smartphone application. In both cases, the setting is alternately pulling or loosening of the strings in accordance with the tips of the tuner.

On the fifth fret

This method does not require any additional hardware. Its essence is that the string clamped on certain frets, sound in unison, and they can be adjusted relative to each other.

By the rules of the first string should be set to note E, using as a reference tuner (e.g., its the online version) Or other tuned instrument. However, it only makes sense when you play in a team, to all the instruments sounded in the same key.

If you play alone, and even more just learning, then the first string can be configured arbitrarily, about picking up her tension. All others are set as follows:

1. Second string are pressed on the fifth fret and loosen or pull the until until it sounds the same as the open first string.
2. Third string at the fourth fret presses and set up in unison with the open second string.
3. Fourth string on the fifth fret presses and adapts to the open third string.
4. Fifth nestles on the fifth fret and adjusts to open the fourth.
5. Sixth just clamp on the fifth fret and set up in unison to open the fifth.

It sounds complicated, but the reality is simple. Each string pressed on the fifth fret should sound in unison with the previous one, the bottom string. The only exception is the third string: it must not clamp on the fifth and on the fourth fret.

The process itself is very simple settings, too. For example, to set up a second string, you need to loosen it, and then pull open the first and second pin rotate slowly until the sound of the two strings do not merge into a single tone. That's all.

try to play

Finally we got to the most interesting - the actual game. It seems there is no big deal. Know yourself presses the strings with his left hand and hit him right: you have seen it a million times, and certainly tried to do. Why, then, does not work? The strings rattle, fingertips are burning, and the joints are tired and numb.

The thing is the experience that comes with practice.

Take a guitar and sit on the edge of a chair or a sofa, legs crossed or put your left foot on a low pedestal, for example a stack of books. So the tool will not rest against the chair and move out with his feet.

The right hand should be relaxed and not hunched brush. The left covers the neck, but the thumb at the same time is always parallel to the frets. Squeeze the neck there is strength also do not need, or brush quickly tired.

You already know that the numbering starts with fret headstock and strings - with the thinnest, bottom. Try to play random notes, pressing the first string index finger at different odds. Try to completely push the string to make it sound clean. It will not be easy, but the technique to turn out over time.

Try to play other strings, and connect the other fingers, letting them get used to.

Learn how to play the melody on one string

Just extract sounds boring. Therefore, to make it more interesting, you can learn a simple tune on one string and train them. Here are a few tunes for example.

Classic "grasshopper sitting in the grass":

"Smoke on the Water» Deep Purple:

Introduction to the "Iron Man" Black Sabbath:

Melody from the movie "Boomer":

"The Imperial March" from "Star Wars":

Take the game on one string for some time. Bring your actions become automatic and achieve coordinated work of both hands. Train until the melody will be heard not smooth and clean, without stops and halts.

During this time your fingers get used to the load, which means that it will be possible to move on to more complex things.

Learn how to play chords

The next step, which you have to get up - to play chords. It is much more complicated than the melody on one string, but do not worry. Having studied the chords, you can already play a full song.

The principle here is the same, but the press does not need to be one string, but several: usually three, sometimes two or four. There are many chords. However, to fulfill most of the songs enough just five to seven. To start learning three major so-called criminals chords: Am, Dm, E.

All chords are designated by Latin letters, depending on the basic note:

• C - before;
• D - D;
• E - E;
• F - F;
• G - G;
• A - A;
• H - B.

If next to the chord symbol stands small letters m, which means that a minor chord. If such a set-top box is no - major. Read chords or by letter marking or by name. For example, "a-em» (Am), or "G Major» (G).

Chord scheme called fingerings. They are drawn neck with strings. Lada signed Roman numerals. Arab represent strings and - in circles - fingers, which should be pressed on the strings (1 - forefinger, 2 - medium and so forth). Toe in front of the string is open sound (neprizhataya string), and the cross - that the string does not sound.

Let us return to our thieves chords. Here are their fingerings:

To a chord Am, you need to press the index finger on the second string first fret, the middle - the fourth string at the second fret, the ring finger - the third string at the second fret.

The same principle is taken and the rest of the chords: look at some odds and what you need to press the strings.

On these three chords already possible to play simple songs yard or army. But it is better to learn more three chords, which significantly expanded the repertoire. Here they are:

With the first two difficulties arise should not be, but the third is a little different from the previous ones. It uses barre - reception when the forefinger clamped all the strings on the same fret. Barre chords with a little more complicated than open, but with practice, you will learn them as well.

As always, to study it more interesting, you can train at once on any song. For example, in canonical "cigarette packets" groups "Cinema" or "janitor" from "Boombox".

You can also find on the Internet, any other songs that you like (for example, on-demand "to labutenah chords"). If the selection across unfamiliar chords, you can try to find another, or just to learn something new.

Explore the fight and bust

There are two ways of sound: brute force and fight. Some of the songs are played only brute force or just a fight, the other both ways. Chords are thus used are the same, the only difference is that you pluck the strings with your fingers or hit on them.

Strumming, like fights, there is a huge amount. And in the different songs are, of course, different. Usually in the analysis along with the chords indicated how brute force or fight worth playing.

For example, consider some of the most common. The rest you will learn in the course.

What's next

Now that you're familiar with the basics, learned chords and little stuffed his hand, the main thing - do not throw your workout. Fingers will ache and get confused on interchange chords and strings will not always sound.

In no case do not stop and just keep playing. Every day you have to be prepared better and better, and as a result you will achieve this goal.

Finally a few tips to help you to learn to play the guitar and will not let despair:

1. Always use several sources of information to fill any gaps and inaccuracies of one teacher from another.
2. Play every day: Regular exercise will give confidence. Remember that talent is only a tenth of the success, everything else - practice.
3. After study a couple of songs, and will be able to perform them at ease, be sure to invite your friends and play for them. Students will help develop charisma and point out the flaws.