Do you know that Acoustic Guitars are one of the famous instruments to play with.
Why?
because it's cheap, easy to carry
and less accessories, It is one of the best way to learn music, like the rhythm
and melody....
The sound that creates is very
smoothing and warm. It's stress reliever.
I also struggle to learn guitar
from different people, books, online
tutorial and video lesson.
Why did I struggle?
, because being a self learner
it's difficult to learn where to begin or where level to start with.
But over the years I've overcome
these obstacles, and learn for my mistakes. And here are the easiest steps to
learn guitar.
1. Warm up
This is the most important
exercise to do; it lets your finger muscles to relax and not damaging it while playing.
Stretching the hands and finger
will loosen stiff muscle, by doing it those barre chords will be easy
to play.
Taking care of your hands helps
you to improve your skills and level up chords shapes, so do your warm up.
2. Know your open Chords
Learning the basic chords is important as learning the ABC's.
Why do you need this?
When I was started guitar playing, I struggle a lot of reading
different chord, there many combination in both major and minor.
Knowing your basic chord will help you a lot in playing and interpreting
simple music with ease.
For starters look for songs that have open chords, and begin
practicing, until you can change between chords smoothly.
So learn your basic open chords.
3. Basic barre chord shape
One of the toughest chord to learn, is to barre a chord.
At first, how can you that?, stretching that finger to barre and
other fingers to form a shape.
By practicing it over and over again in 30 mins a day, surely you
will overcome the difficulty. There is no shortcut.
4. Strumming Patterns
How to make music on a guitar? strum it.
It is a way you keep timing on your music, moving your wrist up
and down, following the beat, and creating a rhythm