<p>Hi, I started learning how to play a guitar about 5 years ago and started w/ Alfred basic guitar methods 1. However, I stopped playing after a year and want to pick it up again, but have need to start from scratch. I gues learning from this book again is a start, but are there any other methods (books, cds, anything else) that I can use to learn. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance</p>
<p>Take a few lessons at a local guitar shop/instument shop. I started playing back in 8th grade for a few months, then dropped it. I just graduated high school and am trying to pick it back up again. hahaha, I need to relearn how to read the music now.lol. But taking a few lessons (1-3) will quickly reinforce the basics back into you.</p>
<p>(almost) every teenager on Long Island plays the guitar (except me)</p>
<p>No cd or book is going to point out what you're doing wrong. I had a guitar for half a year before I took lessons, and I went through three or four different guitar methods books (my dad was a guitarist, we have a ton of them), but man, it doesn't compare at all to the real thing.
Even if you don't take regular lessons, having someone who knows guitar watch you play every once in a while is invaluable. I have a friend who gets a guitar lesson from my teacher every month or so, whenever he has enough money, to go over things he's having trouble with and give him new material. A teacher will also introduce you to different ways of playing (I never would've found Michael Hedges) and different artists you won't find in books. And, the best part, you can play with each other. Two guitarists improvising off each other is what guitar's all about.</p>
<p>Make sure you aren't just learning how to play the crap you hear on the radios And that you're reading music as well as tab. There isn't much good music written for guitar, but you can find a few classical pieces (such as Bach's Cello Suites) transcribed for guitar.</p>
<p>This is my fourth year playing guitar and fifth year playing bass. If you're into electric stuff, go to <a href="http://www.powertabs.net%5B/url%5D">www.powertabs.net</a> to find electronic tabs to play on your computer and follow along. Once you get the hang of it. Play a song and start improvising to the song. Repeat with various songs in various genres. You'll become a great player and a great soloist. Also, listen to works by other great guitarists and that includes (to name a few..):
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Slash
Buckethead
Steve Vai
John Petrucci
Michael Angelo</p>
<p>and it does not include **** like greenday and blink182</p>
<p>I've been playing guitar and bass on and off for probably five years now, and I only still know bits and pieces of songs.</p>
<p>That Power Tab software does seem pretty helpful though. Maybe it'll help get me motivated to learn to play better on my own, since I don't exactly have the spare cash to get lessons right now.</p>
<p>I just bought a guitar so I'm blank. I had guitar lessons in 7th grade but I don't remember a thing of course. Just looking at online guides to start somewhere.</p>
<p>Try <a href="http://www.cyberfret.com%5B/url%5D">www.cyberfret.com</a>. They have some basic guitar lessons there. But getting a teacher is certainly the best way to go. Like one person mentioned above, there are many great guitarists out there whom you'll never find on radio, MTV, etc. In fact, being on radio/MTV/whatever is probably a good indication that they suck...</p>