Monday, September 6, 2010

Acoustic Guitar Music Lessons

By Nick Hetbank

These mini guitar lessons have been put together for the beginner acoustic guitar student who feels a necessity to play music yet is a little bit limited on direction.

Lesson One - What type of guitar are you going to purchase? If you have a rough idea of what kind of music you wish to play, the next step is to find yourself a guitar. Let's start with the basics - nylon string or steel string. A nylon string guitar was created to play classical and folk music. Acoustic guitars make their music by sending the vibration of the strings to the soundboard. The vibrations are then amplified in the body of the guitar. Nylon string guitars make a mellow tone; steel string guitars make a brighter, much more metallic sound.

Lesson Two - Go ahead and learn. The very first action toward learning to play acoustic guitar is to acquire confidence and to get over your natural reluctance to try new things. Deficiency of cash, not enough time, or lack of a great teacher are 3 big hurdles to your guitar learning development. The other three big obstacles are all you. It might be time to downsize your goal, at least for a while. If you have a couple of chords that you have trouble with, work on the first one alone for quite a while. Once you've improved a little, head off to the next one.

Lesson Three - Daily Practice As far as your every day practice goes, look at starting with half an hour a day. If you can do much more, great, you will turn out to be a guitarist earlier

Lesson Four - Tuning Your Guitar You can find online guitar tuners to help you get your acoustic guitar in tune. Take one day or two of your practice time to get the knack of tuning. When you start to acquire an ear for tuning, attempt tuning the guitar without the tuner.

Lesson Five - Holding Your Acoustic Guitar Long hours of practice can take their toll. Learning how to sit and play your acoustic guitar is an art alone. You will find locations on the internet that have pictures showing you how to sit when you're playing, however it will be good to find somebody with a little experience to demonstrate to you. But don't simply go with the way one person plays. If he's self-taught, then you do not want to pick up his bad habits!


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