like just basic tunes to play for the enjoyment of playing. Also would a dvd or book teach me to play
Being Successful at learning how to play guitar is within the grasp of many people, yet many beginners give up too fast. Regularly, quitting beginners will blame their lack of time to practice and that playing hurts their fingers. The cause is that they just don’t practice in an adequate amount of time. This answer can’t give you more time to practice, but it will show you how to successfully become an adequate guitar player :
1. Study the physical instrument itself, initially. Memorize the names and functions of the guitar parts, and how they work together to make sounds. A half hour spent on this basic understanding will be repaid many times over throughout your practicing and playing time.
2. Teach yourself various ways to play a chord as you can. for example, there are 10 different fret hand positions from which to play the C chord. Obviously, go for a ‘perfect’ open C chord first, but the more ways you know to play a chord, the more flexibility you’ll have in moving from one chord to the other. This can also serve a purpose if you decide to try composing new music.
3. Practice day by day (5 out of 7 days minimum) for at least a half hour. If you want to learn quickly, you must force-feed your brain with guitar. This entails learning how to have a good ear for changes in sound, comfortably positioning your body (including leg, back, shoulder and arm positions), strum-hand coordination and technique, fret hand coordination and technique, and most significantly, fret hand muscle memory.
4. Take your guitar every where you go if you’ll be sitting, waiting, watching, etc. Having your guitar with you in those places will promote your playing ability when starting out. It’s also helpful when establishing calluses. Always have your guitar with you so you can practice pressing down the strings using proper fret hand chord formation.
Purchase an electric guitar tuner, you’ll save yourself many packs of strings and be careful when tuning, especially the first string.
5. Practice. Practice. Practice. Practice makes perfect isn’t just some phrase. When practicing, strive for quality; if you practice chaotically you’ll be making bad habits permanent. A better aphorism in fact might be, "Practice makes permanent." Also, just as weight-training athletes rotate their exercises, focusing on one part of the body one day, it’s possible to practice passages focusing on different aspects – tone, smoothness, speed, accuracy. By concentrating on different practice facets of the music individually, you can hone your skills and improve your overall playing!
6. Play along with CD versions of songs you like to ‘rewind’ and repeat even very small pieces of a song over and over until you figure out exactly how to do that riff you really like. Just hold down the ‘fast rewind’ button and watch the number counter (the number counts the number of seconds of music). Make a mental note of the seconds-count where the riff begins. Then you will be able to easily backtrack again and again to your start point.
7. Never put nylon classical strings on a steel string guitar, nor vice versa. They are not interchangeable. However, if you have a steel string acoustic, you can use "silk & steel" strings on the guitar until your fingers are tough durable to use the steel strings, because they are easier on your fingers. Note that the sound will be more subdued and less brilliant.
The most important part of learning to play guitar is having the right guide to take you through each step professionally and thoroughly. I can recommend a cool program which is reviewed in the following link:
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Have a blast!