How do I go about teaching guitar?
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No.\n\nThe reason that most people quit guitar is music theory. Here's what I do for people who want to learn (works for electric and acoustic).\n\nAsk him/her five artists/songs that they like. Go to harmony-central.com and grab five tabs for them to learn. Help them bang out the five songs until they sound decent, then move on the five more. This help s in a couple of ways. It teaches chords and scales WHILE learning a song they like. Once they learn a  song, it gives them something to show off to their friends AND gives them something to go back to and mess around when they get frustrated learning something new.\n\nGood Luck!
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I bought a Fender DG-5 acoustic for $50.00 off of a friend of mine.\n\nIt was a great beginner guitar.  Ask your friends, see what they have.\n\nTo learn proper guitar- hand placements, how to hold, etc etc, you need a fullsize acoustic.  Then you can work your way into electric. \n\nOnce you learn Acoustic, you'll pick up an electric and make easy work of it FAST.\n\nYou'll see what I mean.....
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there are a couple ways to go, I'd buy one of the beginning guitar books available at the store.  That will give you the basics.... Eadgbe.  Also, try a site like Guitar Tab Universe.  You can find songs in both Tab and Chord form.  Learn the basic G C D A chord.  Nothing difficult there.  Don't get discouraged, your fingers will be sore for a little bit, until they gain the calususes on them required to play pain free.  It may not be a bad idea find someone else that is in your area, that's in the same level as you are as far as playing, that way, you can have someone to work with.  Two heads are better than one.
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Hey man, here's what you gotta do first, learn the chords G, C, and D.  That is the building blocks, there are about seven chords that you need to know as a beginner.  They are, G, C, D, F, E, B, and A.  Got to this site for a nice little lesson on your first chords, \nhttp://guitar.about.com/library/weekly/aa071200e.htm
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You need to go to a Music teacher.
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I think you should go to like teaching tools or a place that has something to do with teaching or something like that.Good luck.
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THE LOCAL LIBRARY, CHECK THE LOCAL LIBRARY SITE.\nMY DAUGHTER WANTED TO LEARN THE GUITAR AND SHE GOT 4 OR 5 BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY.
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You don't say where you're from :(.  Hope this still helps as I am in the UK.\n\nBook advice follows at the end.\n\nPersonally I feel half a term's lessons with a guitar teacher will get him the basics (half hour lessons, one per week - about £70 pounds worth max) - and he'll have to do regular practise so he will hear his own progress which will motivate him.  Really he should be able to take it from there with books and DVDS.  He ought to join a Jazz band at school or  Rock band (though R Bands are usually run by mates which can be quite ad hoc) - that will push him to play some challenging things as he progresses.\n\nFor now though here are some ideas:\n\nBig Acoustic Guitar Chord Song Book\nVoted Best Printed Music Publication at the 2001 Music Industry Association Awards.\n\nThen if he's a really special nephew get him:\nBig Guitar Chord Songbook 90s (songs from the nineties - he might appreciate that more than the last 4 decades!).\n\nHe'll need a good guitar chord book, which he should do his best to practise from everyday - it will boost his confidence if he knows how to play "G major 7th" when someone asks him to rather than grunting (mine does that) and saying "dunno"!\n\nTry the Guitar Case Chord Book (in full colour).\nYou can get these from:\nwww.musicianshop.com in the UK.
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First off, WAY TO SUPPORT YOUR KID'S INTEREST IN MUSIC!!!   Learning to play guitar at his age will be a major deal in his adult life.  One who can play guitar can make friends anywhere.  Learning while YOUNG is so much easier then when an adult.  I know...I'm learning to play bass myself right now.\n\nAcustic is the way to go.  Electric strings are MUCH harder to hold down.\n\nI would go with finding a teacher who can give him private lessons to begin with.  There are MANY books, cd's, dvd's, etc out there, but one on one would be good for him as a young beginner.\n\nBetter yet, take lessons WITH HIM and then you can practice and play together.  \n\nAsk the teacher about how much to spend on a beginner guitar.  I know you can get a smaller sized version and they aren't too expensive.  He will certainly work his way up to bigger and better guitars in no time.\n\nKeep on Rockin!!!
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As an ex-specialist music teacher, I went to observe experienced teachers and acted as his/her assistants as a volunteer - ask them lots of questions; look at their programmes; watch them teach. If you can't volunteer because you'll be starting as a 'paid' music teacher, then join associations such as Orff Schulwerk, Kodaly, Dalcroze etc. There regularly conduct workshops which are fantastic! Usually at these workshops, you get to meet other music teachers who can help you.\n\nAlso, for weekend work (experience), you can apply to teach at music schools ie yamaha, to gain furthur teaching experiences.\n\nGood luck!
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I taught myself and to be honest you don't have to go by every single little thing the books tell you. To be perfectly honest I just bought a guitar (actually it was a birthday present), bought some basic gear and went from there. \n\nAs I went on I learned what to do on my own like the scales and how to play them. Although to this day I don't know their names or whether they're minor or major I know their fret notes. If I can do this I'm sure a lot more people can. \n\nI also found out that as you go along you always learn from others who play guitar and what to do. I myself have committed to the self-teaching method and only ask a few questions when I take my guitar in for basic maintenance. Everything else has been by ear and never from anyone else but me. \n\nTo do this you just have to keep on playing until you find a style that suits you. I learned right off the bat that I was a rhythm guitarist so I decided to use drop-D tuning and it sounds fine. You just have to keep on learning and find your own style. If you just keep practicing you'll get better and better and if you also experiment on acoustic and the piano you can also find some very cool chords to play.
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Did you try this??\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2006-09,GGLR:en&q=Learning+how+to+improvise+on+guitar
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I have been teaching myself guitar for about a year now and I can help you out. I play alota of metal and gothic rock but music is music man so I don't think that will matter too much.\n\nThink of your guitar as an extension to your soul, so try to keep it cleaned up and polished. Try not to chip the paint and also use fret luve to help protect your fretts from damage and it will also increase the "action" of your guitar playing by making it a little easyer to move around on the strings.\n\nKeep you guitar on a stand or in the case, but also dont lean it up against anything because it might turn, or even break the tuners.\n\nWhen your cleaning your guitar use a type of soft fabric that wont scratch the surface or look for a polishing kit that you can get at almost any guitar or music store.\n\n As for learning how to play, I would recommend getting guitar lessons or going onto http://www.google.com and typeing in guitar lessons.\nAs you become more familure with your guitar search for guitar tabs to some of your favorite songs that you think you could play. Also always challange yourself, and when you practice, think of something you actualy want to practice. If you want to climb the neck of the guitar real fast then work on it until you know you have it down pat, and always improve.\n\nBut most importantly, feel the music man and have fun dude because guitar is truely the style and crunch that music is loved for.
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Try these links below-\n\nhttp://www.fretplay.com/guitar-lessons.shtml\nhttp://www.guitarmasterclass.net\nhttp://www.sickguitar.com\nhttp://www.freeguitarvideos.com/guitar_lessons_beginner.html\nhttp://www.guitaralliance.com\nhttp://www.ultimateguitar.com/gm/gmWelcome.htm\nhttp://youtube.com/results?search_query=guitar+lessons\nhttp://www.shredaholic.com\nhttp://www.guitarshredshow.com/\nhttp://www.guitarjamdaily.com\nhttp://guitar.about.com/library/blguitarlessonarchive.htm\nhttp://www.cyberfret.com/\nhttp://www.onlineguitarlessons.co.uk/\nhttp://www.guitarnoise.com\nhttp://www.jamorama.com/?hop=astronut\nhttp://www.e-chords.com/videos.asp\nhttp://www.guitartabbooks.com/freeles\nhttp://www.guitarlessonsonvideo.com\nhttp://www.freeguitarvideos.com/guitar_lessons_beginner.html\nhttp://www.harmony-central.com/
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Picking up my guitar- I need a reminder on how to tune it.
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The answer is: Ask your teacher what he thinks of the guitar. Will the seller let you take it in to a lesson for his /her evaluation without buying it? Or could the teacher go there and look at it for you?
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I mostly taught myself with the Hal Leonard Guitar Method.  By the time I got through book two, I didn't really use the method books anymore because I could then play other music that I wanted to learn.  Now if I want to learn a new song, I can find chords for that song on the Internet and learn it that way.  If it happens to contain a chord or a section that I can't play, I can practice that and get better.\n\nOver the years, Internet users have figured out chords or close approximations thereof to thousands of songs.  Searching for them with google.com or tabcrawler.com should turn up some songs you want to play, after you get the basics from a good guitar method book or teacher.