What are some easy songs for a beginning guitar player to play?
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Anything by the Ramones.\n\nHey, ho, let's go!
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If you've never played before, (and especially if you've never played any instruments) tabs might be easier to learn at first.  It's just one note at a time... but you tend to find tabs for more complicated guitar solos.  Chords aren't as easy to learn, but they're going to help you a lot more in the long run, and you'll be able to play MORE songs with those.  At any rate, the key is to practice.
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Just buy a guitar book that contains where to press the chord and learn it.\nYou can learn it yourself, 1-2 hours a day. Don't be frustrated at first, and don't try too high like "I want to play a rock song", or "I want to learn a melody guitar". Learn it slowly from the bottom.\nIf you're master from the bottom, it easy to get on the top. Just learn it slowly.\nFor example, me and my friend learn guitar 3 years ago and we learn it ourselves. Now our skill isn't embrassing like 2 years ago..
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When I started to play the guitar it was really hard at first because i was new at it.  But about a year later I learned how to play chords and it got much easier.  Its easier and more fun when you get to make your own songs because its easier to memorize. You also have to be dedicated to playing the guitar, and have a good guitar teacher to make things fun.
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Okay, first thing you need to do is understand that playing any musical instrument is not going to be easy.  If you wanted to be a rock star tomorrow, I'm sorry.\n\n1.  Listen to the type of music you want to play.\n2.  Start SLOWLY and build up speed.\n3.  Start SLOWLY and build up speed\n4.  When you are learning a new song go one note a time if you need to, then go to one bar.  Work on that one bar or note or line until you have it.  Repeating is the key.\n5.  Don't practice too much.  When you get frustrated, set it down for a bit, I've gone several days.  You'll be amazed at how much better you feel.\n6.  Start out simple.  You're not gonna play Satch's Boogie right away, sorry.  Play something at your level until you get that, then move on.\n\nGuitar is a very wonderful thing, it will bring you a life time of fun if you stick with it.  Remember that you will always be learning.  BB King has been playing for 70 years and still learns new licks from people.\n\nWhen all else fails  START OUT SLOWLY AND BUILD UP SPEED.\n\nGood luck!\n\nand p.s.  there is no quick way, don't buy into that I'll teach you how to play in 45 minutes crap.  Clapton will work 3-4 hours on one string bend, and he's a "guitar god"
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Go to your local music store and buy a begginers book.  It will teach you proper finger placement and different cords.  An electric guitar is easier to play than an acoustic because the neck is narrower and easier to put your hand around.  You can also take lessons, sometimes it's easier to learn by watching it done properly. Look in the classifieds or in the phonebook to find a teacher.  Just remember that playing the guitar is an art and is not learned overnight.  Just be patient and practice a lot!
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Acoustic. Go to www.harmony-central.com. Pick out five songs that you like on acoustic guitar. Get CHORDPRO, CHORD, or TAB files for the five songs. Either the file will have diagrams, or you can get a good free diagram online. (Or just E-Mail me with questions www.keptcompany.com) Play until it hurts, but they sound good. Then get five more songs. The strings, from lowest to higest, are EADGBe. Good luck. Hit me up with an E-Mail if you get stuck.
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First, decide what your goal is. Do you want to play leads? If so, learn to read music and do it the old fashioned way with music lessons. BUT, if you just want to learn chords, strumming, accompaniment type stuff, get a cheap guitar, a diagram of the basic chords and play along with simple tunes until you get the rhythm. The hardest part at first is learning the strumming patterns, but once you get that, you're cool. Find a friend to play with and as long as you have the chord progressions and know where to put your fingers, you're good to go. It's the easiest way to begin. After that, you can decide if you want to be Eddie Van Halen. ;-) Good luck!
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An acoustic would be a good place to start partly because you can play them anywhere(no need for an amplifier). Also because they sound so sweet. Since you haven't developed any finger callouses yet, a classical would be easier on the fingers, but since your musical tastes trend towards rock and rockish then i would suggest a steel string acoustic. Excellent brands are Yamaha, Takamine, Fender. Yamaha has a few lower priced models that are really very good. If you want to spend more you might consider a Taylor or a Martin. \n\nElectrics can often be easier to play for beginners because they can use lighter gauge strings which are easier to fret. A good old Fender Squier Strat would be where i would start if i was a beginner. There are a lot of package deals with a guitar, amp, picks, polishing cloth, etc. Especially this time of year. Guitar Center is a great place to look because they have nearly everything and they always have sales.\n\nGood Luck with your music career. And remember, just because you have no musical knowledge now doesnt mean you cant be great. Everybody has to start somewhere.
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Money For Nothing is one of the great intros in rock. If you like tasty guitar, try Stevie Ray Vaughan and George Thorogood if you haven't already.
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hey wuts up you should try out  www.ultimate-guitar.com or www.8-notes.com (which isnt that great) but i recomend the first one.
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Well, I have never used one of those but I am willing to bet that when they say "play like a pro" they are referring to some really simple riff or style that you can actually learn in a short amount of time. Yes some things are very simple but the only thing that is going to get you near a professional level of playing is years of experience. Jimi Hendrix didn't write Purple Haze the first time he picked up a guitar!
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You sound like you are after a beginner's guiitar, do the following:\n\n1)Take a guitar lesson (anywhere between £15-£25 an hour usually, depending on where you live) and look on the net to find how to play the major choards, but in particular a G major, F major, any major barre chord, and a B minor.\n2) Have another few lessons and learn the pentatonic blues scale 1st position (sound difficult, but it isn't and your instructor should make it clear) + play the chords again.\n3) Go into a guitar shop and try playing what you've learnt on - A Stratocastor, a Les Paul, an SG, an Ibenez and then any other you like the look of or they recommend.\n4) Spend a good chunck of time playing each until you find one that feels comfortable.\n\nYou should have a good idea of whick one to buy now, the other major consideration is the sound you're after though. Basically Humbuckers = Rock/Metal, Single Coil pickups = better for softer, cleaner sounds.\n\nDiscuss this with them at the shop and mail me or ask on here again if in any doubt.\n\nPeople band names about like Fender and Gibson, and to some degree they are right, but I'd never buy a guitar I'd not played. I owned a modified Gibson Studio worth £700 but traded it in for an Epiphone Les Paul standard that I now gig with and to me it is better.\n\nRemember, Slash's main guitar is a hand built one by a now dead guitar maker, he bought around 50 odd £1000+ guitars and still never found one he liked as much.
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Here's my golden tip for you...\n\n1. Choose a the right guitar for you.\n\nIn your stage, you should have first the unamplified guitar, or that simple guitar. You need not to worry the brand. You need not to buy the costly one. Just make sure that when you press the guitar fret, it's soft for your fingers and the sound is great.\n\n2. Know your favorite song/s\n\nThe best way to learn easily is to play whatever songs that you like. In that way, you can now familiarize the chords/fretting of the songs\n\n3. Do not overpressure yourself\n\nJust keep playing the guitar at the right tempo and timing. Don't try first the plucking. Practice first your strummings..\n\n4. Let your fingers sore!!!\n\nLetting your fingers sore will make it more hard and strong to hold onto the frets. For about a week and a half.\n\n5. I myself didn't had lessons. But not to brag, I can play songs by ear. Just familiarize the chords!! Because guitars is all about chords chords chords!!! But i advice you also to have a guitar teacher(like me)  because they can suggest something to enhance your skills.\n\n6. Honestly speaking, playing the guitar is not all about just playing it.You should learn how to play it with your heart! Just keep playing a song after song. Then after a few weeks, you could memorize the chords the easiest way.!\n\n-If you need song's guitar chords and tablatures. just visit http://www.ultimate-guitar.com and search the song you want to learn.\n\n-If you want to know the chords:\nhttp://www.all-guitar-chords.com/\n\n-If you have questions, just email me (psychoangelo89@yahoo.com). and im happy to answer you.!!\n\nGoodluck on your guitar adventures.!!!!
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try ottmar liebert....good latin guitar group. also try salinas. very smooth.
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Hi, when i learned i only took lessons for about a month and they were helpful mostly because i had homework and i felt like i had to do it. What i am trying to say is that if you have patience and really make yourself practice you will learn by yourself. Check this site; it is mainly for folk music but it has good lessons to start out. http://www.folkofthewood.com/page5301.htm\n\nThis other site is also good for lessons and you can even find a lot of tablatures. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/for_beginners/\n\nThis other site is also good for lessons and here you can see the basic guitar chords. http://www.cyberfret.com/chords/beginning-7/index.php\n\nWhat type of music do you want to learn? Some styles are harder than others. For example. the first songs that i learned were Zombie by The Cranberries ( very easy) and Redemption Song ( Bob Marley).\n\nOh one more thing. Do a lot of practice exercises for both your right and left hand. Before you start learning songs, learn the basic chords.\n\nWell hope that this is helpful, If you have any questions let me know...jonny
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if you tell me what songs i might be able to help you