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   The very first thing, I suppose would be to get a guitar. You can buy new one, a second-hand one, or steal it from your grandma's house, like I did.
   (You could even buy a ukulele, which is smaller, cheaper, lighter, and easier to play.)
   
   Next, make sure your guitar is in tune. There are plenty of videos on youtube explaining how to do this, so just search and you will find :)

2. 

   

   I'd start off learning tabs from sites like ultimateguitar.com; doing this first will help your fingers learn the shape of your guitar, the frets, and get you used to wiggling them around in a certain way.
   
   Each 'line' if you like, represents a string, and the numbers refer to wich fret to plonk your fingers in.
   It's pretty simple to understand, but the hardest thing is getting your fingers to move in the right places at the right times. As ever, practise makes perfect.

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   The next thing you could do, is to make your very own chord chart. You can find various ones on the internet, but they're not always exactly what you want, and besides, copying out the tables will help you learn.
   Practise each chord, starting with the simple ones (A, C, D, etc) and getting harder as you get better.

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   Next, find the chords for a song you know and like. Print it out or copy it onto paper.
   
   Go through each line, slowly getting used to the changes between chords and such. With practise, you'll soon be belting out tunes.
   
   ("I'm a Believer" is one of my favourites, and the chords are pretty simple- a steady starter)

5. 

   

   As you get better, you can learn more songs, perhaps buy an electric guitar and amp, join a band and become a world-wide superstar.
   
   Just make sure I get a credit in the album cover! (Only joshing)

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spooky little girl

Jul 7, 2008 4:16pm

very cool! i want to be a world wide superstar!! :o)

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Jul 7, 2008 5:24pm

i really,really wanted to learn how to play guitar but didn't have a clue on where to start and no one could (or didn't want) to halp me..but now i can tech myself! YAY! ^-^
thanks! <3

ragdoll--

Jul 7, 2008 5:41pm

my brother tried to teach me guitar and i sucked!
haha
you just inspired me to try again!

DIS.AR.RAY

Jul 7, 2008 8:41pm

I do play guitar, pretty well, but I think this is a GREAT idea to put onto here, and the way you explained it will be really easy for non-geetar-players to understand.

Now, I don't have to teach my friends little brother how to play, I'll just give him this link :D

Hank

Jul 8, 2008 7:47pm

Aw, thanks you guys :'D

kirky carrott

Jul 9, 2008 1:34am

how cool, i hadn't logged on for ages, n spur of the moment thing bought a guitar yesterday not knowing how to play it, u have saved hours of internet searching :) kudos to the easy peasy guide :) xxx thanx

M.a.r.i.s.o.l.

Jul 11, 2008 5:53pm

i play guitar too and i find it hard to explain to people how to do it...you did a great job explaining it

Cat Morley

Jul 12, 2008 11:02am

Cute how-to :D

corrie w.

Jul 19, 2008 12:50pm

kick ass

NutMeg

Aug 1, 2008 5:24pm

This is a good idea, but you said someone could just buy a ukulele. Only problem is that ukuleles only have four strings whereas guitars have 6. that would probably confuse someone trying to learn to play it from this.

Hank

Aug 15, 2008 7:42pm

Well, I guess so.
The chords are fairly similar (from the little experience I have).
But I meant that instead of a guitar.
Uke's are super cool on their own (y)