Learning Guitar For Beginners

by Sushma K. Digital Marketing Specialist

According to a neuroscience study conducted by McGill University, hearing music releases dopamine in human brain, which gives a refreshing and orgasmic feeling.

When the music is self-composed the degree of relaxation increases and so does the associated good feeling. So, when it comes to playing a beautiful musical instrument like guitar, the extent of joy and happiness is immense. However, the pleasure of self-composing music in guitar can only be felt when one knows how to play it, perfectly.

If you are a budding stage in desire to learn guitar, then here is putting in brief points how you can start your jamming session with the instrument. Composing wonderful music through guitar is not a one day saga and requires both patience and dedication.

Before you pick your guitar, first set your mind with the kind of music you want to play. From classical to rock metal, there are many genres of music that can be played with the guitar. Depending on your taste of music, you can decide which one you would play. Do not begin with the attempt of being versatile, as it won’t let you master any form of music on guitar.

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At the next level, your music performance through guitar widely depends on the kind of instrument you pick. Guitars can be various forms like acoustic, electronic, steel, resonator, bass and so on. The music you will make is hugely dependent on the kind of guitar you pick. When buying the guitar, do not miss to buy plectrums as at the first stage you won’t be able to use your hands much.

Begin by learning the parts in a guitar. The basic parts of a guitar that you should genuinely know are - strings, bridge, neck, head stock, tuning pegs and frets. In case of acoustic guitar, there is a sound hole in the body of the guitar where the sound resonates. For electric guitars, it has three magnetic pickups.

During your initial days, right posture and positioning of guitar is very important to play good music. When you start learning guitar, first sit straight on a chair or stool that has a flat base. When you hold the guitar close to your body, the fat string should be towards the ceiling while the thinnest one should look towards the ground.

Rest your guitar on your leg and bend a little so that your chest touches your guitar. Your right hand will be on the strings of the guitar and the left on the neck of it, if you are a right handed. In initial days of learning guitar, some pain on the back or neck is usual and this reduces over time.

The strings of your guitar has names and you should know them during your initial stage of learning. From the fattest to thinnest string of the guitar they are named as E, A, D, G, B, and E. Each string delivers a specific kind of musical note combining which you can prepare the music you want. To allow your guitar deliver the right kind of music, do not miss to tune it regularly. If possible, you can use a tuner for this purpose.

The guitar has frets which are metal strips that run perpendicular to the strings and each of them makes one note. To play this note, you have press in between the metal strings. Initially, this might include an unavoidable buzzing. But the buzzing will slow down with practice. To avoid buzzing, try placing your finger towards the lower string.

Once you learn playing notes, you can move to chords while learning guitar. Initially you can play two types of chords in guitar - first position chords, and barre chords. Next to this, you can learn C Major, A Major, G Major, E Major and D Major. At the advanced level, you can try for C-chord, G-chord, E-minor and A-minor.

The above is the very first few steps one takes while learning guitar. The simple formula to become maestro in playing guitar is, you have to spend time with the instrument and be committed during the learning process. Only the will and wish to master guitar can make you a pro in the same.