Beginning Guitar Guide

Here are a few notes about how to approach practicing with the best frame of mind. First, don’t hurt yourself, especially when you’re just starting. You may be 100% motivated to learn, but you won’t learn anything if you damage your hand from overplaying. It’s easy to do that when you start, because your hands simply haven’t built up the muscles they need to play yet. This is more of a problem with acoustic steel string guitarists than electric guitarists, because steel string guitars are generally harder to play. Give it a little time; the hand strength will come. You’ll want to get some essential tools besides the guitar. Get a metronome, and a journal. The metronome helps you play in time, but does more than just that. It forces you to play music, and not rambling notes and chords. Keeping time with the metronome makes you push yourself beyond your comfort zone, so you can grow as a player.

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