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Whether you want to learn your favorite songs or compose your own original tunes, you’ll find what you need among Fender Play’s catalogue of chords, scales, songs and skill-based lessons. In this article, we’ll walk you through a few tips and tidbits of information to help you build a successful practice and learn to play guitar. Let’s get started! What Is The Best Way To Learn Guitar? Now that we’ve gone through a series of guitar basics, do you feel more confident in your ability to learn to play guitar? The principles covered here apply to both acoustic or electric guitar and can be built upon over time. Take it note by note, chord by chord and you’ll discover that learning to play guitar is a lot easier than you think.

Looking for a beginner guitar? Our interactive gear guide, FindYour.Fender.com, matches you with the perfect model by learning about your sound & style. You’ll be well on your way to finding the right guitar for you. Record yourself. Sometimes, it can be difficult to hear yourself getting better without having a starting point to compare yourself to. When learning to play guitar, it’s best not to measure your progress against anyone but yourself. Every player learns at a different pace. However, if you record your practice sessions, you can compare your progress from one month ago to where you are now and notice a marked improvement. Recording your practice sessions and reviewing them -- like an instant replay in a sporting event -- can help you not only see what you might be doing wrong, but also hear what you are doing right. Both styles of guitar generally have six strings. When played in standard, Open E tuning, each of the strings have the following tones: Learning which notes -- sharps, flats, and root notes -- comprise a particular scale can help you identify the key of a song. In turn, that can help you narrow down what chords and notes are included in some of your favorite songs and how the artist decided to structure a riff or solo based on those scales.Next, move into guitar scales, which are foundational pieces of music theory and the basis of countless guitar solos. Guitar Scales:

While an acoustic guitar and an electric guitar share the same basic structure, there are a few key differences that make an electric guitar sound … well … electrified. Below is a walk-through of the anatomy of an electric guitar, as well as the tones produced by each of its six strings. How Is an Electric Guitar Different from an Acoustic? Carve out regular time to practice. Setting aside as little as 15 minutes to practice each day can help you to steadily increase your proficiency as a guitarist. Fender Play’s bite-sized video lessons are an ideal way to help structure your practice sessions, guiding you along a specific path and building upon learned skills. Like scales, exercises can help you learn more about music theory and improve your speed, strength, and dexterity along the fretboard. Here are some examples of finger exercises that you can practice to help you level up: If you’re learning to play guitar at home, you might not necessarily have other new players to chat with about what you’re learning, challenges you face, or breakthroughs in your practice sessions. Having a community of musicians and music lovers to connect with can help keep you more motivated to keep playing, practicing, and cheering one another on.

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The first steps are always the most difficult. But you have to learn to crawl before you can walk -- building up strength and confidence before you can get going. Whether you’re learning to play guitar at home and using the Fender Play curriculum, or if you decide to take weekly guitar lessons with a teacher in-person, learning the basics and practicing them can help you work your way up to more advanced techniques. NOTE: Live playing their first gig with frontman Ed Kowalczyk after 8 years of squabbling and estrangement, served up a solemn cover of “I Am the Highway,” one of the bigger and loftier hits from Audioslave, Cornell’s other major band. Learning to play guitar can be tough, and even downright frustrating at times. Discover the best ways to learn how to play guitar at home with Fender.

The C major scale is a great guitar scale for beginners to start with because many other instruments, like the piano, are played in the key of C. This will help you learn to play along with other instruments as you advance in your guitar-playing journey. Learn the essential blues riffs, techniques, and classic songs by legends like Robert Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan and more with the Blues Form Basics: I IV V Collection in Fender Play! Looking for an easy way to learn guitar? Fender has all the resources you need to build a solid foundation and embark on your own musical journey. You’ll feel confident learning with our easy-to-follow lessons that build on your skills slowly, soChords are a group of notes strummed together to produce a harmonious sound. Chord charts are one way for new guitarists to learn chords. These charts are a visual way to learn which strings and frets are used to form the notes to play a specific chord. They also show you where to place your fingers on the fretboard to strum a particular chord. One of the most important things beginner guitar players should know is that they should be patient with themselves. Even the best guitarists don’t become great overnight. It’s important to devote time each week -- even if it’s a few minutes every day -- to sit down and practice chords, scales, and techniques involved with playing guitar. Developing good habits is harder than breaking bad ones. The G major scale is a popular scale that is very similar to the E minor scale, as they both have the same notes, just with different starting points. For reference, the G major scale is comprised of the following notes: