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is freakin hard. all you experienced detnet guitar people have any suggestions? websites? books? that i should take advantage of.

any help would be very much so appreciated.

note:i just got my guitar last night.

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guitar? pfft. get a real man's instrument... the harmonica!
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Guitar is hard. Give up now. Don't even try it.

I don't mean to be discouraging, but I discourage you from even starting.

PS: Don't try to learn to play popular music first. It will be hard. But, when you do get into that stuff, start by learning chords and theory. Once you know about 8 chords, it's pretty easy to fake like you know what you're doing.

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practice practice practice. Practice till your fingers bleed. That's what I did. Then I switched to bass.

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Guitar is easy. just start with some Nirvana stuff. its the same thing over and over, aint it?

i can play three blind mice on the guitar. and i can play the base rythem to Smells like Teen Spirit on the bass

btw, wtf is chord theory!?

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Without private lessons, you're pretty much dicked in the ass IMHO, because there's no one to tell you when you're playing right and when you aren't playing right. I've been playing cello since I was 2.5 years old, and I know that without a teacher, I'd play it just like any other random instrument I pick up and dick with: crap. I wouldn't give up until you've actually experienced enough playing to know if you're going to fail...and if you get the right teacher, he/she will make sure you don't fail. Meh, that's my two cents.

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I'm teaching myself..
i just look at tabs and play them... if i don't know how to do it, i ask a friend.. its a matter of practice. Certain things are hard as fuck to do, like powerchords.. I can't seem to get my fingers to those postions.. they hurt!

good luck

PS: learn to play these songs, they are easy (the main riff at least): Guerilla Radio, Ashes in the Fall, Sabotage

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hard as fuck to do, like powerchords.. I can't seem to get my fingers to those postions.. they hurt!

for power chords, there are only two positions, with two fingers, and all you do is move your hand to different frets...
it's really not hard...and it shouldn't hurt either...maybe you mean bar chords...'cause that requires covering all six strings, using four fingers...but still those don't even hurt...


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it takes 6-8 years to become proficient at guitar. by that i mean able to do solos (in any style), write your own songs, or be able to pick up any new song quickly. if you are serious about learning, you really have to start with jazz and blues. otherwise you'll just be fucked in a year or two from now. also, learn to read music.

i've been playing bass for 2 years now and i'm completely self taught. unfortunately i'm not all that good lately i've just been playing easy funk songs and fast songs to help strengthen my fingers so i can pick with 4 fingers. parallel univerise is fast as crap and tires out my hand really fast! anyway, private lessons do help a lot. don't give up right away, and good luck!

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