Folk guitar self-taught how to practice at first

How exactly does a newbie start learning guitar?

I've answered this kind of question a lot, and we all have the same trouble Not knowing what to do at the beginning!

If you are a novice then I suggest you do the following exercises, must be gradual, down-to-earth, blind pursuit of speed is unrealistic.

First of all, no matter how you learn A systematic book teaching material is a must have! Want to learn the guitar, not and you say those useless, personal greatest insights offer, if in the beginning can follow my advice to do! Then when you play more than 2-3 years after the piano you know his true meaning!

1 Practice the posture of the instrument, including how to hold the instrument, the left hand presses the strings (whether the fingers are vertical, whether the left hand is stiff, etc.), the right hand each finger plucking the strings (including the shape of the hand, each finger to grasp the strings, etc.). It is recommended to practice the above exercises in front of a mirror, if you find that your posture is very ugly or very uncomfortable, then you need to think about whether there is a place where you need to enter! This is the most important point!

2 Finger dexterity training. Did not learn to play a musical instrument your fingers certainly have not accepted such a big challenge so improve finger flexibility is the beginning of the most difficult problem, this only long-term persistence! The main exercises are climbing grid training! This is to be practiced for a long time, even if you're not a novice, you have to stick to this exercise, and novices have to take this as the main practice program, and in the process of practicing and then go to consolidate the problem of the posture of the piano!

3 Rhythm grasp, what is the rhythm of the problem in the guitar books must have a detailed explanation. Then the process of practicing must strictly adhere to the rhythm ！！！！ Otherwise the consequences are unimaginable, there will be no great improvement!

4 newbie to practice the last before the chord change, and still the simplest C key G key A few chords can be, more practice conversion can be.

Practice should pay attention to the quality of the piano do not emphasize the length of the practice time, and do not be anxious to practice the song playing! Mindset to be correct do not be eager to perform, do people play the piano are a reason! Some people answer is completely misleading! They say they can play a song in a week and learn it in three months! That is just a legend, that level if you can play the guitar, people will laugh at you! I think it takes three years to learn how to play the guitar! To practice well, that is a lifetime of things, may be a lifetime of bad practice, huh! Comrades to learn the piano must be ready to fight a protracted war. The pain in the fingertips is hard to avoid only endure! But if it is arm discomfort are caused by incorrect posture!

Newcomers within a year mainly do the above exercises are OK! More than a year time can learn the big horizontal press, you can go to a new level! After you have practiced all the horizontal presses, you can go to the next level this process may take more than two years, after that you can practice something with style!

After you've got the songs down, you can work on fingerpicking, which is fun and more difficult and flashy, and it's a great way to improve your technique!

From my several years of summarized experience I think self-taught guitar should pay attention to the following points:

1 good choice of instrument - do not use one or two hundred so-called contact piano! That is the quality of the residual, construction and standard guitar feel are different for the improvement of future technology has a great obstacle! Don't install nylon strings on a folk guitar out of the blue, it'll look out of place! It is advisable to choose a standard folk guitar, the lowest grade of three or four hundred! But necessary! You can choose domestic Star brand DG200 Mainly pick by feel! Size as long as you hold not uncomfortable can be 39 41 can be

2 correct posture is the most important do not want to play at the beginning of the first must learn to hold the standard piano posture and finger posture Do not be anxious to come up to play!

3 A good textbook! Recommended traditional textbook for beginners, guitar self-study March through very systematic!

4 A lot of audio-visual learning, enjoying the master's videos on the internet!

5 The spirit of sticking to the end, and the attitude of gradual improvement! And the attitude of gradual progress!

Because the guitar is a lifelong thing ~ ~ is to accompany your friends and not your show off tools!

I hope the answer helps you, good luck!