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6Az4Mj4D ◴[] No.43542309[source]
What is the best way to learn Guitar as a total noob? Can this app help
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1. card_zero ◴[] No.43542393[source]
What worked for me (when I was a kid):

1. Get a very cheap guitar with nylon strings

2. Tune it to a major chord

3. Learn to barre, that is, hold down all the strings with one finger.

4. Play twelve-bar blues, just the chords, until sick.

6. When unable to bear any more, look for ways to change it up.

Edit: Look, here's the reasoning. First, the cheap guitar is not intimidating. The strings are soft. The tension is low. It isn't heavy, you can pick it up easily. It isn't valuable, so you can throw it down in disgust. Second, by playing something completely braindead, you get lots of basics sorted out about ergonomics and how hard to press the strings and how to strum and general confidence. Thirdly, because you're playing an actual tune right from the start, it's rewarding, and when the reward wears off you already have a base to work from which can be improved in small ways to seek further reward.

Incremental ways, in fact, which is a possible alternative to the word "deliberate".