Guitar How-To

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If you bought your first guitar and you have tried lessons, but found that you don’t like your teacher, then what else can you try to learn how to play rock guitar? There are books that you can read that have exercises and descriptions of techniques and songs you can play. If you have a lot of time to practice then this can be quite an enjoyable way to learn rock guitar.

Maybe you’d like to know how to play some easy rock songs on the guitar. Well, there’s plenty to choose from. There is the Eagles, Nirvana and Led Zeppelin to name a few. If you visit some of the free tab sites on the internet you will find the notes and chords for lots of songs. You will find that there is just a handful of basic chords you need to play rock guitar and it won’t take you long to learn them. If you find the material you’ve picked difficult to start with, try something easy. Remember, learning how to play rock guitar you should always be fun. Here is some ideas for songs you can learn: Enter Sandman, Nothing Else Matters, Fade to Black, One, Iron Man, Smoke On The Water, Sweet Home Alabama, and Wake Me up When September Ends.

Now to the business of buying an electric guitar to play rock songs on. Even if you have a restricted budget you will be able to find a decent guitar to get you playing. Something like a Gibson Les Paul, or a Fender Stratocaster. You could also try getting yourself a Marshall amp.

If you find a teacher that you would like to learn from, then ask to learn to play the blues. Before you start you need to make sure that your guitar teacher is able to teach you how to use electric guitar. There’s pinch harmonics, the tremelo arm, string skipping and bending – all techniques that you can only learn from a seasoned electric guitar player. Once you have some basic electric guitar techniques under your belt and an understanding of the blues, you can learn some classic rock songs. You could even move onto this stage without a teacher. But while you are learning from a guitar teacher you could make the decision as to whether you want to learn to read tab or sheet music and you can discuss with your teacher the advantages of learning music theory.

Improvisation is an important part of rock guitar. Don’t go getting any ideas that it takes a special talent to learn how to play improvised rodk guitar solos. You could start by learning a basic twelve bar blues and playing it over and over again until ideas for your own licks begin to enter your brain. While you are learning to improvise you will be working on your electric guitar techniques as well. This is an exciting stage of your rock guitar career as you develop your own style and you and trademark ways of playing.

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