If you are starting to play the guitar, you are in luck because in this post we are going to see 7 tips to learn to play the guitar from scratch.

When you learn to play the electric guitar it is difficult to know what steps to take to progress correctly. There are those who are lucky enough to have a teacher and there are those who take an electric guitar course.

But if none of these are your case, or if you see that you are not progressing as you would like, here I give you 7 tips to learn electric, Spanish or acoustic guitar. Basically, the objective of these tips is for you to create a routine based on which you can practice constantly.

Try to Practice at Least Half an Hour A Day

It is clear that it is much better to practice 1 hour during the 7 days of the week than 7 hours but only one day a week. Consistency is the key to success so you should try to play every day.

Of all the tips for learning to play the guitar. I have put this one first because I strongly believe that success is achieved little by little.

By the way, I was going to write you have to play, but I have included the word “try” because many times, and unfortunately for us, it is not always possible for us to play every day.

Similarly, try to always practice for at least half an hour. Below that it is difficult to progress with the guitar.

What I do is directly get up half an hour earlier than normal. And play the guitar (obviously without plugging into the amplifier). It was hard for me to adapt to that schedule, but now I’m loving it. I play in the morning and if I can for a while in the afternoon. But with the peace of mind that if I can’t in the afternoon I already did my homework in the morning.

Maximize Your Time

If you play the guitar, you play the guitar, leave the mobile!

If you have little time, maximize it. Forget distractions, put your phone away and focus on the guitar. No one has learned to play the guitar by taking only photos with the guitar.

Get Used to Use the Metronome

Use the metronome when practicing on the electric guitar. Oh! what advice… only 100 more people had already told me… (ironic tone). But stop and think, if all the websites and all the people recommend you to use the metronome, is it not for something?

Also, with the help of this gadget, you will gradually improve your sense of rhythm with the guitar. And this, my friend, will help you a lot if you play in a band in the future. Use the metronome and in the future, you won’t be that member who always speeds up and doesn’t know how to keep up with the others.

Warm Up Before You Start Playing

Heating is boring, I know, but it is necessary. I know you’re wanting to pick up the guitar and practice that alone that you’re getting little by little, but believe me, that alone or that lick will come out better if you’ve warmed up beforehand and your fingers have more mobility and elasticity.

Many guitar frustrations could easily be fixed with a 10-minute warm-up. For this reason, I created this post with 5 guitar warm-up exercises, so you can practice them before hitting the 6 strings hard.

You Don’t Want to Run Before You Walk

I don’t know what problem people have with speed.

Don’t want to be the fastest in the west!

Eric Clapton is considered by many to be one of the best guitarists in history and they called him Slowhand. Doesn’t that make you think that to be good you don’t have to be the fastest?

In any case, speed is something that drives guitarists crazy. I’m going to tell you about a trick that has worked wonders for me to gain speed with the guitar.

Surely there is a song that you would love to play but don’t dare because it has a high rhythm, some vertigo lick, or very fast chord changes. Well, with programs like VLC you can slow down the song!!

Take the song and put it at a speed that you feel comfortable with. For example, 75%, and little by little you will go up the speed. This way you will gain a lot of speed and ease.

Technique is Essential

The technique is closely linked to speed, believe it or not. But the truth is that as you refine and improve your technique. You will see that it will be easier for you to move around the fretboard.

With this, I do not mean that you focus 100% on the technique because at the beginning it is very difficult to place your fingers correctly. But don’t leave it aside! Play paying attention to the position of your fingers and from time to time make an arpeggio in that chord you are practicing to see if all the strings sound.

Along these lines, some time ago I published 5 epic guitar fingering exercises with the idea that you improve your technique little by little. Please give technique the importance it deserves.

Honestly, this is one of the tips for learning to play the guitar that I think is the most important.

If You Don’t Like Something… Change It!

It is so. Have you ever felt frustrated because you feel like you’re not making progress or because you practice and practice but the song doesn’t come out? Well, forget what you’re playing and find another song or exercise to practice.

This is very simple, the guitar is played to enjoy and have a good time. Yes, it is true that you have to work hard, but if you have been down for days or weeks and are frustrated because something does not work out for you, put it aside.

Take something different that motivates you, and in the future, you may return to that song or lick and you can face it better.

Bonus Tips

Playing in front of an audience, fear!

I love to play the guitar, alone or accompanied, but I don’t like to play in front of people, I’m sorry. For this reason, I have always had a hard time when I have been asked at a meeting or birthday to “play something.”

However, there is a fairly easy solution to this situation: learn an easy song or two and you’re good to go. Simple songs like Bad Moon Rising or Brown Eyed Girl has 3-4 open chords and you win over the audience in no time.

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