Sunday, May 8, 2011

How To Play Rhythm Guitar

By Chris Lake


Learning to play the guitar might be a lengthy road for some people with some obstacles to overcome for others. However, it is certainly not impossible for anyone to learn how to play rhythm guitar and then to learn how to play lead.

You should understand that there are a few different things that you will need to know and appreciate about playing the guitar in general. However, through the paragraphs in this article you should have a pretty good idea of what you will need to apply to the process to learn to play guitar that much faster.

You will find that a lot of guitarists would suggest that there really is no wrong guitar to get started learning on. However, many of these would tell you that overall it might be a better call for you to select an acoustic guitar over an electric when you are first getting started.

You will find that these professionals putting their two cents in will often have a few different reasons for encouraging people to start playing on a low end acoustic guitar over an electric alternative. The first of these reasons will be that you will be able to hear all of the notes and chords that much better through the built in amplification of the sound hole. Secondly, a low end acoustic is going to cost less in most cases than a low end electric with no added gear to purchase. Lastly, it is a little harder to play an acoustic finger wise, so this added conditioning could consequently make you a better guitarist.

You should begin by learning what a guitar sounds like when it is in tune. Understand what chords and notes sound like when they are played in tune. This way, you are not playing and writing out of key. Learning to tune and string a guitar is crucial.

You should learn to play three chords at a time. This way you are not overloading yourself with too much at once and you can work on how these three chords work together in song form. For instance, many guitarists get started with G, D and C chords. This is likely the most common arrangement in all of songwriting, which means there is a lot of songs that you can learn from just knowing these three chords.

If you want to cover songs, you should be able to do that in no time at all. Writing songs can prove to be a bit trickier, but should be a bit simpler once you have a bit of practice and knowledge behind learning how to play rhythm guitar.




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