davidsonj73
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For about four years I have been trying to learn the guitar, but still don't have any of the chords down. What should I do? Any advice?
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Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
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Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
BillyPilgrim
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Practice lol. Are you talking basic major and minor chords? Start with open fret, build callouses and move on to barre chords
ManFromTartarus
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I'm a guitar teacher & this is my advice.
If you've been at it for *FOUR* years and you don't have *ANY* of the chords down, then you're either not practicing or music isn't your passion. Otherwise you would have at least learned one song, most rock, blues, country, & pop tunes only have 3 chords.
As a tip I'll share this, I start many of my students learning major chords in the first position. Learn major chords E-A-D, there are literally hundreds of songs using this progression (ie: Panama-Van Halen, What I like about you-the Romantics). As you learn more songs you will have to learn more chords.
Otherwise there are literally tons of instructional vids on YouTube for beginner guitar.
If you've been at it for *FOUR* years and you don't have *ANY* of the chords down, then you're either not practicing or music isn't your passion. Otherwise you would have at least learned one song, most rock, blues, country, & pop tunes only have 3 chords.
As a tip I'll share this, I start many of my students learning major chords in the first position. Learn major chords E-A-D, there are literally hundreds of songs using this progression (ie: Panama-Van Halen, What I like about you-the Romantics). As you learn more songs you will have to learn more chords.
Otherwise there are literally tons of instructional vids on YouTube for beginner guitar.
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davidsonj73
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@ManFromTartarus I don't think it's my passion. It sounded fun, by it reality, it wasn't so much for me.
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If you want to get up on stage at a coffee shop somewhere and entertain, just learn a few simple chords and riffs and become a Great Singer. Yes, practice and learn how to sing a few good songs and your ability to sing great will pretty much balance out your mediocre guitar ability.
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