How To Play The Guitar Fast For Beginners

If you want to learn to play the guitar quickly, you need to build a solid foundation. I’m serious, it may seem tedious, but this is truly the fastest way to learn to play the guitar. The first thing you must learn is guitar tuning. If you try to learn to play with your guitar not in tune, you will either never be able to get the right sound, or you will totally train your ear to not recognize the right sound.

While you are there, you may as well pick up a chart that shows all the notes on the guitar. Now with your guitar tuned, and your chart by your side, you’re ready to begin learning. Start by memorizing the notes, all the way up the neck. If you find this super boring, you can do this while you watch TV. The important part at this point is the fingering of the notes, not the actual playing of them. Memorize those notes.

Once you learn the notes all the way up the neck, you can start practicing your chord positions. I know you’ve already skipped ahead to this part, but now you can devote some more time to it. Four easy chords to play are G, D, A and A7. For all illustrations here, and most tablature you will find, your fingers are numbered thus, index finger is 1, middle finger is 2, ring finger is 3 and baby finger is 4. So now, to play the G chord, simply place finger 3 on the top string in the third fret, finger 2 on the next string down in the second fret, and finger 4 on the bottom string in the third fret. Now holding pressure on those strings, strum the guitar and you’re playing G.

The D chord is played using the bottom three strings. The high E string is played in the second fret with the middle finger, the B string, next one up, is played at the third fret with the ring finger, and the G string, next one up, is played also in the second fret with the index finger. This is the D chord.

The A chord should be relatively simple for you. I know many people including my Dad who play this one with two fingers, but it is recommended to play it with three. Anyhow, here we go, simply place your number 3 finger on the B string in the second fret, then place finger number 1 on the G string in the second fret followed by number 2 finger on the D string in the second fret. That’s all there is to the A chord. Now the reason that it is recommended to use three fingers for this chord. Simply lift finger number 1 off, and you’re playing A7.

Now practice strumming these chords, and when you are familiar with them, you can switch back and forth between them. A good thing at this point, is to consider either purchasing, downloading or borrowing a Chord chart. Learn all the chords you can. The more chords you learn the more flexibility you will have.

An alternate practice method you can play with, is to practice picking the notes on your guitar, I know you’ve already mastered them, but now you can use them to master training your ear. Pick a note on your guitar, and try to sing it.

Practice with a variety of notes, until you can pick it and sing it almost instantly. Then if you want to really get impressive, try to sing a note, and then pick the appropriate note on your guitar. Now you’re well on your way to learn to play the guitar quickly. If you know a good guitar player, ask them if they could teach you some good tips, and then practice, practice, practice.

Have you ever wanted to learn to play the guitar quickly? Our how to play the guitar fast method is by far the fastest and easiest method for anyone to learn to play the guitar quickly, regardless of musical background.

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