i have never played guitar, i have an electric guitar
i just want to learn how to play a few songs.
would it be easier to learn using tabs or chords?
I will explain the difference between tabs and chords to clarify some things.
Tabs are basically the sheet music for a song. They tell you what pitch to tune your guitar to, what speed to play at, and what notes and CHORDS to play and when.
Chords are, basically, any set of multiple notes played together. They tend to be harder to play than single notes, but are the building blocks of playing guitar. But, you still need a song’s tab to know when to play the chords.
If you look at a song’s tab, some of them are all chords, some have no chords, but most are a mixture of chords and single notes. If you plan on seriously learning guitar you need to learn the important chords (of course if you can remember them all without trouble then all the better), how to fully read tabs, and train until you can play it all. Also to learn, you of course need one of three things. Online material which teaches (which I will provide some), a teacher, or a physical learning substance (such as a video or book). Even if just to learn how to read tabs and learn the chords.
The next link is to Ultimate Guitar (I went ahead and linked the lessons page instead of the main page). Ultimate Guitar is one of the best online sources for anything guitar, including tabs, lessons, and other misc items/news.
Ultimate Guitar: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/
The next site is Guitar Masta which is solely for tabs. It may not always be accurate, but I still love the site for its easy navigation and large amount of tabs.
Guitar Masta: http://www.guitarmasta.net/
Next is a guitar lesson article on About.com
About.com: http://guitar.about.com/library/blguitarlessonarchive.htm
Finally, if you REALLY want to play guitar, and have gained quite a bit of skill, a necessary step is getting a high quality guitar and if so wished (which most guitarists do wish), getting Guitar Pro.
A good guitar is needed only after you are sure guitar is what you wanna do, and have played enough. When enough is enough varies on the player, so that is a decision you must make when and if the time comes.
ESP is not the sole good guitar company, but a good one nonetheless, and a perfect example to show: http://www.espguitars.com/
Guitar Pro is the ultimate software for guitar tabs. Guitar Pro tabs are accurate, and have many bonus features such as being able to have them play as a midi to hear what they should sound like. Guitar Pro is not cheap, but very much worth it if you become serious with the guitar.
Guitar Pro: http://www.guitar-pro.com/en/index.php
learn to play Jack and Diane by (John Mellencamp) on acoustic guitar. This video will explain everything you need to know to play this song on an acoustic guitar for a live performance. I hope this video helps. This is the first video lesson I have posted, there will be more, so all comments are much appreciated. Thanks for viewing
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