Q. I'm 15 and I've had a guitar I got from my dad sitting in the back of my closet for like 5 years now and I've never learned to play it. Recently I found a love for music and I found out that I can sing pretty good so I've been taking voice and piano lessons but I want to learn to play guitar too. I found a website called OnlinePianist.com that tells you how to play pretty much any song you can think of on piano and I was wondering if there was anything like that for the guitar? I would take guitar lessons but there isn't anyone around here that teaches them and I don't think my mom can afford anymore lessons so I'm going to teach myself. I looked on youtube but the way people explain it on youtube is confusing to me. I tried to use youtube to learn how to play some songs on piano too but it confused me too. Thats why I wanted something like onlinepianist.com for guitar... Does anyone know of any sites?
A. It's best to find a guitar teacher, or at least an experienced guitarist that can show you some useful techniques that might be hard to pick up on your own.
However, if you only want to play some chords to accompany yourself singing, then that's pretty easy to do. You'll want to keep your practice sessions short at first so your fingers can get used to pressing down on the strings (you need to build calluses so it won't hurt). Later you can increase the sessions as long as you seem to progress and you're having fun.
There are plenty of online lessons for guitar. I'll just give you a couple of sites with free instructions for beginners that won't require you to sign up or anything (though there are plenty of those sites as well, some good, some bad). Make sure 'free" is really "free". Sometimes, it's a come-on to sell you a rather expensive "course" of some kind.
I think this is what you were looking for-- a kind of "virtual" guitar? I personally think it's an unnecessary step. And while you're figuring out how to read "tabs", why not just learn how to read actual sheet music. You'll find it will come in handy in case you want to learn songs you don't necessarily know that well (or at all).
http://virtualmusicalinstruments.com/guitar
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/for_beginners/ (especially if you have an electric guitar, but lessons for acoustic are here too)
Also check out Youtube and a site called Ehow.com--just search for beginning guitar lessons
Here are some other useful things you can find online to get you started:
Chord charts:
http://www.8notes.com/guitar_chord_chart/
http://www.guitar-skill-builder.com/free-printable-guitar-chord-chart.html
Online guitar tuners:
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/onlinetuner.html
http://www.gieson.com/Library/projects/utilities/tuner/
Guitar games
http://www.kongregate.com/chords.phpm/guitar-games
http://www.ababasoft.com/music/guitar_machine.html
There are plenty of sites that have chord symbols or names for popular songs, but these are usually done by whoever posted it. Their versions may not be accurate, complete, or in the key you want it in. There are plenty of songbooks out there so, you might want to invest in at least one, or get a couple of guitar instruction books to help you with things like learning individual notes on the strings (which is useful if you want to play a guitar solo instead of just chords).
Does anyone have the sheet music for "Worship With My Life" by Isaiah Six?
Q. I have been looking for this song for a while and am looking for the actual SHEET MUSIC. (Please note: I know the chords are available on their website, but I'm looking for the actual sheet music with a staff and notes.)
Hope you can help & thanks in advanced!
A. Armani records has every song from Isaiah Six's Jealous One CD professionally scored into sheet music. Now offered for download complete with vocal, Piano and Guitar parts, and chord charts.
http://www.amanirecords.com/products/Jealous_One_Song_Book-9-2.html
where do you get the complete information about piano chords for free?
Q. Piano chords
A. Hope this is what you're looking for =)
http://www.berm.co.nz/chords/piano.html
http://www.8notes.com/piano_chord_chart/
http://www.kidung.com/chord_piano.htm
Powered by Yahoo! Answers
Title : Any good online sites to learn how to play guitar?
Description : Q. I'm 15 and I've had a guitar I got from my dad sitting in the back of my closet for like 5 years now and I've never learned ...