Comments on: Learning Guitar Chords – Top 10 Mistakes

By: Mybbor

Mybbor — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:48:26 +0000

Great tips. I found this really useful. One thing I would add is to use a metronome, playing along with recordings, or other musicians. Working on your sense of timing early and often will pay off tons later on!

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:37:34 +0000

Thanks, those are awesome tips!

By: Ewan Crowhurst

Ewan Crowhurst — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:38:01 +0000

Hi.

Im hosting a guitar chord finder to help beginners to intermediate guitarists learn new chord fingerings. Comments welcome.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:18:23 +0000

Hi, great article thanks! Ive been playing for many years now and I have pretty good chops but there´s always something new to be learnt, for instance learning three chords is a real good idea i never thought of… cool
thanks alot
keep rockin´

By: Peter Patton

Peter Patton — Sat, 22 May 2010 08:30:32 +0000

Great post! The only thing I would add is the thumb. A common beginner mistake is wrapping the thumb too much around the neck. This is usually caused by trying to hold the guitar by the neck rather than letting the strap or knee bear the weight of the guitar.

Peter

By: Adam Summers

Adam Summers — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:56:43 +0000

Hey Colin. I had the same feeling after buying my first guitar… I got it from a pawn shop and convinced myself that just so long as I had a guitar I could work hard to make it sound good… I finally realized if I was going to take this seriously I needed to find a way to get a “real” guitar… I went with the Fender Telecaster (Made in the USA) and it made a phenomenal difference to my feelings towards playing guitar.

As for getting frustrated… I think learning music for those of us who never did it as a child is one of the most frustrating experiences we go through in our adult life. With students who feel the same way I try to focus 80% on what they’re able to do, and make it better, and 20% on new material. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with so many things to learn, and sometimes you get sidetracked from your dream by trying to learn everything you can do on the guitar instead of focusing on just learning what you need to know to achieve your goals.

I really do hope you keep up with the practice, and try to build a practice routine around the 80% of things you kind of know how to do, and really nail those, before working on the 20% of new things you need to know.

Cheers,
Adam

By: Adam Summers

Adam Summers — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:52:22 +0000

Hey, which mistakes were you making in particular Norma, and just out of curiosity do you have a teacher you can get input from on a regular basis?

By: Adam Summers

Adam Summers — Mon, 10 May 2010 04:51:34 +0000

Woah, thanks for the input!

Everyone should take note of this comment, great stuff

By: Fartculeze

Fartculeze — Sat, 08 May 2010 18:57:11 +0000

1)Metronome.
2)Tape Recorder.
3)Log book/ practice diary.

Metronome; because it doesn’t count if it isn’t in time.

Tape recorder; forever allows you to harmonize and play over yourself.

Log book; A reallity check, and a confidence builder.

By: Norma

Norma — Sat, 08 May 2010 05:05:41 +0000

Hi, I just started playing and I was making about 4 of those mistakes :[ thanks to this, learning has gotten a lot easier, thanks!