How To Play Guitar In 14 Days

With the proper guidance and focus you can learn to play guitar in only 14 days. Do one step a day for 2 weeks and after 14 days you will know how to play guitar. Some of these steps will require that you do a little search engine research or visit a “free guitar lessons” site.

Day 1 – Learn the names of all your guitar strings. Starting with the lowest or thickest string and moving across your guitar strings are E –A –D –G –B – E . Play each string and say its name while you play it. I find it helpful if you “sing” the name along with the guitar string.

Day 2 – Learn how to hold a guitar pick. Either Google “how to hold a guitar pick” or visit my website to learn. Today, practice holding your pick correctly and randomly playing each string on your guitar while “singing” its name.

Day 3 – Learn how to fret a guitar string. Your finger needs to be just behind the fret to maybe halfway between the fret you want to play and the next fret towards the tuning pegs. When you pick the guitar string there should be no buzzing of the string anywhere. Practice playing and fretting your strings at random places all over your guitar neck. Work on it until you get a nice clear tone.

Day 4 – Learn how to tune a guitar. Using either an electronic tuner or by tuning a guitar to itself, today learn how to tune your guitar properly. Find as many ways as possible to tune it by searching the Internet. Learn which frets on the lower strings are the same notes as the open string above it. For example: the 5th fret on the E string is the same note as the open A string.

Day 5 – Learn how to play an open G Chord. The open G chord uses all six strings and is one of the easiest chords to form. There are two acceptable ways of forming this chord: one that use your pinky and one that does not. Find and practice playing this chord both ways. The practicing point here is to fret the strings that need fretted while allowing the open strings to ring out. This requires a nice arch in your fingers.

Day 6 – Learn all the notes on your low and high E strings. Starting with the low E string open, play each fret and say the name of the note. Working your way up the guitar neck the fretted notes are these: F – F#(sharp) or Gb( flat)- G – G# or Ab - A –A# or Bb -B – C – C# or Db - D - D# or Eb – E and repeat. Do the same for the high E, the thinnest string, the notes are the same.

Day 7 – Learn how to do alternate picking on your guitar. Alternate picking is when you pick a guitar string going down and then the next note or string you pick you pick going up. This is the best way to learn guitar picking as it requires the least amount of effort and is also the fastest way to pick a guitar. Practice alternate picking on open strings starting with just one string then randomly moving from one string to the next picking down one string and then up on the next.

Day 8 – Learn how to play the open C Chord. The open C chord usually uses all 6 strings although some guitar players don’t play the lowest string. There are 2 generally accepted methods of playing this chord, find them both and practice strumming this chord today again making sure that your open strings ring clearly.

Day 9 – Learn all the notes on your A string and D string. Like you did with your two E strings, start with the open strings and then say each note or sing it, as you work your way up the guitar neck on both your A and D strings. Note that the 6th fret on your E string is the same note as the 1st fret on your A string. Same is true for your A and D strings.

Day 10 – Learn how to play an open D chord. The open D chord requires a little more finger dexterity than the open G and C chords. You will only need to strum the top 5 or 4 strings to play this chord. Practice playing this chord without hitting your low E string.

Day 11 – Learn how to switch from your open G chord to your open C chord. Today you will practice switching between your open G chord and your open C chord. Since there is more than one way to play each chord, practice the various combinations until you find the one that works best for you. Practice going back and forth between the two chords, randomly selecting how many times you play each chord. Go as slow as you have to.

Day 12 – Learn all the notes on your G and B strings. Just like we did before, however notice that even though the 6th fret on your D string matches the first fret on your G string that it’s the 5th fret on the G string that matches the 1st fret on your B string.

Day 13 – Learn to switch from your open G chord and your D chord. Today you need to practice switching between your open G chord and your open D chord, like we did with the G and C chords.

Day 14 – Play a song. Ok now we’re going to tie it all together by playing a little guitar song. Nothing fancy, but we need to finish the day knowing how to play guitar. Strum the chords we learned previously in the following pattern, starting with simple light strumming. Once you have the pattern down, try and fancy up the strumming a bit. Play the G chord 16 times (tap your foot along to count), then the C chord 8 times, the G chord 8 times, the D chord 8 times, and the G chord 8 times again. This is the entire pattern. When you finish start it over from the beginning. This should sound like a familiar song to you. And guess what? You’re playing the guitar.

Diciplin lesson.

There are many newspaper and psychology reports that claim the benefits of listening to music in order to relieve depression. There’s just something about music that can soothe the savaged soul.

Another great way two relieve depression is by going beyond listening to music, and learning how to play an instrument. Guitar is just one of those instruments that you can learn how to play very quickly and easily with proper guidance and instruction.

Depending on how much guitar practice is accomplished by the depressed individual, you can quite literally learn all of the basics of beginner guitar within 3 to 6 months of practicing your six string instrument.

At first glance you might think that practicing your guitar is depressing. With the right attitude, and the right practice techniques, guitar practice is a major key to supporting the relief of depression.

Let’s take a look at 4 ways that guitar practice can relieve depression.

1. Choose to Practice Guitar: The choice to practice guitar is quite important when you consider that many times the foundational key to life change is determined by choosing to make a right choice. Making the right choice to practice guitar is the first step in the support of relieving depression.

2. Actually Practice: The next step to relieve depression by guitar practice is to actually sit down and practice your guitar. Actually implementing what you have learned on guitar will enable you to know that if you can practice one time, then you can practice again and again. By actually practicing what you have learned on guitar, you will be able to quickly reap the soothing musical benefits that come from playing and practicing music on the guitar.

3. Always look back from where you came from: As you practice your guitar you will look back upon where you came from and be amazed at what you can do on guitar. Compared this to what you are unable to do when you first started. Music therapy aside, recognizing improvement in your own personal abilities is a great way to help support and defeat any depression that you may be dealing with. It is very important to not get frustrated depending how fast or slow you learn on your six string instrument.

4. Frustrating opportunities: Frustration will always occur when learning a new instrument. By choosing to have the right attitude, you can take your frustration as an opportunity to look back where you came from and where you are now. For example, if you have been practicing your guitar for three months, it is important to look back and recognize that 2 months ago you were further behind than where you are now on your instrument. Instead of getting depressed, you can actually rejoice and use your frustration as an opportunity to increase your skills on the guitar. By letting frustration be an opportunity to increase your skills on the guitar, you will be helping yourself by getting rid of depression through guitar practice.