posted November 27, 2005 02:13 AM         

Found it under my bed,bought it 2 years ago,stopped playing cause it was too tough,But now I want to play again,anybody know a good site/forum/whatever for tutorials,I googled,but there were sooo many,didnt know which to pick...

posted November 27, 2005 02:19 AM         

i actually taught myself by reading guitar for dummies...great book

but the website is good...tutorials, forums, tabs, basically everything that has to do with guitar

posted November 27, 2005 02:21 AM         

AG!!!!!!!!!! Where are yoooooouuuuuuuuuu??????

You just found out?
*doesnt want to think about what else is under your bed after two years

Actually.. this is funny.
I had (have?) this wierd habit of balling up tissues for comfort in my hand.. I'd hold them to fall asleep, been doing it since I was a child..... so under my bed, are (were)*cough* so many tissues all scrunched up, wasted.

posted November 27, 2005 12:17 PM         

And then go to their Lessons section.

In the search field, enter "tuning" or" introduction".

There's several lessons there to get you started witht he basics, and they have audio files to help you tune to the right pitch. (At the far bottom left hand, there's a "tuning fork" icon, and if you click on it, another window opens up for a virtual tuner. However, you can go to Lesson #11 by Christopher Sung, adn that walks you through how to tune your guitar.)

Chances are if your guitar has been sitting around not played for two years, you'll need new strings. Very old strings won't tune up or stay stay in tune very well. Just take it to any guitar shop, and witha slight extra charge, they'll put new strings on them.

posted November 27, 2005 03:15 PM         

The first (lowest) string (that's the one closest to you... er the thickest one) should be E. You can use a keyboard or piano to help you get the note... so just keep turning that string's knob til it sounds like E on the piano. Then, move your finger along to the 5th fret (count to the 5th coloumn along the fretboard) and play it. This is how the next string should sound, so tune it to sound like the 5th fret of E. Then, move your finger along to the 5th fret on the 2nd string (which is A) and so on... The order goes E, A, D, G, B, E.

Oh, wait, here I just found a site that explains it better-
http://www.guitarsite.com/tuning.htm

posted November 27, 2005 03:40 PM         

When you get bored with that move onto anything else you wana play with, chords, simple songs [irish folk tunes are my faovrate to learn with].. Then rite as your hands and finger tips start to realy hurt , run through your favorate scale once agian before puting yer axe down .

posted November 28, 2005 01:23 PM         

Here it is: http://chordfind.com/

Start with: E(Major); Em (E-minor); G(Major); D(Major); Dm (D-minor); D7; Dmaj7 (D Major 7th); A(Major); Am (A-minor); Fmaj7.

posted November 29, 2005 10:13 AM         

I also downloaded Guitar for Idiots(figured I'm an Idiot and not a dummy! )

Wow! muta one year and a gig,dont think I can go soooo fast! I got big big BIG fingers,and they ache from playing,guess I gotta get used to it,Big bad rockstar coming your way!

posted November 29, 2005 12:33 PM         

As for introductory songs you can try to learn, it helps to play songs you're familiar with already. U2's got some really simple songs (like All I Want Is You http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/u/u2/all_i_want_is_you_crd.htm). Bob Dylan is also typically pretty easy. I want to give you more, but it really depends on what genre of music you're into.

posted November 29, 2005 04:55 PM         

..... GOOD FOR BARRE CHORDS! Yey!

My puny fingers can't cope with the strain dammit! Big, strong fingers can!

posted November 29, 2005 06:35 PM         

look on amazon for: Learn To Play the Songs of John Denver- DVD#1

posted November 29, 2005 07:33 PM         

I do that tissue thing too.......

I always thought we were kindreds, how cool is that