Electric guitars are attracted to most people after they listen to tunes performed by professional musicians. It seems that the music is played with such ease, and the sound just mesmerizes the listener. However, there are many years of training behind such a game.
Instructions
Step 1
Is it possible to learn how to play the electric guitar in a short time, or is it necessary to have many years of experience? Mastering the basics of working with an electric guitar and learning a few simple melodies and songs, of course, is possible. But professionalism will only come with experience over the years, and the more time you devote to exercise per day, the faster you will learn to play the electric guitar. Remember this, and do not postpone classes until later - they should be long and regular.
Step 2
Before learning how to play the guitar, study its structure. Learning the names of the parts of the electric guitar is important in order to make it easier for you to use special literature and tutorials. It will also be helpful to find information on basic musical concepts.
Step 3
Then learn how to tune an electric guitar, since playing a detuned instrument is very difficult - it will distort your musical perception. Professional musicians tune the guitar by ear, and newcomers can be helped by special devices - tuning forks, as well as various computer programs and video lessons.
Step 4
After that, you can proceed directly to learning to play the electric guitar. The first lessons are best done with the guitar unplugged so that the various sound effects do not confuse you.
Step 5
In order to shorten the time and learn faster, you can simply memorize specific tunes, starting with the simplest ones and gradually complicating them. Various tutorials and tablatures will help you with this, where the strings are schematically depicted, and the numbers indicate the frets on which to clamp them. At the same time, it is important to know the studied melody by ear or constantly compare your performance with the recording in order to correctly observe the tempo and pauses. If you want to learn different songs, there are chord books that also show hand charts. However, before that, you will have to learn various busting and fighting. The disadvantage of such training is that your repertoire will be too narrow, and the training is incomplete, you will play well only those melodies that you know, and for new ones you will have to learn again.
Step 6
Another, more perfect, but at the same time long-term, method of learning to play the electric guitar is based on the gradual mastering of various techniques and elements. You need to start with the simplest thing - to learn the correct setting of the right and left hand and constantly train it, bringing it to perfection. To train your right hand, you need to master several types of busting and fights, and to train your left hand, you need to perform exercises and stop the fingers. All such activities are based on the fact that you gradually put your fingers on the adjacent four rows without lifting them. This is difficult at first, but soon you will be able to bring your skill to automatism. A series of lessons for the Guitar Pro computer program, which can be downloaded from the Internet, will help you learn how to place your hands correctly. It is designed so that beginners get used to everything gradually. In addition, the advantage of this program is that you can simultaneously listen to the lesson at the tempo of your choice, see the tablature and play along with the guitar. By the end of your Guitar Pro training, you will be able to perform very beautiful and complex solos.