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What’s a fast and effective way to learn guitar in the shortest amount of time possible?

7 Responses to “What’s a fast and effective way to learn guitar in the shortest amount of time possible?”

1. ♫ Lυcy ♫ [∂ιмє ѕιѕ] said :
   October 18th, 2010 at 9:38 pm

   I guess the fastest way would be to look up tabs and learn the songs. Obviously start with some easy tabs for intros or simple riffs then build up and do harder ones. But…guitar is something to be learned in the “shortest amount of time possible”.. =/

   Plus if your heart is not in it, then you’ll probably give up when it gets hard.
2. jazzman1943 said :
   October 18th, 2010 at 10:22 pm

   http://www.youtube.com/justinsandercoe
   there’s loads of free guitar lessons on youtube

   also checkout http://trainear.com for training your ear
3. Metalhead said :
   October 18th, 2010 at 11:08 pm

   theres always gonna be the rip off software that they sell you.

   but, you must know that the most effective way to learn is with a teacher. You can’t ask the dvd questions and recieve responses, it’s not as easy. Plus those videos tend to progress too fast. You need a teacher there to tell you whether or not your using correct technique.
4. Mega D and The Squad of Detheads said :
   October 18th, 2010 at 11:50 pm

   I hate when people ask this, DO NOT TAKE SHORTCUTS WITH THE GUITAR! My students ask me well how can i learn to play sweet child o mine in a week i go practice as much as you can and if your lucky you’ll have it down then.

   But there isn’t anything that’ll teach you how to play the guitar faster than anything but their is stuff that can help you understand the guitar fast check out sites like

   http://www.ultimate-guitar.com
   http://www.guitarmasta.com

   those are some good tab sites and they have forums where you can get help from fellow musicians but their isn’t anything that’ll boost your technique in a month except to practice your @$$ off
5. Ravennnnn ;) said :
   October 18th, 2010 at 11:52 pm

   if you know anyone who plays a guitar get them to help you.
   like my uncle used to be in a heavy metal band and he is teaching me.
   and other easy was is instead of looking at notes like a b c scales and sstuff,, find a song you wanna know how to play for example, lets just say walk by pantara. go to google and type in guitar tabs for walk. and what i do is get the tabs, play them on the keyboard/piano, and then try the guitar becuz the notes and tabs are the same. i hope this helped 🙂 if you need more help you can add me on myspace. http://www.myspace.com/scraveniscool or message me back on here 🙂
6. bob said :
   October 19th, 2010 at 12:06 am

   Yes without a doubt. And I wont pass along attitude like others here.
   Ive played for over thirty years and it took forever to learn. Now there are ways to learn in much less time. The best one is the link I left below. You learn EVERYTHING by videos , multitmedia, games, and even playing along with other tracks. Ive seen people play SONGS pretty well in just a couple weeks. Take advantage of modern technology.
7. Stan said :
   October 19th, 2010 at 12:23 am

   “Shortest amount of time possible…..?”

   Do us all a favor and never touch any musical instrument again for the rest of your life.

   Or maybe I could come over and waterboard you and force you to learn the guitar?