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Learn to play a Musical Instrument

Reasonably inexpensive, the guitar acoustic is great for vocal/guitar has got to be number one.

Just a few chords and you’ll be able to play hundreds of songs. You’ll probably want to avoid ”home on the range”!

Fingerstyle or strumming, there is a huge range of musical styles that are playable on the acoustic guitar and you can buy one for a very reasonable price.

Getting Started

Being able to change from one chord to another, without stopping, is among the most important things to practise when beginning to learn the acoustic guitar.

Start with the easiest chords such as A major and E major then practise changing back and forth, trying to narrow the time gap.

Play songs such as Yellow Submarine and He’s Got The Whole World slowly, both of these can be played with just two chords.

For strummers, a simple up and down rhythm is all you need to begin with. Down strums on the beat and up strums in between.

Fingerstyle is more complicated but can be learnt from a classical or folk approach. The Folk style may be found at folk guitar fingerstyle.

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