Step 1
Get a good schedule
You need to have a good schedule in order to practice your guitar properly. In fact many newcomers give up because they do not possess the right schedule for practicing. That is why they always tend to move on before they mastered the previous practice session fully or they practice too long to the point where it becomes so annoying that they stop practicing. When I first tried to learn how to play guitar I only lasted a week. Why? I did not have the proper schedule. I didn’t know how long I was supposed to practice and when I should have move on to the next lesson. This time though I came across a good schedule that shows me just when and how long to practice which lessons. The difference is huge! I’m already in my fourth week of practicing and just keep getting better and better.
Now you know that you need to have a schedule for learning your guitar. The problem now, is where and how do you obtain the schedule? It’s not that simple. The majority of books and online guitar websites will provide you your first lessons and teach you how to play your first chords. What they do not tell you is how long you must practice each lesson, and when is it o.k. to move on to the next. I was fortunate enough to finally get a schedule on how to practice guitar on one of the sites. You can find it at the end of this article. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get a schedule anyplace else. This is where it pays off to have a personal instructor. Not only can he or she explain to you how to accurately play guitar, but they also set your schedule as to how long it is estimated of you to learn this stuff.
Step 2
Make sure your guitar is always in tune. Otherwise you won’t be able to learn correctly. Some guitars have to be tuned more often than others. Mostly that occurs if your guitar has been through some damage, like intense temperature and humidity changes. All of these have ability to mess up your guitar to where you need to tune it more often. The way to tell if your guitar is out of tune is if all of the sudden it seems that you are not able to play chords like you used to. Many times newcomers think that they are terrible at playing guitar when in fact their guitar is just out of tune. It’s a good idea to invest into a digital tuner. They are cheap and you can get it at any guitar store, I’ve seen it at Target, so you can get one there also.
Step 3
Do not over do it. It makes sense to believe that if you practice longer then suggested that you would get better faster and be able to play guitar instantly. Unfortunately that’s not how it works when it comes to learning the best way to play guitar. The most you must practice the 1st three weeks is no longer than fifteen minutes per day. Any longer than that and you would be setting yourself back.