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Quick Start Guide

There have been several methods devloped to help people learn guitar. Some people like to pay hundreds of dollars for a personalized guitar teacher, others like to go to the local music store and buy books, some may even try and teach themselves. iPlayMusic.com has interviewed hundreds of people who want to learn guitar. What we have found is that about 90% of the people wanted to learn to play guitar songs and music rather then learning scales, notes, theory and other complex aspects of guitar. In this article we get right to the chase and explain how to learn guitar quickly, effectively and how you can skip the hard stuff and play the songs you love today.

The traditional route most people in the world used to learn to play guitar was to go to your local guitar shop and find an actual teacher. We agree that having someone in front of you instructing you how to do something is a great way to learn. There are still several problems with this method. First off, these personalized instructions can cost a fortune. For a typical 30 minute lesson you can be paying as much as $50. It will probably cost you hundreds of dollars before you are having fun and playing songs. The second issue is convenience. You have to schedule a time that works for both you and your instructor and you have to drive to the actual store. Often times it's the simple convenience factor that stops people from learning guitar and having fun. It becomes almost like a chore wich it should never be. Finally most teachers start off by teaching you what "they" believe is the right way to teach you. This includes learning scales, theory, methods, notes and other things that can are borring and frustrating when first starting out.

Fortunatly technology has come far enough along to allow you to completely eliminate the situation above. People now can effectively learn to play guitar in the comforts of their own home and learn what they want to learn instead of what the teacher wants them to learn. Now you don't have to spend hundreds of dollars on lessons, you don't have to drive to some guitar store to learn guitar and you don't have to learn the boring frustrating aspects of guitar when first starting out. Below you will find iPlayMusics quick start guide to learning guitar.

iPlayMusic is built on the priciple of keeping it fun, simple and intuative. We have developed a method that doesn't cost much at all, a method of learning that you can do when you want where you want and a method that focuses on getting you playing the songs you love rather then learning scales and theory.

You have three options with iPlayMusic.com. Our first recomendation is purchasing our Beginner Guitar DVD/Book combo. In this you get two full volumes that teach you the basics and help you play the songs you love right away. This DVD/Book has 3 angle videos that actually show you how to do everything. The second option is to use our Training Center. This option is free and can be a great resource to get the basic skills down. Keep in mind that this section is new and content will constantly be added to it. This section of our site also does not have the detial or videos currently. The third option is to purchase the DVD/book and follow up by using our training center. This combanation will enable you to have access to all our resources and will most likely get you playing the songs you love the fastest.

Quick ways to learn to play guitar and have fun

1. When learning guitar focus on learn some basic chords first. Try just learning 3 chords. Chord D, Chord A and Chord G. You can find out how to play these chords in our free training Center or learn it on our DVD/book Combo. By learning these three chords you can play thousands of songs. You would be suprised to learn how many songs actually use these three chords.
2. Once you have memorized how to play these three chords, learn how to transition between chords (switch from one chord to the next). You can also find out how to do this in our free training center or learn it on our DVD/Book Combo. Practice this slowly until you are comfortable moving from one chord to the other.
3. Finally you should practice moving from one chord to the other. Practice this slowly and try to get faster and faster. Eventually you will be able to do this with out any problem and won't even have to look at your hands when doing this. Once you are at this point you are ready to play the songs you love and make music.
4. If you just focus on these 3 things you will be playing the songs you love in no time at all. This simple method skips the hard stuff and allows to you quickly learn the basics and start playing fun songs that you love.

External Resources

Learn to play guitar - More Tips
Learn to play guitar - Kids Only