The First Step..

I hope you all were somewhat intrigued by my first post.well, i did my best. Anyway now as i mentioned earlier this post is gunna be about getting you started.

Alright now some people have this notion that you must start out with an acoustic guitar first and then graduate to electric guitar. This is not entirely true. However, i personally would advice you to start with an acoustic.

So i have bought an acoustic, im all pumped up and i can't wait to start jamming like a rockstar. Patience my friend and trust me it's going to take a lot of patience in the beginning but once you get going, hmm damn! it's awesome but that's for later.

The first step is to get your fingers comfortable with the fret board of the guitar.By this i mean you should be able to know how to play a basic note and some tools like hammer-on,pull-off,slide,palm-muting(these are just basic things u need to know), for this you may refer to any you tube video on how to play a note on the guitar. If you face trouble finding one, please feel free to contact me and i will refer some decent videos to you.

Now let me tell you or rather declare for the lack of a better word that please don't start to play your guitar by lookin up theory like chords,scales and crap. Im not saying that theory is not important but however it should not be taken into consideration in the begginning. Dave Mustaine the lead guitarist of Megadeth has said "Im a self taught guitarist, i don't know what chord or note im playing but i just know how to do it".


Alright now once armed with the knowledge of how to play a note and the tools, download a software known as "Guitar Pro". This software speaks for itself and suffice to say after you have installed it there is no need for me to tell you how useful it is.

After Guitar Pro has been installed, please go to the site "www.ultimateguitar.com". From this site i want you to download what is called a tab of the song you like most(Mind you, go for something simple).Please remeber download a pro tab and not a textual one so that you can use it with guitar pro.

From here on it's all about your patience and commitment towards the instrument. According to me starting with a song you love would not only make it interesting but because of the use of guitar pro you will find it much easier. At first your fingers will hurt too but you will soon develop calluses which will numb the pain.

Please feel free to comment or ask questions and tell me about your experiences if you so wish to.

Till then

Happy Gui-taring!!!

Starting Out With The Instrument

First of all before i begin to pour out everything i want to say i want to inform you that this is my first blog so please bear with me if i sound a tad boring.

Now as the heading suggests i am going to make this blog all about guitar playing and especially for those beginners who have trouble starting out with the instrument.

Let us now basically examine why anybody or rather why most of us are infatuated towards the guitar. The answer is simple and as we all know it's simply because when we see all our music idols jamming on stage with that shiny thing producing the kind of music we all are into, we feel a kind of thrill to do the same.

Now for some people this inspiration is short-lived,for some it never does come at all,for some it becomes a passion and some have mixed feelings. My focus is on the latter. You see people belonging to this category either lose out because there's no one to tell them how to approach the instrument or because most of them end up buying a acoustic to start out with which will end up in the attic rotting away to become just another short lived memory of your life.

I was watching videos on you tube the other day searching for people doing cover's of heavy metal bands and i was surprised to note that i could not find a single cover or i might add a single accomplished guitarist whose from India. I found all the guys who sounded decent to be from the far west.

I am not trying to force people to take up the instrument(Good Lord NO!) but i am trying to create an awareness on how to approach the same if you really wanna be a good guitar player.

In My next post i will try and tell you about the initial steps that need to be taken to start out with the instrument.