How To Play Guitar For Older Beginners - SUPER Easy - Part 1/3 | Guitar Tricks

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Have you though to yourself, now is the time to finally start learning how to play guitar! Then this video series is for you. Gary will start you off with plenty of tips, and quelsh any hesitations you might have for starting to learn how to play guitar later in life. It's never too late! You absolutely can learn how to play guitar. And you will be so glad you started today!
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How To Tune Your Guitar - • You Are Tuning Your Gu...
3 Guitar Strumming Rhythms - • Guitar Strumming Rhyth...
Learn To Solo - • 4 Easy Guitar Licks Yo...
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[@SlowToe]

Every sentence is gold. Great idea for a series of lessons. Hope this video reaches everyone who needs it ❤

[@GuitarTricks]

Thank you! 😃

[@racovert1]

Great insight. As a new guitarist age 71 I want to hear more!

[@GuitarTricks]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@Ron-ih3dc]

Nice video, thanks! You might want to mention GAS, Gear Acquisition Syndrome... as an adult I have discretion over my income in a way that kids or teens don't. I truly admire the craftsmanship and designs that go into guitars and gear of all types, but have to resist purchasing more $$ guitars, thinking that will make me a better player

[@GuitarTricks]

Thank you for the recommendation and your support.

[@mtbsperry]

Nicely done. Extremely helpful techniques! Thank you. 🙏🏻

[@renagrover8519]

Amazing thank you😁

[@RichBermannyc]

Fantastic video!

[@LazloArcadia]

I really enjoyed the last point in the video about how to translate to the guitar the tunes you are hearing in your head. Very insightful

[@GuitarTricks]

Awesome!

[@bryantcochran5065]

Great stuff!! I always strive to play what's in my head, now I know more of the why that's working for me.

[@GuitarTricks]

Glad to hear it!

[@FirstLast-nn2bj]

Great stuff! Thanks!

[@GuitarTricks]

Glad you liked it!

[@Tbow9999]

Great video im a old beginner on acoustic thks

[@prembhakto]

Great approach, very different and helpful,Gracias!

[@GuitarTricks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@maureengrant9077]

Very interesting. Thankyou Gary.

[@GuitarTricks]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@scottstubbs9913]

Great lesson, good information. Thanks😊

[@GuitarTricks]

Thank you for tuning in Scott!

[@tuna22lm]

Love your videos and your teaching style and attitude,and understanding thank you.

[@GuitarTricks]

Thank you for the support tuna!

[@egharrell]

Very helpful.

[@GuitarTricks]

Awesome!

[@marybrown4389]

Yeah Man, I like a lot of others here i enjoy your teaching style and i'm an old guy, but i do like some of the technical stuff trying to refresh my memory and your a god-send for me anyway Thanks

[@GuitarTricks]

Rock on!

[@sipius22]

Intelligence, discipline and pain threshold..... are the qualities required.........whether guitar, golf, boxing, engineering school or special forces.....success is part of simple universal rules.

[@GuitarTricks]

We agree, the only thing missing is dedication!

[@michelle-psl4441]

I started playing 3 years ago at 62 (and I started with GuitarTricks!). Finally starting to play barre chords and beginning the intermediate stage and I'm back with GT. Nope - I'm not a ringer. Just tried just about everything out there, including in-person lessons. But I need focus and step-by-step learning and GT fits the bill for me. Doing fingerstyle lessons and trying to learn 2-3 new songs each month. Looking forward to videos 2 & 3.🙂

[@GuitarTricks]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience!

[@davidwalker41]

can't wait for parts II and III

[@GuitarTricks]

Thanks for watching!

[@Sar4et0]

What is the guitar you are holding in this video, so I purchase the same? Classic, Acoustic ? How much should I invest for a first guitar!? I am 50, and I am a fan of rock music but also classic music, so I would be very interested to start with a classic guitar...no clue actually what is the difference between acoustic and classic guitar.

[@garyheimbauer8810]

Acoustic guitars are either nylon string or steel string. Steel string is used more in folk, country, rock, and popular styles of music. Nylon string is used more in classical music, flamenco, and Bossa Nova. Typically, the neck of a steel string is smaller and more comfortable, but the strings of a nylon string are softer and easier to press down. I would try some different kinds out at a local store and talk to a sales person! It's great for a beginner to start on Acoustic because all you need is the guitar and it will always sound the same! You also can't hide behind the effects and stuff. You get out of it exactly what you put in. Depending on your budget, you might want both an acoustic and an electric, especially if you like rock. It's really exciting to plug a guitar into an amplifier and hear that sound - it may motivate you and excite you. The guitar I have in this vide is a steel string acoustic (OM sized). Its made by Eastman Guitars in China.

[@toddsutton5672]

i have been trying to learn for 13 years. i have a severe tbi. the struggle is i dont hear anything in my head. i dont remember rhythms or melodies. song structures. i love music. this started out thinking i could do this. but i was wrong. now is just trying to get my brain to work but that isnt happening either.

[@GuitarTricks]

Thank you for sharing your story, hopefully you will keep us updated on your continued journey.

[@tuna22lm]

Learning to play by ear you would have to have a lot of your favorite music to play on hand. You just can't go out and start buying all this music that you want to learn how to play. And if you don't have a computer you can't just start downloading this music that you want to learn or go a order books on different artists either.

[@GuitarTricks]

Learning to play by ear is definitely not an easy feat!

[@ndeeellis143]

My fingers are a lil bit shorter than others so what should I do?

[@FirstLast-nn2bj]

Move your thumb lower behind the neck, elbow in, and maybe push elbow out a little - it works for me!

[@sonjamyburgh212]

Good question....I would also like to know 🤔

[@GuitarTricks]

We recommend the following: moving your wrist forward, buy a guitar with a thinner neck, and make sure you have perfect posture.

[@danielberkley1450]

Plus+++

[@GuitarTricks]

Thank you!

[@scjimmyjoe]

Started my journey 4 years ago and I think everything I try to play sounds like garbage....but still playing it

[@GuitarTricks]

Everything improves with time, keep going!

[@timmitchell3904]

Cool but you never got old and then picked up a guitar for the first time. No way you can know what that feels like. Arthritis!

[@GuitarTricks]

Appreciate your point of view!

[@mikelaugasr.4218]

I'm 55 please help i need to learn to pick faster

[@GuitarTricks]

Hello we would suggest signing up for our program or even a one on one lesson with one of our instructors: www.guitartricks.com/pro

[@tuna22lm]

You probably start to think o I will never get this ,or my fingers are killing me, there is so many chords, and on and on llol.

[@GuitarTricks]

Your fingers will stop hurting with time. Definitely is painful at first, ouch!

[@Don-6164]

Yeah an absolute beginner or older player with a little experience would even know the chords. This makes me feel like im not getting it at all.

[@GuitarTricks]

Don't despair! Everyone learns differently. Keep at it and let us know how your practice goes.

[@tuna22lm]

I want to learn to play songs by note for note, I can't find lessons like that.

[@GuitarTricks]

Hi Tuna, we have this feature available on our site.

[@tuna22lm]

My big thing is I don't have my own space to practice, who am I bugging, I know what it is like to listen to a beginner trying to learn how to play a instrument and the mistakes that we make and I for one get embarrassed for making mistakes have no confidence and that is a real biggy for me and who am I bugging, even though they say it is OK I always think they are just being nice but deep down they are thinking here we go again he is practicing again plug your ears, those are my big ones.

[@GuitarTricks]

Don't let your fear of what others think make you stop playing!

[@tuna22lm]

Noking on heavens door sounds like.

[@robsteffey606]

Can’t you see. Lol Other than it’s 2bar d. 1bar c. 1bar g. Lol

[@GuitarTricks]

Thank you for your feedback

[@thecastle09]

Aint ez at all. Ugh stuck at beginner forever

[@GuitarTricks]

It takes time to learn these skills. Don't get discouraged. Keep at it and let us know how you progress.

[@markcafebrown2883]

No screw that get an online lesson with music theory. Sure you can play a/out theory but you won’t know why your actually playing what your playing.

[@MiklGorges]

Blah, blah, blah. A lot of words and nothing is said.

[@terrypapineau6993]

I was waiting for something to practice?.

[@kd5773]

It was how to practice. Listen first.