the absolute beginner-got a guitar for my birthday thread

cyberfret.com is cool if you are trying to teach yourself stuff...i havent been there in a couple of years so i dont know what it is liek now......as far as merchandise goes i like zzounds.com for all of my needs....

 

www.guitartabs.cc is where i learned most when i was starting.

youll (hell) stay interested much more if you (he) learns songs he likes compared to getting lessons and learning the "proper" techniques.

 

I've just started to learn too. For tabs of famous songs and lessons:

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/

R.

 

agreed, plus its probally the best tab site on the net

 

for tabs: www.mxtabs.net


I found this, though I'm unsure of how good it is. http://www.guitarweek.com/lessons/index.php

 

http://www.frets.com is good for repair/maintenence... some people skip those kinds of things and just go to a tech/luthier.

http://www.acousticplayermagazine.com/forum/ I know the editors of this magazine... also a nice place to ask for help and things.

 

ultimateguitar, definatly
except i got banned from there forums

 

Don't know any good websites, but have you considered lessons? I really loved taking guitar lessons. Finding a good instructer is a big hard, but if you talk to someone at any local music store, they might be able to point you in the right direction.

My guitar lessons were once a week, a half hour, $15, and he'd let me bring in any song I wanted to learn and he'd figure it out (really fast, it was pretty impressive to watch) and teach it to me. He taught me all different genres. He taught me how to improvise with another musician. And, you know, all the necassary theory crap. It was really helpful. Lots of people can teach theirselves, but most can't (and most who can still end up with a very narrow understanding of the instrument), and it's really helpful to have an instructer who can suit your personality and the way you learn.

 

I know, I know. It's really important and is a lot of work and quite difficult. And the type of thinking it requires I have found to be oddly helpful in math class. I was mostly just being a smartass.

 

hey man i remember when i first started playin and i found a tab thought it was right and then a few months of playing i noticed that they wernt so i went thou a shit load of shit tabs and i finaly found a place that i like that dsnt have as much as everyother place......its www.powertabs.net......you have to dl software (its free) and its amazing.......and if u ever start making your own songs u can tab it w/ the software.........its nt the best music software out there but its also free so....

 

thats cool, i used to post on mandolin cafe a bunch.
you should really try, therhombus.com its a bunch of phish kids, but they are mostly very knowledgeable musicians, who are kind, know a ton of theory, and are good at explaining things, plus they are always willing to help. try it mamma.

 

you say "ahh" as if this is not extremely obvious.

 

here's one i use from time to time
http://www.cyberfret.com/

 

On the old forums, somebody came by advertising their site...Guitar Knowledge Net. Just Google the name and it'll come up

It has listings for scales, chords, a progression builder, all sorts of stuff. It doesn't actually have any TAB to learn, but it's definitely useful for a beginner who sees a chord name and thinks "Huh?"

 

http://www.musictheory.net/index.html
there's another