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Guitars
Well this Chrismas I'm gonna see if I can get a guitar to teach myself how to play one. But one thing is I don't know how to play it all and dunno how to hold it, like if your a righty does the long part lay on ur left hand? Another thing is my parents won't let me get one unless I know how to play one but I don't have one! Well my dad has one of those mexican guitars but I wanna learn using one of those rocker ones which brings to: do you first need learn the basics of playing a guiar using a mexican one or can you learn if you use a rocker one to teach yourself with. Lastly if I do get a rocker one does anyone which kind/brand would be good to practice with and where to get it? (places like walmart,best buy, only ones I know that I saw had guitars.)
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Okay. If you're right-handed, the long part (neck) goes in your right hand. The thickest string always goes on top. There are a number of self-guided courses out there; the classic one is by Mel Bay, though there are others. A lot of them come with instructional DVDs.
In your position, I'd start by learning to play your dad's acoustic guitar. All the notes and basic techniques are the same as for an electric guitar; once you can play chord progressions and so forth then you can start messing around with effects and whammy bars and all the weirdness the electric guitar is capable of. Just keep in mind that Jimi Hendrix started with a guitar made from a cigar box, a broomstick, and wire from a screen door. Good luck!
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yes it is possible to teach yourself guitar and it does not matter what hand you are...the neck of the guitar goes in your left hand and the base on your lap...use the acoustic(mexican) guitar first to get your fingers to callouse or you will have discomfort playing an electric guitar...and a gibson is a good choice but expensive
~~Matthew (sccking)
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