What is the best way to learn guitar?

A simple question asked by a lot of learner guitarists. Here’s a response from Paul Hackett at Guitar Noise
“A lot of music books start you off with some simple strumming patterns on some rather old songs. Well, Guitar Noise has a section entitled Easy Songs for Beginners that takes a few easy and well known songs and presents them in the form of a lesson. Not only do you learn to play the song so you can impress other people, you also learn a bit of theory and technique that will come in useful later. The series begins with some very basic two chord songs so you don’t have to learn a lot of chords first. Some of our easy songs for beginners include Riders On the Storm, I Shot the Sheriff, Before You Accuse Me, House of the Rising Sun and more. When you have mastered all the songs in this section you may be ready to graduate up to our Songs for Intermediates page. These lessons are great examples, not only because they get you playing recognizable songs right away, but because they teach you all sorts of techniques you can apply to other songs you learn by yourself.”

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