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What grooves you? What is the reason you want to get better?

There are many resources available to help you whether you are just beginning to play electric guitar, you want to expand your repertoire to include blues, funk or rock and roll music, or you just want to learn a few licks of your favorite song or even if you want to record yourself regardless of your intentions you can find help.

If you need help in better understanding your guitar playing, then here some ideas you can consider.

Guitar videos
You can purchase student guitar playing videos, either for home or computer watching, that include hand position, strumming technique, rhythm and timing, and finger exercises that take through various type of songs. You can mimic what you are watching on screen and reproduce what you see and the lessons become essentially a mirror for you in learning to play guitar. If you are a visual learner who likes to learn on their own, then this is the way to go but it takes determination and commitment.

Guitar lessons
You can find a community of acoustic electric guitar instructors in your surrounding area who are either private tutors or work through a community college. If you choose to work with an instructor you will need to take into consideration the flexibility of your schedule, their expertise, the type of students they work with the best, their success stories and their fees of course. You can take lessons either in a group or one on one- both have good and bad points but either will work to help you.

Playing with partners
You can find someone in your community that plays. You can also post a request online like at Craigslist for a find a private instructor at a guitar shop. The idea is to develop a friendship with someone who is a bit better than you who wants the accountability of practicing weekly. What you can provide is the commitment to meet up with them weekly and practice. To find what method works you can learn from their techniques in return. Of course, you always need to be aware of learning bad habits in situations like these, which is why it’s important to have a foundation in guitar technique before starting.

The Theory of Guitar
Related to guitar technique is developing a basis in guitar theory. Chord patterns, minor and major chord progressions, note scales, and overlap with piano and percussion instruments can all give you a basic structure upon which to layer in the knowledge and technique you gain in your guitar playing.

Playing guitar can be a wonderful expression of ones musical and creative talent. If you are committed to constantly improve your guitar playing, then you can have a lifetime of enjoyment playing guitar not only for yourself but also your friends and family.

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