Beginners Introduction to the guitar

[SMITHALAA]

If i was to buy a new guitar and try learn, should i get an acoustic guitar or electric?

[1998gagana]

i dint understand about the semi-stone and the whole tone? can anyone tell me?

[easthamptonmusic]

@1998gagana I messaged you if your still confused message me back with any questions you may have

[1998gagana]

@easthamptonmusic Thank you so much..... :D

[vsachdewa]

@easthamptonmusic can u message me too???

[Eybi18race]

i want to buy guitar :) and i want to learn to play guitar :)

[opel1111]

Just got a guitar today :)

[bigchezmktg]

Thank you so much for this series of videos! I'm a 36 year old mom learning to play alongside my 10 year old daughter. We've really learned a lot from your series!

[TheRiversOwn]

would replacing my saddle with a shorter one make it easier for me to press the strings to the fret? is that possible? or are there other options?

[jimmycarteryan]

wow very helpful, thanks

[naturalnchic1]

it really helped! thanks

[scottysoxfan]

thank you very much for your time sir

[marcriv0319]

damn dude thnxx so much..u helped me out alot

[MrWer1138]

Thank you O sensei of the virtuosic arts!,\m/

[easthamptonmusic]

 easthamptonmusic Bought my brothers new album Memoirs by drumfish at itunes my Brother is the bassist

[APlusDropouts]

Cool video. These kind of videos helped me when i was starting out, Thanks for sharing

[claire0rockz]

Thank you very much for this! It's simple and straightforward :)

[DammRightFooItsNelli]

im gonnna start playing guitar and my friend showed me ome cords but there soo confusing. How long do you think itll take you to be confortable with the cords. and how many cords are there?

[dejnoal]

thank you

[gotDORKS]

awesome! thanks :D

[sazzlefazzle123]

ive wanted to play the guitar for soooo long and i finally got one yesterday. This tutorial was really helpful.

[Jergensful]

Poor Background but great mentor

[SchmockwithCream]

should i buy a guitar?? i've been playing the piano for 9 years, but i want to try something else out!!

the guitar always appeared as a great instrument to me, but i dunno if i would just play it a few times and afterwards its lying in the corner : (

i wouldnt take lessons, cause i cant affort atm.

[decodetwilight]

hey that's what i did i'm kinda half-teaching myself guitar but i think its a good idea to get your own one and really commit :D

[SchmockwithCream]

i finally bought one a week ago or so and its really awesome!!!

[SensiBleu]

My exp:

bought an electric and never used it. traded for an acoustic and practiced much more because it was easier to pick up and play right away. then i tinkered about 20 mins a day with what I learned from this YouTube post. Since March 09 i've made nice progress with just a little fun jammin! if you have dexterity for piano; a guitar will be easy

[SchmockwithCream]

hey, actually the next day after my comment , i went out and bought one! its really awesome! acoustic. my experiece is actually the same as yours!

thats so cool! im totally happy!

[kevinvdven]

cool helps me mutch :D thank you men

[FindingBeauty07]

very helpful!!  Thank you!!

[megha912]

i brought my new guitar yeahhhhhhhhhh

[nanna1114]

That was a great help. Thank you very much =)

[smcwhannell]

I Cant Play Guitar Yer

But I Have One And My Friend Who Plays Guitar Put On The Strings, But Theres Extra String At The End, What Do I Do With That ?

Please Help

[easthamptonmusic]

carefully clip the hanging string with a wire cutter about 1/4 inch from the string post

JH

[tenormin90]

umm...i realy want to play a guitar for this girl on the 8 th of july....the song is i love you by the ordinary boys....but havent touched a guitar in my life before....im ready to do anything and would really really appreciate it if u could pst a video on how to do it.....plzzzz i really really need this.....

[000RandomPower000]

this really helped

[TheKakapo]

I started guitar this week. I'm trying to go slow and build up some calluses. It's really hard... but I like your lessons. :)

[easthamptonmusic]

Thank you keep on practicing

JH

[cricrocket]

Thanks !!

Nice video, helped me a lot

[gabbyangel97]

can u sort ur audio it is annoying me and it is irritating

[easthamptonmusic]

Sorry Im not a producer just a musician

JH

[gabbyangel97]

thanks 4 posting this video i could really learn alot pls post more video.i want to learn more.i am just a beginner

[totalredneck3]

thanks man this made my day, ive been wanting to learn to play for wuite some time now

[surrealIdeal]

Is he lefthanded or am I the only one who holds my guitar the other way (I think I'm not if I look to the other videos..)

[DABEARSROCK887]

he is lefty

[strangepickles]

thank you so much. this was SOO helpful.. :D

[ShastaPwns]

I honestly don't know WHY i watched this, but for beginners this would be pretty useful.

[erinlea82]

this was great! it helped me alot. I practiced this several times today. I just picked up a guitar today and im so excited to learn. I want to learn the mandolin next.

[oppindigo]

glad to have found this I dont have to struggle with finding lessons in order because you put enough info in one lesson to to practice for days

[matrockapak6l8]

thanks 4 this vid

now i can beat slash in guitar competition

[italianbhoy]

you're really helping me bro. Really appreciate it.

[PotatoButter]

This helped me so much ! ^-^ Thanks A Heap!!

[marcoandjenn]

Really good, but can you sort your audio out? Alot of static and it is annoying. Your great though!

[finkdawg5]

Great video, only criticism is that there's a whole heck of a lot of info from about 7 mins to 8 mins. Talking about playing an octave, you go into ok just play this note, then this one, then this one, etc it's hard to follow where I should be placing my fingers and trying to keep up with how quickly you move through it. Otherwise, great stuff and thank you so much!

[easthamptonmusic]

Thanks for the input When I first posted

these vids utube kicked them back saying the

files where too large so I cut them up

check out intro 2 and if the vids are too

fast hit rewind and watch them again

Thanks

JH

[RAZORSsk8t]

dude your awesome! thank you so much

[asianbarbie1989]

wow..its o simple..

i kinda compare it to

singing but duude..u are awesome!..*

[dineshchitlangia]

hello!.. all your videos are very good... nice lessons sir.. thanks a ton !

[easthamptonmusic]

Thanks

JH

[nick1111341]

I heard u are from ny where from ny?

[easthamptonmusic]

East Hampton NY on Long Island

JH

[easthamptonmusic]

Originaly ManhattanNYC '56-'85

[rossaann]

I don't have words to describe how grateful I am to you sir!

[sanddancer40]

had my acoustic (an aria)for years now after years of picking it up and forgetting about it through frustration will atempt from beginning again with your help & vids.very helpful bud.thanx

[easthamptonmusic]

Keep on

JH

[MeAnnalise]

Hi! I Was Just Wondering If Chords On All Guitar's Are The Same. Because I Have An Acoustic Guitar. If Not Could You Maybe Put Beginner Lessons Up If It's Not To Much Trouble.

[krtqrt]

You rock man, merci beaucoup!

[FiveFingerTick]

I've had a guitar for awhile and I've gone through the beginners book it came with a couple times stupefied, you lesson helped understand some of the basic principles. Thank you very much sir for this informative video, the quality is excellent.

[bioniclefan1]

i now worship u

[xXaargirlieXx]

thx 4 ur help

much appreciated =]

[Jay4GunsNRoses]

Wow, this is really helpful. Thanks.

[Archangelskiss8]

The tuning part was great! Thanks again!

[Archangelskiss8]

I'm "self-teaching" myself & this has been great! :D

Thank you soo much can't wait for the next!

Keep it up!

Cheerz! :]

[guillaumesansami]

Same here. I'm totally new just bought my first guitar. This is very instructive

[xxBRITAINxx]

my fingeers are killing me mate. plz tell me i will get use to it!!

[qcampbell123]

thanks alot ur videos hwlp me the most! =]

u have the best lessons thanks

[StealthyStamper]

Hey just wanted to say this video really helped me out with learning on account that i have only had my guitar for a couple of weeks.

Very informative keep it up i look forward to learning much more!

[stephanieponed]

this really does help:]

i'm a beginner and i'm anxious about playing the guitar:D

do you know if a cresent is a good beginner guitar ?

that is what i have now .

[easthamptonmusic]

if you are happy will it thats what counts

is it acoustic or electric or nylon string

if its easy to play and all the notes work

and it sounds good thats all you need.

[stephanieponed]

it's an acoustic:]

i just learned the g scale from your video and i think it sounds pretty close to yours ,

so i think it's pretty good:]

for a beginner that is:D

[cyndyn]

You've explained the G scale in a way that has until now been incomprehensible to me. Thank you.

[easthamptonmusic]

thanx

jh

[elwoodetubes]

thanx for the reply, its not tht important- just that the fret board is also dark on your guitar so it would stand out better against a lighter background. If you get your clothes dirty then play naked - it would certainly get you noticed even more, try it and see!!! I would like to see you redo some videos have a camera friend zoom in sometimes to see the fingers position better and offer these videos on DVD, id buy one! naked or not.

[easthamptonmusic]

My camera broke Im buying a new one

but I ain't playing naked I wouldn't

want to subject anyone to that There would

be people getting sick all over the world

Next vid I'll use a guitar with a maple

finger board thanx for the input JH

[elwoodetubes]

Vid quality fine though i would have liked it if you wern't looking so dark, a lighter shirt please? What sort of guitar is that- such a sweet sound, I want one!

[easthamptonmusic]

it is a vantage 635v about 300us dollars

I wear dark clothes because when I wear

light clothes I always ruin them.

[AmeliaSnow]

Really great help - thanx :D

[anonasalways]

This is awesome. Real handy. Thanks a lot.

Oh! and your video skills are just fine.

[anonasalways]

This is awesome. Real handy.  Thanks a lot.

[johnpalazzo]

good to find a lefty on youtube, excellent lessons

[kwc323]

i've been playing guitar for a while and this still helped me out dude thanks! rock on!! \m/ (it's a rock fist! accept it!)

[malissa456]

thank you so much for you time and help!

[Sk8erPimpDaddy]

dude ur the person i have been looking for thank u

[Rungaul]

I just started trying to learn how to play last night on a borrowed guitar. I am a lefty and it's for a righty so I am trying to use it backwards. I am having difficulty with chords and having my finger only hit the one string when doing a G major chord. Could the fact that the smaller strings are at the top be making it more difficult? I was just trying this guitar to see if I had the patience to learn before I went out and bought my own left handed guitar.

[oxandrewxo]

about the whole and semi tones, so basically, whole and semi skips and goes alternately in a pattern.

Like from bar to bar. dotted bar is whole and none are semi's ?

[easthamptonmusic]

moving from one fret to the next fret you are moving

a semi tone AKA half step

skipping a fret you are moving a whole tone AKA whole step

If you move from fret 1 to fret 2=semitone

if you move from fret 1 to fret 3=whole tone  JH

[Dasbul]

thanx a lot

it's really helpful

please make more video

[OnlyTbone]

good video, the video isnt perfect, but thats youtube. Other than that its excellent and very helpful, this is way better than live lesson (you can't rewind those)!! That scale is hard to get the hang of.

[Sunshinestate32]

VERY helpful! thanks so much!! :)

[yellowbrand]

this video is vey useful thanks

[RCO94]

thanx that helped ALOT keep making vids

[Amhailte]

Great video, really helpful - thanks very much for making it!

[tiffules]

thank u so much this is helping me ALOT!! ps i just started. YOU ARE AN AWESOME TEACHER!!!

[tommy7113]

yea

[sconsol877]

hey there, im trying to learn guitar, i play piano so maybe ur videos will help. keep em coming