What You'll Need

• What You'll Need

  1. A six-string Guitar
  2. A Guitar pick: Light gauge (thinner) picks are preferable for beginners
  3. Patience: Definitely a virtue for learning how to play guitar
  4. A love of music and a desire to learn

• Things to Remember

  Keep your fingernails short by trimming them regularly. This will allow your fingers to hold down the notes easier and produce a better sound.

  
  Your fingers will start to hurt as you begin to play. This is normal. Eventually, with time and practice, your fingertips will develop calluses and the pain will go away.

  
  Take some time in between lessons to make sure that you've mastered each part. Practice each lesson for a few minutes before moving on to the next.