The first, and most important step to learning how to play the guitar is actually getting a guitar. You may have an old acoustic guitar that your dad used to play stuffed away in the attic or buried in the closet. Dig it out and clean it up and get started. If you do not have one around the house you can find a good beginners guitar at an

y music shop. They have electric or acoustic packages that you can buy. Usually each package comes with a few extra things to get you started right. Most acoustic packages come with a gig bag, which is used to store your guitar when you go somewhere, a chromatic tuner, which will make tuning your guitar easy, a package of picks, a guitar strap, and a set of new strings. An electric guitar package will usually come with a ten-watt amplifier, cables that hook your guitar to the amp, a strap, a set of picks, a gig bag, and a chromatic tuner, plus a new set of strings. Either way you are getting a very good deal.

In no time at all you will be playing great sounding guitar for pretty cheap by teaching yourself. Who knows, maybe someday you will be the next Eddie Van Halen. Just remember to start simple and you will develop the good habits that it takes to learn to play the guitar successfully.

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