Hello, I recently bought an acoustic guitar, and this is my second attempt at learning to play.

I made some progress, teaching myself basic chords and strumming, but I’m having trouble following sheet music/chord patterns and similar resources. Sometimes, when I’m watching a YouTube video on how to play a song, they don’t provide the strumming pattern or other details.

I’ve only been playing for a month, and I really enjoy it, but I feel like I’m starting to slow down again. I did download a book on how to improve my playing, which I plan to read later today.

I was wondering if anyone had a few resources they’d be willing to share.

Thank you!

  • @[email protected]English
    2•5 days ago

    Try new songs that seem easy till you find one that actually is easy, drill it till you can do it decently, try another song and do the same. That was me 25 years ago and I still love to play.

    Learn to read guitar tabs, listen to single parts of the song till you can play that part and keep going till you have each part.

    I found it way easier with songs I liked. They were probably harder to play but it kept me interested.

    A video of someone playing the song might help with the strumming pattern but you get an ear for it pretty quick.