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  1. Buy your first guitar wisely; Buy an affordable guitar, but not the cheapest guitar in the store. Some teachers recommend buying an acoustic because it’s generic.
  2. Detune your guitar strings; use a standard tuner to get your guitars into tune, I recommend the guitar tuna app, it’s on app store and google playstore.
  3. Start with the basics; learn the little things first, practice finger exercises.
  4. Practice scales; learn one first, master it before learning the next one, use them to play songs.
  5. Learn and practice chords; start with chord C F G, and Am, use them to play songs, practice standing up.
  6. Play Slow; play slowly and correctly, then you increase the speed little by little. Use a metronome, you will find it in the guitar tuna app.
  7. Memorize the fretboard; learn and practice the 5 pentatonic scales, this can help you with memorizing the fretboard of the guitar. Learn how to use guitar tabs.
  8. Learn barre chords; also called movable chords, it helps you to play on all keys conveniently on the guitar.
  9. Learn guitar playing techniques; learn and practice techniques like strumming, legato, arpeggios, string skipping, string bending, palm muting, sliding, vibrato, hammer-ons and pull-offs.
  10. Be patient; you need time to learn and grow with it, don’t be in a haste. Practice every day.
  11. Know what to practice next; become curious, watch videos of other people playing, learn more to practice more.
  12. Stop comparing yourself to others; Stop comparing yourself to others right now. Compare yourself  to yourself! Do better than you did yesterday. Listen to recordings of you playing a month before.
  13. Do not quit, Keep GOING. Join a community of guitar players Never Say Never! You are welcome!
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