There’s been a surge of people learning to play the guitar at home over the past ten years. Pushed by lessons available online and cheaper acoustic guitars then ever before. It is a lot easier to teach yourself guitar then ever before.

If you don’t use a quality dvd guitar lessons or online video you risk making some mistakes while learning that will be more difficult to correct down the road. For the remainder of the article I’m going to explain to you the three most noticeable errors new guitar players make. So if you’re a beginner or have been teaching yourself pay close attention, if you’re making or have made any of these mistakes now is the time to fix them.

Correct Left Hand Positioning

I often see guitar players with their thumb coming way up over the neck of the guitar. When you first start learning it’s important to learn proper form. If you start with bad habits they become harder to change later on. Ensuring that your thumb is positioned correctly on the back of the neck allows your fingers to be nimble and move quickly over the neck to make fast chord changes or pick quickly.

Tips of Fingers on Frets

Along with improper hand positioning comes using the fleshy part of your finger tip on the frets rather then just the tip. So why does it matter? More complex chords are learned as you become an intermediate guitar player and advance your skill level. By not using tips of your fingers others strings around the fret your on will be blunted and the sound muffled when strumming or picking.

Notes on Each String

This last mistake is usually over looked because it’s boring and beginners don’t see any benefit to learning it. Knowing the notes on the neck for each string on the guitar is the first step to becoming a great guitar player. Any one who wants to take guitar lessons should learn this first, this is the skill that will help you become a great guitar player. All great lead guitar players know their way around the guitar neck and every note on each string like the back of their hand.

If you find yourself making any of these beginner mistakes take action to try and change them now. Learning the correct way is much easier now then trying to undo bad habits in several years.

 

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