chongjasmine

Why are you learning the guitar? What got you started in the first place? What is your guitar learning journey? What is your skill level now? How old are you when you learn the guitar? Do you reget your choice? How much have you spent on guitar related stuffs? For me, I am learning the guitar to praise God. I hope to learn praise and worship songs. I got started on it rather than any other muscial instruments was because I thought it sounded cool. I was choosing between whether to learn guitar or keyboard for worship purpose and the guitar won over. One reason was because King David of the Old Testament play with a stringed instrument and I thought I do the same thing. Besides, guitar sounds much cooler. My guitar journey begins when I was a teenager. I had two months of group guitar instruction and stopped after two months and had not played it since then. Recently, now at age 39, I am picking it up again, and just started a few days ago with Justin site. I am at a beginner skill level, struggling to play between D and A chord and the dduudu strum pattern. I never regretted my choice of playing the guitar. I had spent US$1000++ on guitar related stuffs since when I first touched the guitar. What about you?

I will receive around US$4000 next year. Should I spend it on a more expensive guitar or on guitar courses? https://www.believermusic.com/SG/EN/...Guitar-Program Here is the course I am interested in, which teaches worship guitar. I can learn from BGR to SWD with my money. It is a group guitar course. But then, maybe justinguitar.com and online guitar course is enough for my need, and the money is better spent on geting a better guitar, one that has better sound.

I am currently still at module 1 of Justinguitar. I have been practising between switching D and A chord and find some difficulty in doing so. Also, I find it hard not to strum the top 2 strings of D chort and the top string of A chord. Furthermore, I find it a hard choice whether to look at my right hand or left hand when I play. If I look at my right hand, I will place the chord wrongly. If I look at my left hand, I will strum the top strings of the D chord and the top string of the A chord. I am having fun so far, though, and enjoy pracrtising. I am getting better but still not there yet. Sometime, I am unable to sound all the 6 strings of the chord when I play. Some of the strings become muted, and it is hard to make them not muted. Especially when my string are so tight and pressing hard on them can be so painful. Still, I practise sometimes to make the strings not muted but it is really hard. I am also having a hard time getting my finger to the edge of the fretboard as, is recommended by Justin. But I am not giving up! I hope to master my A and D so that I can proceed to the next module of Justin's course. I wonder if there is any worship songs that just have A and D chord so that I can practise with them instead of the recommended songs on Justin's site. Learning guitar is more fun than I remembered, and I hope one day to master the guitar. Meanwhile, my parents and younger brother are constantly betting with each other on when I will give up on the guitar. I hope to prove them wrong. They keep telling me, my guitar skill sucks, and I feel like telling them, at least it is better than them knowing nothing but I choose to keep quiet instead. Hopefully, ten years down the road, I will prove them wrong.

I am mainly learning guitar to learn praise and worship songs. I want to worship God with the guitar. I had 2 months of guitar instruction back in the past before I stopped due to financial constraints. I learnt the dduudu strum pattern during my guitar instruction class. It is a group instruction class. I am interested in learning mainly to play praise and worship songs, as well as hymns and gospel songs. From justinguitar, I learnt the D chord and A chord, though I struggle with them sometimes. I am currently using justinguitar as a resource. I may consider subscibing to either guitartricks or jamplay, though I am not sure which is better. These guitar sites are good, but they mainly teaches secular songs, and rarely, and most often not, have any praise and worship songs which I can learn. I will really appreciate if someone can point me to a website that focuses on teaching praise and worship guitar, even if it is a dvd. I prefer online video site with lifetime subscription, so that I don't have to pay again and again. I know of two websites, worship artistry and worshiponline that focuses on christian praise and worship but they are mainly songs and not techniques or styles or music theory. I will like to learn guitar music theory, guitar strumming pattern and learn more guitar chords. I also hope to learn to move up and down the guitar fretboard and transpose with capo. As of now, I do not know how to use a capo. Also, are there any guitar websites beside guitartricks, jamplay, truefire or artistworks that offer video instructions from beginner to advanced? Especially one that is focus on praise and worship? Or teaches songs that worship artistry and worshiponline doesn't cover? Thanks for all the recommendations so far, will continue to look at more recommendations. I recently bought a FG830 Yamaha acoustic guitar and wonder if it works with praise and worship songs, or will an electric guitar suits me better? Also, which is better, guitartrick or jamplay or truefire? Furthermore, I recently inherited a sum of US$1000 and will like to invest them on guitar course. Price is not an issue for me. What are some guitar accesories I should look up for and purchase, besides the capo, that will aid me in learning guitar? My budget after spending on FG830 is US$1000. Any course within that price range and is good will be considered by me. Thanks for reading!