Learnin' guitar needs time. Scheduled lessons or no scheduled lessons. But anyway:
If you are a total beginner... then I'd suggest the basic 123's of guitar =D
1. Spider tab
Do the spider exercise endlessly un till your finger muscles start to ache, when they do, it would mean that you have been working your fingers out which is a good thing.
Here's your typical spider exercise:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym9YDsbANDg[/ame]
The spiders I did rather 1 2 34 than O 1 2 3. But this works too, because its just a finger exercise
Keep in mind that speed, is NEVER important in exercises, what is important is tempo, if you're at a speed you're comfortable at (which is probably slow now) then keep at it just take care of the tempo. Over time the speed will come to you naturally.
The spider is something that you will never think of being too lame for you, lemme tell you that. I do it still to keep my fingers good, Dave mustane still does it, Slash probably does it too, everyone pretty much does the spiders so never let go of them.
2. La Chords
for now, I suggest you look up and memorize these chords:
G Major
C Major
D Major
E Major
A Major
You can get a good bunch of basic songs out of these chords. E.g 'knockin' on heavn's door' by Bob Dylan is a progression of G maj, D maj, C maj on repeat. So learn these chords. They get more varied, into minor chords, minor7chords, major7chords, and barre chords come etc. but that's not your concern for now
It's not necessary that you learn these two lessons one at a time, you can start with any and progress through any. They will be frustrating at first, but you'll learn to love playing guitar once you get the hang of it. It's awesome.
If you want more insight or info, then go to
www.spytunes.com. I learned all of my basics from there.
Good Luck =D
