Guitar questions(lots)?

Question

Acoustic or electric .Which is best for beginners? does it matter? how long does it take to learn? If I learn acoustic will it be easy to learn electric? vise versa? Will learning to play the guitar help me learn to play the piano? I know so many questions. Sorry.

Answer 1

hmm. It would be easier if you got an acoustic, because if you get an electric, you'll have to buy more stuff for it, and then you'll not only have to learn to play the guitar, but how to work the equipment.

So i'd say to go for the acoustic. It'll be much easier to learn the electric. the sound is also better in some ways and it'll come out cheaper.

when it comes to actually learning it depends. Do you want to learn how to read music and then apply it to the guitar? Or just to play songs already made and use tabs on knowing how?

It depends on how often you play, and what you want to learn.

I'm not sure if it'll help with piano, because i don't play that much..but if you learn how to read music, and know which key is which, it should be easy for you to learn piano alone.

Answer 2

Acoustic is usually better to start because the frets and strings are a little harder to play (but not much).  Then electric will feel easier.  But it doesn't really matter.  It will take a year to get anywhere decent (to ride the bike so to speak), but days or week to play a couple neat parts from songs.  It will definelty help you to learn the piano

Answer 3

i think acoustics are harder to play than electrics.

the neck is wider on an acoustic, so its harder to stretch your fingers across it, which is a pain in the **** for beginners, and i like the steel strings on an electric more, just seem more comfortable to me.

also, you cant plug earphones into an acoustic.

Answer 4

I always found electric to be a lot easier. So which one you wanna start out on is pretty much up to you... Either challenge yourself with acoustic, which will make learning electric a lot easier later on, or start out easy?

Also, it all depends on you how long it'll take you to learn. If you practice for 15 hours a day, you may be decent in less than a month, etc. Maybe you learn stuff faster than others, maybe slower. It's all on you.

And yes. Playing guitar will be good practice for your fingers, and strengthen them for piano. Also, if you learn notes for guitar, you'll already know how to read music for piano.

Answer 5

Electric guitars are the best for beginners because the strings aren't as rough on your fingers.  Acoustic strings are copper and are very coarse on your fingers - and typically acoustic strings are tuned tighter thus harder to move your fingers as freely.

Learning depends on the individual and his/her patience, learning ability, and dexterity.

If you learn one, it will be much easier to learn the other.

Learning to play guitar won't necessarily help you to play the piano - the chords/notes are different and you have to use 10 fingers on a piano whereas a guitar requires you only to use one hand to pick and the other four fingers on the opposing hand to start.  You will gain a general familiarity with reading music by playing the guitar.

I would suggest looking up tablature and learning how to read it and taking lessons - good luck!

Answer 6

My suggestion for all of my students is to start out with the acoustic, electric doesn't sound good unless you know how to play it !!!!! and besides who wants to hear someone practice on electric. Everything that you learn on acoustic can be translated to electric, the only difference may be the width of the fingerboard, some are a little wider then others !!!!!! Playing guitar maybe help you understand reading music notation, and understanding how music theory works but there's a big difference in the playing, in piano the left hand is reading the bass clef, and the right is playing the G clef, with guitar your reading all G clef....( both hands) I think playing piano is harder then learning the guitar, with guitar you can learn just strumming, which isn't too difficult, now if your talking classical that's a whole different story, you play fingerstyle, and use a lot of difficult barre. As for a time line, that depends on you, some people amaze me with what they can learn in just six months, and others may take two years to play the same thing......it all depends, some have perfect pitch, or are musical geniuses, others just have the ability to retain what they learn just after a couple of lessons.....and are amazing !!!!!! But most take about a year to get the basics down well, everyones different.....some of my students I think oh wow this kids going to be great, and then after a couple of months they give up, and then again others who I think will never make it don't give up and later on become pretty good guitarist, so it's hard to tell the first year. Just don't give up, give it a honest try, play daily, and in time you'll see if you have any talent at all it will start to show, it just doesn't happen overnignt.....that's where most kids lose it, they want to learn it almost instantly and that doesn't happen, it takes time, daily practice, and a lot of hard work. Good luck to you, and remember don't give up !!!!!!!!

Answer 7

electric is easier on the fingers, but learning on acoustic will make you a better player on electric. but it all depends on what you like best. guitar will help you play piano and vise versa. it's the same concept but different instruments!

take guitar lessons and you should learn a lot in just a few months. you can learn the basics and become great, or go really in depth and become even greater.

it's a great instrument, i play and i love it.

have fun!!!!!!!!!!

go with a 6 string to start out.

Answer 8

Acoustic is best to start on for this reason:

1) The strings are made of steel, so you have to press them down harder. This will help your fingers get strength and a head start on building calluses (which is what you want to have).

If you take lessons, you'll see progress in a few weeks (but you gotta practice to get that progress). Learning to fully master the guitar and everything about it takes years. To get to playing songs like "Neon" by John Mayer takes months. There's a lot of stuff you have to get through and understand. A good teacher will know what to do. With that said, take lessons. :-D

It'll be easier to switch from acoustic to electric since they're both the same instrument, just different sizes, strings, etc. Vice versa will work too.

Seeing as I don't play piano, learning any instrument and learning how to read music will definitely help you in learning how to play piano. You'll have coordination down since you have to do two things at once on guitar, as well as on piano.

Answer 9

Buy the type of guitar you think you will play the most.  There are pros and cons to both.  Electric uses a lot more equipment which can be expensive, but Acoustic doesn't teach you about the amps and things like the wammy bar, etc.  As to how long it takes to learn I would say that most of it comes down to practice.  They should be pretty interchangeable it is just getting used to one over the other.  Guitar uses a different type of music than the piano when you are starting out.  If you want to learn piano after, then I would recommend taking guitar lessons from a more classically trained instructor who teaches music theory along with the basics.  Guitar and piano are completely different types of instruments in the way you play and complexity though.

Answer 10

depends on what you want to play - either is fine but electrics require amplifiers, cables, etc.

doesn't matter - electrics are a bit easier to play but acoustics can go anywhere

depends on how much practice and time you want to put in

yes - they are the same instrument - just slightly different techniques

yes - same answer

no - well, learning music makes learning a new instrument easier but the piano is a significantly different playing experience than a guitar

Answer 11

If you want to learn piano, learn piano first. Seriously, you will learn to read music a lot better, and will be able to have better coordination than if you were to go from guitar to piano.

If you decide to learn piano, and do that first, then get an acoustic guitar. Acoustic and electric guitars do vary in the way(s) you play them, but they are still very very much the same. Getting an acoustic will save you money, and your parents from getting upset with all of the noise. If later you decide that you want to stick with playing the guitar and you enjoy it, then you should get yourself an electric guitar.

How long does it take? It takes as long as you take to learn it. If you apply yourself and study the guitar every day and practice every day, you can learn a lot of chords and songs, and ways to play in a matter of months. You never really STOP learning to play though, there is always some new trick you can learn, or some song to play.