Acoustic Guitar Tips

Acoustic Guitar Tips
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jean-Francois_Trin]Jean-Francois Trin

From a player's point of view, playing guitar is a lot of fun. Nothing compares to it and one can never learn too much about it. Simply speaking the more you play, the better you get and the more you enjoy it.

But for the aspiring player, starting comes with a dilemma...
"What's the best way to learn guitar?", "What are the differences between playing acoustic guitar and playing electric guitar?" These are two of the most common questions beginning guitarists are faced with.

Acoustic guitars and electric guitars are different in the way they are built and played but they are identical as far as the fretboard is concerned. The scales and chords are in exactly the same places. Both guitars are played by picking, plucking or strumming. The sound of an acoustic guitar resonates out of its body via the sound-hole and an electric guitar has to be plugged into an amplifier.

Acoustic guitars usually have heavier gauge strings and that means you will need to develop a little more strength in your fretting hand in order to play an acoustic guitar. However this will be to your advantage if you ever decide to play on an electric guitar. You'll be very much at ease as most electric guitars are fitted with lighter gauge strings that are more flexible.

These days it is quite common for acoustic guitars to be fitted with a pick up and EQ pre-amp system to enable players to have an 'amplified acoustic sound'. These guitars are referred to as electric-acoustics and they usually have a cut-away shape body that makes playing past the 12th fret easier.

The style of music you listen to will most likely be what you will want to learn to play on the guitar and will determine the type of guitar you will use. What type of music do you listen to? What are your favorite bands and artists? What you learn to play is as important as how you learn to play and what guitar you learn to play on.

If you were fortunate to be born with a singing voice, an acoustic guitar is the perfect instrument for you to learn and play all your favorite songs. Bear in mind of course that a song by AC DC or Metalica will sound totally different played on an acoustic guitar. But who knows? You might want to go down that road and develop the talent to innovate and create an acoustic version of a heavy metal song! It's been done successfully before.

When buying a guitar make sure it's one you feel comfortable with. Learning how to play on a guitar that sounds good and feels good will make a world of difference, believe me. I highly recommend that you take your time and shop around until you find the right guitar for you. You'll know it once you have it in your hands and start strumming. From a guitarist's point of view, it is truly a unique feeling.

To sum it up, learning to play on an acoustic guitar is the same as learning to play on an electric guitar: they both have the same fretboard so the scales and chords have exactly the same shapes and positions, all you have to do is learn and memorize them all and... practice 'til you bleed!

Well you don't have to take it literally as far as the last statement is concerned, but remember that "practice makes perfect" and there is no real progress without regular practice. Whether you choose electric or acoustic, it's all in your hands... That's where the fun begins...!

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