Here’s how I learned to play the guitar without a tutor

This is a model I use in everything I learn now. The internet is so full of information that a physical tutor is no longer necessary.

I bought my first guitar almost a decade age. I never enrolled in any learning program neither did I hire a tutor. Rather, I started to search how to play my favorite songs right away. I found websites with weird notations like chords and notes etc. and did not understand a thing. So, I googled everything I did not understand. Google found me videos that taught me how to play the G chord or D chord etc. So, I started with four basic chords- G, D, Em and C. This enabled me to play a song or two. But I didn’t know how to strum. So, I had to google that. And after watching a couple of videos and practicing for some time, I learned a basic strumming pattern. Voila! I was able to play my first song on guitar.

Next, I googled for another song that I loved. This song showed some weird chords called barre chords. I googled them. These were very painful to play as I had to really stretch my fingers. So, I searched for tips to make my fingers stronger. I found that guitar learners do some fingering exercises that stretches their grip. So, I practiced a couple of them for almost a week. After that, I was able to hold barre chords. They were still difficult to play. But It got easier as I kept playing them.

Once you learn one barre chord in guitar you can virtually play all the major and minor chords just by sliding up or down the fret board and readjusting one of your finger positions. So, soon I started to play all kinds of songs. I learned more strumming patterns. I learned how to keep up with the metronome and thus was able to play along with my friends who played other instruments.

The most important thing in learning anything is the actual doing part. Immerse yourself in the experience and google what you don’t know along the way. You will learn more efficiently than following a strict curriculum.