Benefits of training guitar: why it's worth it

Learning guitar's worth, especially as soon as it gets useful: with four or five chords and a firm rag you have been with complete songs, yours and others. Also, you get them anywhere, connect them with other people and serve about anything, from bambuco to rock.

Here we have these benefits with his feet on his ground: what's his guitar giving you, where his play is in Colombia, who's usually fit and what's his share of his first place.

To sum up

The guitar soon becomes useful: with few chords you can have complete songs.
It's portable and doesn't have to plug in, so you play it at your place, on a ride or at a meeting.
It's a social instrument: it's played by praising groups, serenatas, students, high school gangs and among friends.
It serves for many genres: bamboo, corridor, bolero, rock, pop, trova and classical music.
His real challenges are his initial pain with his yolks and his cebilla and his face and his face and his face have been put at a standstill with his and his chords.

That's how you get her anywhere.

Few things are as practical as an instrument that fits into a soft box and hanges onto his back. The guitar goes with you to the farm, to the year-end ride, to his grandmother's house or to the park, and doesn't require an plug or amplifier.

That's how we practice: you don't depend on a living room or an hour. That's how you leave it with your support, and you play ten minutes while lunch's been made. That easy access is, in practice, one of its best benefits, because you play more with the instrument that's at hand. That's right, care about the sudden climate changes as you come down from Bogotá to hot ground.

Accompanying songs from the first few weeks

The guitar is first and foremost an accompanying instrument. In other instruments you spend a good time with exercises before playing a recognizable song and here's a short path:

You learn three or four open chords, as Sun, Do, Ree and My minor.
You practice changing between them without stopping their rhythm.
That's a simple scrape in four times.
You play about the original recording or you play while you play.

That's how many pop, rock, ballast and popular music songs have been put up with that formula. If you want to start with them, check out the [basic guitar chords]](/blog/acordes-basicos-de-guitarra-para-principiantes)The valuable thing about how to come with them means that you have to listen to them: the voice, the pulse and the changes of the song.

Serves for nearly any gender

With the same guitar, changing his right hand and his repertoire, you move from one style to another. That's how we look at that versatility:

What guitar does in different genres
Gender	What does guitar do?	What do you learn?
Bambuco and corridor	He's got low and chord with his tiple and his bordola.	The best and best of every air.
Beer and ballast	Arpegia or soft scrape after the voice.	Dynamic, with seventh and delicate accompaniment.
Rock and pop	Riffs, with cebbles and cuas.	Rhythmic energy and band work.
Music from the Caribbean with an acoustic version	Stretching marked and low that hold ponds and walks.	Rhythmic accuracy and the taste of coastal music.
Classic and FingerStyle	He plays melody, low and harmony with his fingers at once.	Fingers and reading.
Trova and copyright	He holds back the voice of whoever sings his own songs.	Harmony to compose and fix.

And if she calls you another way later, the guitar will open the door to the [electrical guitar]](/clases/guitarra-electrica)If you're attracted to Andean music, we'll have to compare them to you with [guitar or tiple]](/blog/guitarra-o-tiple).

Who's usually good with his guitar?

To whom she wants to sing and join at once.
To those who enjoy playing as a group and at meetings more than at a formal stage.
To whom she wants to compose: guitar is a great notebook of ideas.
To teens who have to play with their friends the music they listen to.
To adults who are looking for an instrument that will fit into an apartment with little space.

If you still doubt this and another instrument, at [piano or guitar as first instrument]](/blog/piano-o-guitarra-primer-instrumento) We have both been with each other.

The challenges that barely anyone tells you at first

The yolks hurt the first few weeks. It's normal while we form a quiet and short sessions and a well-calibrated guitar help a great deal.
The cebilla. The Fa and the other cebbles are the first great wall of most guitarist. They are outweighed with technique and patience, and with strength.
To stay at the same three chords. Since the guitar gives them quick results, it's easy to get comfortable. Learning new rhythms, and some reading gets you out of there.
Learning with videos only. They serve to inspire themselves, but posture and right-hand vices are hard to see without someone to look at you.
Filling always. A broken guitar discourages anyone and uses the [guitar tuner]](/herramientas/afinador/guitarra) before every practice.

A teacher helps you at these points: He shows you how to support his hand for his cebilla, He offers you songs that will get you out of his comfortable area and He will care if his posture doesn't get an invoice. If you want to know how they work, look at [acoustic guitar classes]](/clases/guitarra-acustica).

Frequently asked questions

Is it hard to learn guitar without knowing anything about music?

At first what costs is physical: to press them well and to change them from time to time. Theory and reading get added up little by little as you need them to play what you love.

Classical, acoustic or electrical guitar: which contributes more?

They train the same thing in essence: co-ordination with their hands, rhythm and harmony. What's changing is their style. The classic with nylon's strings is more gentle with their fingers and widely used in Latin American music. The metal acoustic shines with pop and folk and the electrical, with rock and blues. Choose from the music that moves you.

Learning guitar helps better to sing?

Indirectly, yes: accompanying you requires you to tuning with harmony and conduct your pulse while singing. But do not replace vocal technique. If you want to improve your voice, it's best to combine with singing classes.

Can I learn guitar if I'm left-handed?

Yes. Some left-handed play the traditional guitar without problems and some prefer a left-handed guitar or with inverted ropes. The ideal thing is to try both positions in the first classes and decide with the teacher before buying.