Rookie questions on guitars

MikeEnRegalia wrote: ^ If you practice using headphones, you'll hear subtle errors much better. Like for example notes not ringing out correctly, or open strings not being properly muted etc.

Perhaps but these are more technique matters and you really have to attend to the more basic skills before you can go focusing on getting a flawless technique.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: ^ you can't separate these issues. A beginner may start with practicing basic chords like E, Am or D, but even then it's vital that all the tones ring out correctly.

Well he first needs to get some strenght in his fingers BEFORE he can be expected to flawlessy change between chords at a decent rate. Forexample Barré grips need's some strenght in your fingers before you can sucsessfully expect each tone ring out without getting muted.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: maidenrulez wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: ^ you can't separate these issues. A beginner may start with practicing basic chords like E, Am or D, but even then it's vital that all the tones ring out correctly. Well he first needs to get some strenght in his fingers BEFORE he can be expected to flawlessy change between chords at a decent rate. Forexample Barré grips need's some strenght in your fingers before you can sucsessfully expect each tone ring out without getting muted. Which one of those chords did you not understand? I am talking about playing these chords and may slowly switching back and forth between two of them.

Well im just saying that changing between chords, even open ones are simpler if you got some strenght in your finger...so basically suggest just fooling around with the guitar at first, not worrying on technique just to get your fingers adapt to the guitar before practecing to change between chords.

^ or simply use heavy strings on the electric. I currently use .11 ...

I would really recommend against getting a nylon string (classical) guitar. And if you like prog, I'd also recommend against getting an acoustical guitar. There simply are so many things you can't do properly on an acoustic guitar, but you can do pretty much everything on an electric guitar that you can do on an acoustical guitar.