Learning to play guitar

I recently got an acoustic guitar as a present. Wow! I always dreamed to own and play one (the secret dream was to become Jimmy Page ). The problem is I don't know what to do with it, so it's been hangin'on the wall for the last weeks. I'm tabula rasa: I have no idea about the notes, the cords, reading scores or tabs... And as at the moment I can't afford lessons (10 euros for two hours), I went for online help; I found some sites, and I tried the one that said on it's home page that is meant for total begginers. Well, after the lesson where you learn how to take it in your arms I ceased to understand. It was talking chinese to me, whilst assuring me this really was for begginers.

^ I'm also left handed and play right handed ... don't be concerned about it. Actually I even think that it's better that way ... the left hand is the "leading" one on the guitar.

You'll need strength and agility in both hands ... don't bother thinking about it too much. Most right handed players would say they could never write using their left hand, yet they're playing guitar so that the left hand does most of the really complex parts.

That's amazingly right, Mike... Good luck Andu - let me know when you're ready to join my new band, which I'll start once you let me know ...

have you tried www.guitarnoise.com? it has lots of articles and songs for beginners.

I started to learn guitar with some books, there are thousands of them for beginners. I think that's the easier way to learn the basic chords. I can't reccommend any book in particular to you because the ones I read were written in Spanish.

try www.vGuitarLessons.com this is a free 12 video guitar lessons .this guy ben lowry send a video every 2 to 3 days of different lessons[chords,tab,blues scale,improvise.....] and is free and pretty good

andu wrote: thanks a lot guys for the advices... i still haven't recovered after watching the video i've linked

    
Don't focus on playing like that in one blow... start playing the chords and then practice chord switches, between C,D; D,E; E;F... then go C,G; D,A; and try possible chord progressions... then try playing songs using those chords... once you've mastered that you start with finger picking, making arpeggios, plucking, that sort of thing... baby steps it takes time, but it's worth it

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maybe this could help:
http://www.geocities.com/jubing/