beginner guitar question

[davebreal]

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(hope this is the right forum for this)

i'm looking to pick up the guitar and learn to play. do any of you have any recommendations for books, dvd's or websites that would be a good starting point? i have a friend who's going to help me pick out a good acoustic guitar to buy.

any help is appreciated.

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the absolute best begginers approach is to focus on rhythm training by doing different strums in time with your right hand. a metronome can be had for under $15 and will help with your right hand training.

do not worry about trying to learn fancy chords at first. do not attempt to learn Stairway to Heaven. this will result in deadends, lacking in music fundamentals, frustration, and probably a short guitar playing interest.

you can attempt a beginner's primer video, but even those might be too complicated.

http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Play-Acousti...9874&sr=1-1

any other questions, let me know.