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Position:Home>Performing Arts> Question for guitar teachers and experts? I have a Squier Mini electric guitar..Question: Question for guitar teachers and experts? I have a Squier Mini electric guitar...?and i was wondering in lessons should i learn on acoustic first or electric. I know a lot of "guitar guys" and they said electric is easier on your fingers and to learn. Is that true? How hhard is it to play? I'm 10 do you think that is a good age to start? Additional Details 1 day ago 1 day ago 1 day ago 1 day ago 1 day ago Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 1 day ago I spent 5 points on this question so you answer better be good! lol :)1 day ago aren't these the 2 cutest guitars? httpwww.://img3.guitarcenter/d... http://img3.guitarcenter.com/dbase/pics/... Sorry i couldn't get this link so where you click on it it goes right to it..1 day ago http://img3.guitarcenter.com/dbase/pics/...1 day ago http://img3.guitarcenter.com/dbase/pics/...1 day ago http://img3.guitarcenter.com/dbase/pics/... hey! thats a great age to start.. an ur a chick! congrats!! ya i started wen i was really young.. and electric is easier on ur fingers to start out with. because the strings on acoustic guitars are thicker, its harder to learn on. but either way u'll get used to it. ur starting on a squire strat? thats a good start, because they are cheap in price but the quality of the guitar is actually pretty good. but.. i would recomend not starting on a mini. u will grow out of it so fast that its kinda a waste of time. start on the regular size. good luck an message me if u hav anymore questions! Source(s): long time musician and guitar player It doesn't really matter which you start with. If you think that eventually you'll play mostly on an acoustic, then it might be better to learn on one. A nylon string "classical" style is also easy on your fingers. Ten is a good age to start - keep at it! I have been playing guitar for about 40 years and I must say that electric is easier on the fingers. The strings are tough on the fingers but if you go to a music store they can sell you some light guage strings which will make the strings easier to push. When choosing a guitar you should get one that has strings that are cose to the fretboard and these guitars are available in electric and acoustic. Any good music store can help you with this issue. I would say that your fender squier would fill the bill quite nicely if you like it. 10s a good age to start and a good web site is www.guitaretab.com check it out and rock on lol : ) First of all, age has less to do with when you should start, than self discipline and maturity. If you are able to make a commitment to the guitar to play it on days that end with a Y (or at least on the days that you eat) then you are ready to learn. A guitar is a relationship that you develop over time and will never be satisfying if your instrument is just a "Hi, Bye" friend. Second, in the end, you play the guitar you've got. I always prefer that my students start with a nylon string, classical style guitar, but I never make that a condition by which I will or will not teach them. A nylon string classical has less stress on the strings and you can practice longer with less pain. It also has more space between the strings for those first six months when you are still working out your fine motor skills in the fingers. There's nothing wrong with learning on an electric though, if the teacher does not object. Just make sure you are practicing at a normal volume and do not try and substitute effects for skill and intonation. The nice thing about having an acoustic around is that you are never dependent upon an amplifier! It's a little more portable if you want to take it somewhere, and the tone you get from the wood can be really nice. What really matters is that you feed your passion. Do the things that you need to do to keep up your enthusiasm. You need a reason to play every day, and if playing that electric gives you a reason, that's good enough. You've got the rest of your life to experiment with all the different types of guitar that are out there. Best wishes and hope to see you on the circuit in a few years. Yes to what they said. Also a bit of advice--in the beginning, take lessons. Go find a really good, classically trained guitarist (either post ads on bulletin boards at college music departments that offer a guitar major, or sign on at the best music store in your city). Beginners, you know, will make mistakes--they'll hold wrists wrong or hit the string with the wrong part of the finger. And because they're beginners, they don't know it's wrong. And then the mistakes become habits, and you wind up playing that way forever. Now, mistakes don't slow you down when you're a beginner, but they can muss you up bad when you start to make progress--I've read interviews with a lot of famous rock guitarists who lament how "I didn't teach myself to use my little finger on leads and I know now it slows me down". In the worst cases, those bad habits can lead to repetitive motion injuries--a good friend of mine had surgery for carpal tunnel on both her wrists last summer! Maybe 12 lessons ought to be enough to make sure you're not abusing your extremities--and then you can keep up with lessons or you can rely on books and videos and friends to teach you what you need to learn. Yes those are beautiful guitars! 10 is a wonderful age to start, in fact it's the age i started. I 'm 20 now, so that's a long time. I enjoy the squier mini very much. I bought it for my 11 year old niece and she just started guitar too. Electric is way nicer to your fingers too. I've taught guitar for one year already and noticed some other teachers students who play acoustic hate the feel, but i love acoustics too. I say star on electric and once you learn buy and acoustic. Don't go to class with your acoustic just practice on it sometimes. In my band we do acoustic songs and electric so if you are ever in a band that will come valuable. Have fun, it gets hard but that makes it fun. Enjoy lessons :) Keep ROCK'N too girlie! |
