Although I dont get two hours of practice every day, I would say I get at least an hour. With home, work, wife and two kids I find I have to get up ve...

First welcome to Guitar Noise!Six weeks is a short period of time when it comes to learning to play, the chords you mentioned will take you a long way...

I like to keep the nails on my right hand grown out for fingerpicking, one thing I do, or dont do that seems to help is I only file the nails on my ri...

I have a Yamaha FG04 LTD, it has solid engelmann top with rosewood backs and sides. You can pick one up around 299, check at guitar center.This is pro...

I like to work on a few songs at a time, I try to improve the ones I know, then work on the new stuff adding a little piece at a time until its compl...

I agree that you shouldnt buy the cheapest guitar to start on, but for 150-200 bucks I bet you can find something you can actually learn to play on, a...

My wife comes from a family of musicians, so I think she grew up hearing guitars, pianos, and all sorts of instruments playing in the background, so i...

I've been playing close to two years, and getting the strumming pattern and rythem right can still be tough, it is getting better though. It's almost ...

I agree with most here, we all get help from one resource or another. I think we all learn from some source, but to a certain degree we are "self taug...

Thanks for everyones replies.Alan thanks for the link to Jamey Andrea's site, there were several interesting articals. I was surprised when reading, h...

Check out the forum at UMGF.com You should be able to get all your martin guitar qestions answered there. These guys know Martin Guitars.

Thanks for the replys, in regards to having an open dialouge with my teacher. I wouldnt mind If I felt he was up to listening or considering my point...

"There almost always a string that's ringing against a fret like it's not pressed hard enough while i'm almost breaking my fingers fretting the chords...

The couch.