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Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 in Guitar Lessons & Accessories

how to learn to play the guitar
How can I learn to play the guitar?

I have always wanted to learn how to play guitar, but I have never been able to. We cannot afford an instructor, money is tight. I have tried the instructional books, but they have not helped me any. I cannot tune a guitar. Can anyone give advice on how to learn guitar?

I used this site:

http://www.zentao.com/guitar/guitar-lessons.html

It has a lot on the theory, how it works, etc. A lot of background information that you may want to jump around, but I found that it worked out for me.

This site is also one to check out:

http://www.abclearnguitar.com/

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