Hi, just a drive by post from Padawan's friends list.
First, I second everything she's saying and just felt like weighing in with a few suggestions of my own:
1. Definately check your action, but also consider using lighter strings if you find it hard to fret the notes correctly. It can help, especially when learning barre chord shapes.
2. Barre chord shapes are a really good investment early on because you can get a lot of different chords out of each shape. Quite a few Who tunes use them.
3. Learning scales as well as chords is good too. You don't necessarily have to solo, but it will help you when playing riffs.
4. Youtube is a really good resource. Seeing something really helps.
5. Keith Richards does some...unorthodox things to his guitars. He often takes the bottom E string off, and then tunes it to open G tuning. This doesn't mean that you can't play Stones tunes, it just means that what your playing might not sound exactly like what he's doing. I don't know if Brian Jones, Mick Taylor or Ron Wood ever did or do that though, sorry.
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First, I second everything she's saying and just felt like weighing in with a few suggestions of my own:
1. Definately check your action, but also consider using lighter strings if you find it hard to fret the notes correctly. It can help, especially when learning barre chord shapes.
2. Barre chord shapes are a really good investment early on because you can get a lot of different chords out of each shape. Quite a few Who tunes use them.
3. Learning scales as well as chords is good too. You don't necessarily have to solo, but it will help you when playing riffs.
4. Youtube is a really good resource. Seeing something really helps.
5. Keith Richards does some...unorthodox things to his guitars. He often takes the bottom E string off, and then tunes it to open G tuning. This doesn't mean that you can't play Stones tunes, it just means that what your playing might not sound exactly like what he's doing. I don't know if Brian Jones, Mick Taylor or Ron Wood ever did or do that though, sorry.
Hope those help. Have fun!