Musicfags, how do I actually learn guitar or piano on my own...

Don't memories tabs, it's dumb

Memorise note positions up to the 12th fret. E on the bottom and top have the same notes all the way along.

Then

Learn the minor and major pentatonic scales and get them down.

Do not follow CAGED. It's for gays. Learn 3 note per string patterns for the major, minor and blues scales.

Play them each day for about a year. Half an hour per day. Different pattern each day.

Improvise, don't play the scale up and down. Google backing tracks on Google and play along with that. Say the notes as you play through the shape and improvise.

Done

Just practice all the notes of your favorite scale and you're already there.

Is there a list of note positions ?

Grind it out gotcha

Thanks user

Start with learning some basic chords, like G D C Em. Then learn how major scales work and start to apply them in your playing. Learn how chords are built off of scales. At this point you can just start playing a bunch of songs and have fun. Also, learn the notes on the fretboard, it’s pretty good for you

Transfer your music theory knowledge over
Just play exercises you make yourself and just try and try

Check your tuning
If in standard then you'll be following EADGBE and you're just playing with half step frets

Thanks, chords are very different than what I'm used to. This definitely plays into learning the finger positioning

Could you elaborate on different tunings? Is it simply to play on a different scale? Also would the standard chords I learned work or these new tunings have seperate chords.

It's trial and error for about a year, but then you sorta just get it after a while. It'll come with practice, just stick with it.

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