What kind of music do you like to listen to? What kind of music do you want to learn? I listed a few of the things that I believe is important in building a strong foundation. I argue against learning thousands of chords and scales from the get-go, but rather learning the basics, and then seeing how more advanced topics contrast against what you already know. I made a list of things that I feel are very important, and that you need to know before learning more advanced topics.

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(this first section works on left hand chordal technique and right hand strumming, basic things you need to know to play simple acoustic songs)
Learn open chords (these are the usual C, D, E, G, A major and minor chords)
Basic major and minor bar chord shapes
Learn a few simple songs and be able to play them with good rhythm all the way through

(this second section concentrates on chord makeup)
Learn major and minor triads. This teaches you how the most basic of chords are constructed. You have a root, a 3rd, and a 5th that compose a basic chord.
Learn "CAGED." This can help you understand how similar notes coexist up and down the neck.
     -For the triads you learned, learn their inversions. Try to relate it to "CAGED."
Learn intermediate chords with 6th and 5th string roots and how they sound compared to major and minor chords: 7th, 9th, major 7th, augmented, diminished, etc.

(this section helps with scales and with right hand picking technique)
Be able to find one note up and down the neck. Meaning, if I say, "play F," you should play every location of the note "F" on the fretboard.
Learn the minor and major pentatonic scales. Do you notice you can play these scales from every root location on the neck? Be mindful to practice basic alternate picking technique.
Try to do the same with the regular major and minor scales.

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Now, this is just one approach and doesn't really cover much general musical knowledge, but rather the mechanics of the guitar, as well as your technical mechanics. This serves as a base so you can see that new chords or scales are merely variations of what you already know. Eventually, you want to concentrate on diatonics, how scales relate to chords, fundamentals of improvisation, or other things depending on what music you like.

Most importantly, when you're learning, always try to keep it fun. Learn songs from artists that you like (by ear, by tabs only if you absolutely HAVE to) and see how your knowledge applies to how the song is written. Do what you think is fun, and experiment with different sounds and techniques. Don't follow a strict curriculum, and take breaks if you have to. These are guidelines, not rules. Playing guitar is supposed to be fun, cool, and whatever else you think it should be. You learn the mechanics at first, but in the end, you're striving for natural feel so that the instrument is second nature to you. Meaning, you learn the scales, but don't just play the scales up and down as fast as you can. Good music is played naturally and pulls from concepts that you learn. The hardest thing to do is to pull the puzzle pieces together to make music.

Hope this wasn't too convoluted, haha. More so, I hope it helps.


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