Making the decision to learn electric guitar is a source of excitement. An entire world or sonic colour, passion and musical bliss opens its doors! Often its some kind of inspiration such a great rock solo you’ve heard or simply life telling you go here, that makes you want to take it up.

Most people kind of graduate to electric after playing acoustic guitar for a while, there’s kind of a time honored rite of passage there! Personally I think its good to be able to strum and play some chords on acoustic first, it will definitely give you head start once you start in on electric.

An important decision is what style of guitar will be your main interest? What is the style you’re most excited about and feel the most motivation to learn? It’s important as learning electric guitar is a very different experience depending on what you want to learn. Someone taking electric guitar lessons for Jazz, for example, is going to be a world apart from another learning Metal right?

Popular instruments belong to the people. There isnt any real right or wrong way to learn electric guitar which is one of the coolest things about it – you can find your own path and not be restricted to rules or exam grades. You’ll learn how to play electric guitar quickest by using a combination of everything out there – personal lessons with a local tutor, online lessons, DVDs and books. Use it all together!

Heres a final word of warning I know you may be dying to play a particular song or riff but you must earn the right to be able to play it through dedication and practice. That means starting with really easy things and gradually building up your technique until it’s high enough to play what you want. You have to be patient, practice and earn those riffs.

So what do have from all of this? You’ll give yourself the best chance to learn electric guitar by practicing a little bit each day, using a combination of 1-1 tuition with online lessons and building up your technique gradually. Good luck.