i want to play electric guitars , should i start by studying classical guitars first ?

Should we start by studying classical guitar first even when we do admire electric ones

I have been asked this questions from a lot of phone inquiry calls from a student whom wants to start playing electric guitar , for me as a person i don't like too much talking its very boring for me so i'll go straight to the answer.

The answer is no , you can start by studying electric guitars from the beginning , there is nothing wrong with that specially if your passion is to master electric guitars but 

there is some advantages that studying electric guitars gives you and other advantages that studying classical guitars gives too .

Frankly speaking the first problem that a student faces when starting studying guitars is the pain in the tips of the fingers , these pains sometimes makes the student refrain from studying guitar , the pain is less when playing classical guitars cause the strings are Nylon while the electric guitars the strings made of steel , the classical guitar  neck always wider than electric guitar neck that adds more difficulty for playing classical guitars which is good to be accustomed to the wide neck first so the narrow neck of the electric guitar would be more easier later when shifting form classical to electrical one wherein the electric guitar narrow neck adds another type of difficulty as it is a bit harder to play chords  specially chords that contain opened strings , the narrow neck forces the fingers to mute the adjacent strings and the difficulty becomes more if you have a big fingers.

Electric guitars gives you the opportunity to practice various other guitar technique which you can't play on the classical guitar such as tapping , eight fingers techniques , legato , pinched harmonics .

Electric guitars mostly more costly to study as it needs more equipment to purchase in order to get your dream guitar tones and levels such as amplifiers , pedals or multi effects, if you play electric guitars you still can get similar clean guitar tone as the one you get from classical or folk guitars (Acoustic guitars) but classical guitars can't gives you the unique tones of the electric guitars. 

Finally if you have the passion for electric guitars you can start buy studying electric guitars form the beginning no problem and only if you can bear the pain of the fingers which will disappear after a while anyway.

what does it take to play guitar

In fact playing guitar is just as any other thing in this life , it is all about practicing , you just need 10% talent and 90% practicing .

And that what Ted Nugent said 

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Good practicing habits

Good practicing habits 

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1. Warm up before you start practicing .
2. Get used to taping your leg while practicing or use a metronome.
3. Make a daily practice routine.
4. Don't keep repeating the whole exercise just focus on that part that you have problem with.
5. Get together with other instrument players or other guitarists.

Practicing and getting good

Practicing and getting good

It may sound obvious to say that the more you

practice the better you’ll get, but it’s true.

However, perhaps even more important is this

concept: The more you practice, the faster

you’ll get good. Although there’s no set amount

of practice time for “getting good,” a good rule

of thumb is to practice a minimum of 30 minutes

every day. Also, it’s generally agreed that practicing

at regular intervals is better than jamming

a week’s worth of time (say, 31⁄2 hours) all into

one practice session.

If at first you find a new technique difficult to

master, stick with it, and you’ll eventually get the

hang of it. To get even better on the guitar, we

suggest the following:

Set aside a certain time every day for

practicing.

Get together with your guitar-playing friends,

and get them to listen to what you’re doing.

Create a practice environment where you

have privacy, away from distractions (TV,

conversations, your mother bugging you to

come to dinner, and so on).

Watch videos of guitar players who play the

kind of music you like and that you’d like to

learn.

Reading rhythm slashes

Reading rhythm slashes

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Musicians use a variety of shorthand tricks to indicate certain musical directions.

They use this shorthand because, although a particular musical concept

itself is often simple enough, to notate that idea in standard written

music form may prove unduly complicated and cumbersome. So they use a

“cheat sheet” or a “road map” that gets the point across yet avoids the issue

of reading (or writing) music.

Rhythm slashes are slash marks (/) that simply tell you how to play rhythmically

but not what to play. The chord in your left hand determines what you

play. Say, for example, that you see the diagram shown below.

this rhythm slashes chart shows that you have to play the first chord shown above four times 1,2,3,3 then second and third chords two times for each.

Your first exercise

Your first exercise

Guys i know when u pic up your guitar u want to play these beautiful melodies u heard , its the same feeling i had when i started playing guitars 30 years ago i was only 15 years my advice to you is to be patient i started with one of my friends to play guitars at the same time but my friend was not patient enough so he gave up and i continued , he still contacts me from time to time to play the songs he likes for him so be patient and you will reach your goals.

Now u are able to read Guitar TAB as i showed u how to do so already let me post for you your first exercise down.

Good luck

Mohamed Sharara 

Guys some exercises are boring i know but the boring ones are very beneficial so stay tuned and i'll show u the way.

regarding the symbols above the diagram i showed the one resemble square means a down stroke with your pic the other resemble triangle means up stroke i recommend to practice this exercise 15 minutes everyday its your daily fingers food nd you will c the results.