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Many are familiar with parents who always wanted their kids to play piano, violin, flute, or anything "decent". But kids seemed to require noise and glam which means guitar and drums and rock and roll. Well, the 80's are long over and playing the guitar is now considered a "legit" outlet to the so-called musical talents that we all have. Well, we may all have musical talents, but most people certainly don't listen to flute concertos and trumpet sonatas on the radio all day. We listen to rock, pop, country or whatever floats our boat. Well anyway, the one thing that most modern mainstream music has in common is a guitar line, and often this guitar line is one of the coolest sounding parts of the song. Certainly not all of us have flawless voices, so you might as well let people in on what you're singing by playing the acompanying guitar part. Then maybe they'll join in so you can sound bad together. Atleast the guitar is holding it together. See how things could be?

One of the reasons why most people end up quitting piano lessons is that it just isn't rewarding enough to them for all the hours they put into it. They feel like they spend days playing scales only to find that all they can play is Mary Had A Little Lamb or Hot Cross Buns.* When they actually become more advanced, all they get is classical music. Not that the classical favorites are not great, for I personally enjoy many of them. It's just that they may not provide some people with the same excitement, joy, and the other emotions many get from singing along with their favorite band or artist on the radio. Hey, we just love to sing (in our cars or in the shower) and there are no words to Beethoven's Fifth or Fur Elise. So one solution is to pick up a guitar and start jammin'.

* Individual results may vary.

But well, it's not as easy as just picking up a guitar. Or is it. You don't have to play anything complicated to just have fun. When people want guitar lessons, they usually want one of two things: (1) to be able to play something immediately, no matter what it is because it's all about having a good time now and (2) to become technically skilled and eventually be able to play most anything, even if it is a few years or more down the line. Obviously, choice (2) takes us back to the days of piano lessons, so I recommend choice 1. Let's have fun with it. Once you've learned to love plaing the guitar, go ahead and try your hand at becoming a virtuoso (technically awesome) guitarist. If not, at least you still have your good times.

Below, I have included some of my favority guitar tabs for your enjoyment. I have also assembled a variety of guitar tab links to places where you can find most any tab you may be looking for. Further down, there are many links to sites which contain further information on guitars, lessons included.