Q&A: When should a person get a teacher to learn the guitar?

Question by Greg: When should a person get a teacher to learn the guitar?
Can the movie Guitar for dummies or the movie that came with the guitar is enough to let me learn without paying for a teacher?
Im having trouble making an F major( I think my fingers are too short) and D major is very hard to do!
In the 2 movies…they provide visual information of the basics and provide folk songs to sing and play to. Also teach techniques such as using the fingers instead of a pic (keep in mind that I said fingers not finger…that means using all of them..most of them..) Though they teach nothing about notes…what’s worse is that I have been playing base clef all my life not treble.
My parent’s have a friend who is a composer that also teachs many kids and students on a great variety of instruments…I’d like to ask him but it will be hard since he might not accpet a payment seeing as how my parents have been friends with him all my life.
(about the finger problem..Im 17..and my shortest finger is 7.6 and tallest is 8 cm)

Best answer:

Answer by kerrmi
Ask your parents friend for some advice. I too have very short fingers and a teacher taught me different techniques to use when I had trouble doing bar chords and such. You have to know your limitations and work on ways to get around them. Maybe your parents’ friend can recommend someone to help you. Good luck

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