Learning the guitar and/or keyboard
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- TheBlueOne0
I've played guitar since I was 9, so that's 33 years ol' fret grit under the fingers. There is no easy or fast way to learn but there are smarter ways.
First - plan to learn what you love. If you love folk, or metal, or blues or led zeppelin or mumford & cunt strummy bullshit or whatever..pick a couple of songs and learn to play at least their signature bits.
As for basics - get the callouses on your fingers, figure ou those first position chords. As for scales I always recommend learning the pentatonic scale up and down the fret board. You can figure out most pop/rock songs based off of that and then it's just a matter of filling in notes if you want more classical/jazz tonalities. Heck John COltrane was all about pentatonics, as was every hairy rock guy that ever strapped on a les paul. You can not go wrong with pentatonics. And their easy and your ear will definitely pick up the sounds.
And use your ear. Oh, did I mention use your ear. And sing what you play, even if you have a voice like a croaking frog (*raises hand). Music is primal, not academic. Keep it primal and fun. And get the callouses.
You'll learn more if you pay attention to the lessons in this video than any guitar specific video: