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Hi , I started to experiment with this and started this :- http://www.memrise.com/set/10018215/guitar-first-steps/ but I got distracted by other things, and wasn't sure how useful it would be.

I guess some of the knowledge based aspects could be covered in a systematic way, and sound files for each chord etc would be good, and maybe links to video to show where to put the fingers. Nothing is better than being shown in person, ideally by a good teacher, but sometimes that isnt possible.

Do you have ideas as a learner on what would be useful?

Best wishes, Tony

In my opinion you are trying to fit a square in a round hole. There are literally millions of web sites to learn guitar free. Ever thought of simply checking YouTube?

I was originally just thinking some things that would be useful to memorize, so when I go to practice or teach myself, I don't have to constantly look at diagrams. Maybe recognizing chords from tabs or something?

But maybe sfrenchie is right, gonna practice it anyways so maybe it's trivial.

But I don't think spaced repetition is inappropriate for practicing chords. Hmm.

You will realize very fast that there aren't that many basic positions to remember. You'll see how a G is the same as a E but 1 1/2 tone higher thus 3 positions down on the neck plus a barre. Just make sure you learning positioning your fingers properly, don't mute necessary strings by touching them and get your fingers close to the frets (metal). Good luck

Some beginners pick up the chord shapes easily, but others really struggle to remember. (I teach at a couple of community guitar groups) Maybe some players might find it useful to have the spaced repetition as on Memrise. Especially if the information is in some sort of sytematic order of difficulty. The Youtube help videos ar very patchy, and I've found people getting rather confusedwith different methods, and tackling stuff that is much too difficult for them.

Hey, interesting. Just today I added a new course about famous guitarists, check it out: http://www.memrise.com/set/10024581/famous-guitarists/

I added second level guitar course with slighly harder chords http://www.memrise.com/set/10026317/guitar-part-2/

@ zelim.wolff - nice one

@ tonyyyy nice course as well. I'm still having problems placing a photo as a description. Anyone knows how to deal with that ?

Looks amazing tonyyyy. Now all I need is a guitar. ;)

Try air guitar! Seriously it can be a good technique for learning various patterns.

Best get a guitar too though - Im sure from all the milions China exports annually maybe one or two get left behind in Shanghai