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Usually you play rock guitar with an electric guitar but you can use an acoustic guitar for playing rock guitar as well. The acoustic can add more colour, tones, texture and moods to your music. This makes it more interesting for you and for your listener. You need to like what you play or else you will get bored learning rock guitar.
Acoustic Guitar Techniques
There are a few different techniques to playing acoustic guitar. The strings are harder to hold down than on an electric guitar. If you can hold down notes and chords with no fret buzz on an acoustic guitar you will find it much easier on an electric. It can help you build up your hand strength.
The noises an acoustic make are different to an electric. The most common one is when you slide from fret to another you get a whirring sound from your fingertips against the strings. It does add something to acoustic playing but if you can get rid of the sound on an acoustic you will not get it on an electric guitar.
Want to learn how to play the guitar? The first step is clear: You need a guitar to play! But while the question is clear, the answer may not as simple as you think.
Step 1: Acoustic or Electric?
Make this decision based on your needs. What kind of music do you like? What style of guitar do you want to play? These may or may not be the same. Learning guitar and listening to music can be completely different things.
So to decide, take a quick look at these lists:
Electric guitar: Rock, Pop, Alternative, Jazz, Blues
Acoustic guitar: Country, Folk, Bluegrass, Campfire songs, Christmas carols, Classical, inspirational
It might also help to decide in what setting you want to play. If you’re hoping to play in a band, and the band plays one of the electric types of music, then an electric guitar may be best. If you’re like me, however, and you’re playing guitar for the social aspect, then an acoustic guitar is easier to pull out of a closet or throw over your shoulder on the way to a party, and an amp isn’t necessary.