Good Ol' Guitar

[Gaigemasta]

As said I'm on vacation this week, and I've been making some use of my time by learning guitar. I use a simple Peavey Generation EXP Stratocaster and it sounds great from blue grass tunes to death metal . I was wondering if anyone had some good videos to link or even websites. I've learned Smoke on the Water and Iron Man so far, but I don't have the chords down yet so it's memory based. You guys can also use this thread for other guitar related stuff if you wish

Also, my setup is Amp going to my PC, I use mixcraft for some acoustic, reverb, and distortion effects.

[penfold1992]

smoke on the water and ironman, good ol easy guitar tunes =D

i recommend learning "CAGED" which is basically...
C Major and C minor
A Major and A minor
G Major and G minor
E Major and E minor
D Major and D minor

it doesnt really matter about the chords but more the positions.
learning those chords will be a good start to a lot of other chords and can also be moved around on the neck quite nicely especially the E chord shape.

in rock there is something called a "power chord" which is something like:

e - -
B - -
G - 7
D 7 7
A 7 5
E 5 -

both of these are examples of power chords using the root and 5th of a scale to create a dominating sound.

put your pointer finger over ALL of the strings and the 5th fret and then your ring finger would go on the A string at 7th and tuck your little finger under at D string also at 7th.

moving that position around the neck will allow you to play 60% of rock songs =D

i dont know how far you are learning though so this may be noobish stuff but meh... thats my input