Yes, most people do. But usually a person learns his or her first chords from another guitarist or an instruction booklet. After mastering a few chords, a guitarist progresses step by step, adding other chords and improving his skill.
Teach yourself guitar
Its the same as anything else, practice makes perfect. Although you can always teach yourself using guitar tabs.
Teach yourself. Seriously, don't pay for lessons, just get hold of a guitar, a guitar chord book (I recommend the Guitar case chord book - it's long and thin, so it fits into the guitar case) and get yourself onto www.ultimate-guitar.com. That's how I learned and I was happily playing songs within a few months. If you teach yourself, you learn your own way and at your own pace, and waste no money. =] x
If you want to teach yourself to play the guitar, the first thing you will need is a guitar and some picks. The second thing you will need is a book on how to play the guitar. and the third thing you will need is a way to tune the guitar, possibly a pitch pipe. Then you will need to tune your guitar. Then you open the book and start learning and practicing.
You can check the classified ads to find guitar lessons. There are also plenty of self help books that you can pick up and teach your children yourself.
It is really a matter of self teachings, If you are a person that knows how to teach yourself and is a great teacher than you can get the job done.
Yes, an uncertified teacher can teach guitar. But he/she needs to make sure she is advanced and is good with students and has material ready to teach.
If your fingers can bridge the neck of the guitar, you can learn to play it on your own. You can buy a beginner's book, or you can Google "free guitar lessons" and learn some chords from there.
Videos on how to learn how to play a guitar can be found online on sites such as classdo and wikiHow. These are both sites that will take you through steps in learning the guitar and present videos for examples.
Its the same as anything else, practice makes perfect. Although you can always teach yourself using guitar tabs.
She didn't? I mean... nobody HAS to teach themselves guitar.
The best way to learn the bass guitar easily is to teach yourself. You can find instructions on the website for E How. You can also go to your local music store.