How to properly position and place the guitar

Hold it right - Be relaxed
 
It is to your benefit to first get to know the proper positioning of a guitar. Begin by finding an armless chair that has really good support for your back. You need to sit comfortably with your back facing the chair. Slumping over is by no means recommended since you will form bad guitar habits and a sore back.

When sitting in an armless chair, be sure that there is a lot of room so as to allow easy flow and custody of your guitar and arms.

When you are seated, you should rest the guitar on your lap and have the rear of the guitar face your chest. The body of the guitar ought to be on the leg that is farthest from the headstock.

If you are right handed, the guitar needs to lay on your right leg. Many acoustic guitars will have curved indentations that are great for playing the guitar on your leg.
If you are holding the guitar properly, then the sixth string should be close to your chest and the first string should be close to your feet.

Your fret hand will need to be put on the left if you are right handed and on the right if you are left handed.

You ought to hold the fretboard of the guitar gently with your fretting hand. Your thumb must be put behind the guitar's neck. The other fingers must be floating on top of the strings, slightly curled. It is crucial to buckle the fingers by the knuckles except if a teacher tells you not to.

Picking strumming and types of picks
 
When starting to play the guitar, you need to secure a set of guitar picks. A guitar pick is a small flat tool that you use to pluck or strum the guitar. You need to secure a minimum of 10 relatively cheap guitar picks.
There are different varieties of guitar picks but it is best to begin with one that is not too hard or too thin. Picks are made of plastic, wood, rock, plastic, tortoiseshell, and aluminum. They are usually in the design of a triangle but other forms are offered from designers.

When you have a guitar pick and are settled in the adequate position, you can begin picking the guitar. Your picking hand will be closest the bridge of your guitar.
You ought to open up the hand you are going to be picking or "strumming" the guitar with. The palm ought to be facing you. Next, be sure the thumb is next to the forefinger. See to it that you rotate the hand so that the knuckle of the thumb is pointing toward you.
Using your free hand you need to slide in the guitar pick in between your index finger and thumb. That way, the pick is secure. The pick should wind up behind the thumb's knuckle.

You should hold the pick securely and the pointed part of the pick need to be pointing away from your fist and should be sticking out about 1/2 inch. The hand you are strumming with should be over the sound hole in case you are working with an acoustic guitar or over the guitar body if you are using an electric guitar. Your strumming hand should be put above the strings.

Your picking hand should not ride the frame or stings of the guitar. Using your wrist, not your arm, strum the lowest string in descending order. If the string rattles too much, do not use a lot of the pick surface area or simply strum softer.

After that, pick the lowest string upwards. Attempt this a couple of times. Make an effort to lower the motion of your picking hand by carrying out a quick picking motion downwards and a quick pick upwards.

Now go over the process again with the rest of the strings. Bear in mind that gripping the pick will really feel irregular at first. You will need to focus on your picking hand when you begin practicing the guitar. Your down strokes and your upstrokes must sound the same. Also keep in mind you may sound bad at first but this will improve with work. It takes some time to end up being the next guitar idol!