One of my New Year’s Resolutions for 2016 is to learn to play the guitar. Part of my resolution is that I record myself playing something intelligible by the end of June.

In the early 90s, when I was attending a private school in Valdivia, I was put into guitar classes. I didn’t have much interest, and went along with it because I wasn’t given a choice. Later that year, for a school presentation, my entire guitar class played several songs on the guitar. I was given a plastic bird whistle, which I had to dip into water and then blow into, so it would make bird sounds, like this video. I think that shows where my guitar skills were at.

Now I wish I’d cared more.

I checked Ask MetaFilter, because I was confident that someone had asked about learning the guitar, and I was right. There was lots of information. I liked the responses in http://ask.metafilter.com/216825/Guitar-101

They refer people to Justin Guitar . This guy Justin in London has put out over 900 guitar lessons on video, and all are completely free. He supports himself by donations, and people buying through his store. The Beginners Course is nine different stages, and there are multiple lessons, each with videos for each stage.

Before I can start the Beginners Course, I need a guitar.

So now I have to figure out what guitar I should purchase.. I’m pretty sure that I want an acoustic guitar, but I don’t want to spend too much on my first guitar. Decisions, decisions.