Starting guitar is exciting! But it can also create an impressive number of questions before you've even played your first chord. Should you buy an acoustic or an electric guitar? Do you need to know how to read music? How much should you practice? Are sore fingers normal, and how much will it hurt? Do you need an expensive instrument? And how long will it take before you can actually play something that sounds like music? The first thing I tell new students is this: You do n