What is a good guitar brand for beginners?

I am 15 years old and I finally convinced my mom to let me good guitar lessons. I might eventually go electric, but I want to start out with acoustic. Since I'm a beginner I don't really think it would be smart to buy a SUPER expensive acoustic guitar but I want something that is nice, so any experienced guitar players have suggestions on what some good brand/models of guitars are?

OK, let's start from a simple place...I haven't seen a 1-4-6, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

I - IV - V is about the most common. Basically, it's a simple rock and roll progression. I (or 1) will be your first chord...let's say A.

A - 1
B - 2
C - 3
D - 4
E - 5
F - 6
G - 7

So a 1-4-5 progression would be A - D- E

What's so easy about 1-4-5 progressions is they a moveable.

Let's say 1-4-5 in E:

E - 1
F - 2
G - 3
A - 4
B - 5
C - 6
D - 7

1-4-5 would be E- A- B

Since you know your open chords it's time to start on barre chords. The thing with barre chords are you only have to learn a few shapes. Learning these simple shapes will AUTOMATICALLY make you know how to play all the chords (around that shape).

For instance: Since you already know how to play an E chord (022100) using your 1-2-3 fingers now you need to learn it again using fingers 2-3-4. With 2-3-4 all you have to do is slide up the fretboard to the next fret and barre the bass string to make an F (133211). Move it up 2 and you have a G, another 2 an A, etc.

Staying in the E family, play an Em (022000). Now learn it using fingers 3-4. Slide up one fret and barre and you get an Fm (133111), 2 more is a Gm...got it?

Now on to Am (xo2210), like the E use fingers 2-3-4, slide up 2 frets to Bm (x24432), 1 more to Cm, etc.
For an Am7 simply remove the finger from the middle string (x02010), move up 2 frets and barre a Bm7 (x24232), and so on. Got it?

You should be able to play all these configuration up to at least the 12th fret.

That's enough to keep you occupied for a while. Now go practice your chords. ; ' )

Chances are you can sing but you don't have confidence in yourself.Try to listen to the reassurances,especially if its from friends and family.maybe try recording yourself singing your fave song and then listen to it yourself.be your own judge if you're really so worried.But i warn you,you can either be your own best friend or your own worst enemy.Don't be hard on yourself and just try to believe in your talent.If you really like singing,maybe take a choir class to better improve it further.That's what i did :3

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Bass trumpet info?

Hi, I'm a euphonium player , I have a crapy seller baritone , I'm looking to sell it and get something different , i was looking into the bass trumpet, it has beautiful sound to it . Anyways do bass trumpets read the same music as baritone /trombone? Or do they have their own set of stuff, I'm looking to buy a b flat pitch same as my baritone so it would really differ, reading wise.... ???