An Approach to Life

I have had an acoustic guitar lying around for a long time now and everynow and then, i fish it out and play a few chords (3 that i know….G, E minor and C)….I have full music theory knowledge as i have played the piano for 12 years and studied music theory for a long time….i just don’t know how to approach learning the guiter though…I do not wish to learn the guiter from a teacher, but sorta want to self learn something of my own. Is it better to learn all the chords first as in A, A minor, A d7….or learn songs with the chords along the way??
and there are so many chords which are so far to stretch and i basically have to stop playing and physcially stretch my fingers to reach the strings…is there a easy way to play these chords, unless they require large hands?

THANKS

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/
best site ever for learning guitar, you should start just learning simple songs and you will pick up chords as you go, memorizing the notes on the fretboard also helps alot if you know alot of theory. also practice using all 4 fingers cause you will need them, but mostly you have to practice the same chords over and over, and eventually they will get easier.

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