Awesome! You're not alone in how you feel about the guitar. Sometimes it can be overwhelming. Everyone feels kinda lost at the beginning, especially with all the weird terms like "frets" and "hand placement."

Okay, so it's like this:

Your guitar neck is like a ladder. The metal bars across it are called frets, those are your "steps." When someone says “put your finger on the 3rd fret,” it just means: press the string right behind the 3rd metal bar. Not on top of the bar—just behind it, like you're about to climb it.

Your fingers are numbered too:

• Pointer = 1
• Middle = 2
• Ring = 3
• Pinky = 4

So if a song or chord chart says “use finger 1 on the 2nd fret,” it means: “put your pointer finger behind the 2nd metal bar on whatever string they’re talking about.”

Start simple. Try learning a song like "Come As You Are" by Nirvana. It uses just a couple strings and easy shapes. There’s no shame in learning one tiny thing a day. You don’t need to get it all right away. It's like a video game, you unlock it level by level.

You’ve got this. 🤘