Don't listen to Wreckens......

If you're a fresh beginner, please go to a PROPER guitar teacher/school and learn the basics.

If you get it wrong the first time, it becomes a habit...... That's my advice.

I've seen alot of young players that played for 1 or 2 years on their own, and although they can play the basic stuff, their finger position and habits are all wrong.

If you learn the proper methods and techniques from a PROFESSIONAL, you can later learn on your own once you mastered the basics.

For me, I'm STILL learning from a pro, because I started all wrong, and I'm paying the price in my playing. Learn scales, learn the proper chords, learn the finger positions, learn the strumming techniques, learn the plucking techniques.....

It's VERY important to learn even the EASY things RIGHT.