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Learn how to read tab. Learn chords as well. Once you can look at the tab of a song or the chords and lyrics to a song and play through it- get a metronome or drum machine. A drum machine is nice because you can tap the beat of the song you want to play. Metronome you have to figure out what BPM you want in another way. Get confortable playing at a constant tempo that a drum machine or a metronome gives you.
I've met guitarists that have never been in a band very long, have been playing guitar waaaay longer than me, took lessons for 10 years, etc. and had no rhythm whatsoever.
No rhythm! Man.
If you teach yourself. . . knowing the notes on the E and A strings and knowing rhythm is incredibly important. Not neccesarily knowing a lot of chord formations but knowing how to form a lot of chords is important.
There are many people I know who have played for years and will be like- "WTF?" If you tell them to play a C#m for example.
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