Yup...it is very essential to take guitar lessons for beginners or not so that you can read musical notes too. I learned my guitar playing the hard way back in hi school and I used to take up conservatory of music in college but was turned down because it was already late for enrollment and ended up architecture. Buti na lang nagkaganon dahil na realize ko later gutom ang mga musikero sa pinas, ngayon i have Gibson acoustic and Stratocaster electric
guitars with marshal amps & boom box...still playing the rock way