You might want to try using a spaced repetition (SRS) flashcard app to help you practice. ( Personally, I use http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/ http://www.mnemosy

You might want to try using a spaced repetition (SRS) flashcard app to help you practice. ( Personally, I use http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/ http://www.mnemosyne-proj.org/ + dropbox . It's crude, but it works well for me) I know... it sounds dumb. But I'm serious. It really helps. 1) When you learn, say, the C Major chord, make a new card that says "play the C Major", with the answer being the fingering chart for that chord. It will then keep track of how well you remember that chord and ask you to play it less often as you get better and better at remembering it. 2) When you learn to play a particular song, set up a card to remind you to play it. The answer to this one should probably just list what book + page number to find the song. (That's just for the early stage when you might not remember it at all.) 3) Finally, set up a Seinfield chain ( http://lifehacker.com/281626/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret http://lifehacker.com/281626/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-se... ) for the task "practice my guitar" where the task is simply to work through the guitar flashcards for the day (there's often surprisingly few of them). http://www.joesgoals.com/ http://www.joesgoals.com/ is a particularly good tool for something like this. Good luck with your foray into the world of music. I hope it becomes a real passion for you.