Working with a teacher who can tailor instruction to your (growing) skills will help speed up your progress.
Make sure your guitar is correctly tuned every time you pick it up. Stay with Standard tuning ( E A B G B e) until you know what you are doing.
As you build your skills with both left and right hands, make sure you also focus on learning the notes on a guitar’s fretboard.
Start with the first five frets - for every string. Note where the notes repeat. When you have that down, work on the next five frets.
Learn all of the open chords and practice switching between them quickly and accurately. Try random combinations, like Am F D G B C Dm and so on.
Learn minor chords as well as Major chords. Understand what changes a major chord into a minor chord.
Learn the notes in each chord. For example, C Major has the notes C E G. Learn how this relates to the C Major scale.
Learn some songs that use the chords you know. When you run into a chord you don’t know, find out how to play it.
Learn barre chords. These can be moved up and down the neck. The same shape can get you the chords F G A B C D and E. Find out why.
Practice every day. Aim for at least 20 minutes. Learn something new at least every other day. Daily practice will help you retain what you learned.
When learning something new, play it slowly. Speed will come as your fingers learn where they need to be. Don’t expect to play new things fast right away.
Try playing a melody you know on your guitar. Start slowly. Melodies often relate to the chords in the song. Melody comes first, chords are written to support it.
Learn how an 8 note major scale is built from the twelve tones on the fretboard. Find the C and F chords in a C Major scale.
Some of this is applied Music Theory, some is muscle memory. A lot of it happens in your mind. Look for patterns. Music uses a lot of patterns.
Don’t give up. Take a break when you need to. But get back to it the next day. But not “tomorrow”. That day never arrives.
Have fun!
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