During the first phase of learning and mastering the guitar you'll want to get familiar with your guitar by getting down the basics of scales, chords and rhythm and learn how to play cords like E, C and A which are called "major" cords. Some free resources online to help you would be YouTube, about.com and ehow.com just to name a few.
It's important to learn gradually and keep it fun by putting down the guitar and taking breaks when you feel frustrated. Giving yourself a hard time and saying negative things to yourself like "GOD I SUCK!" is not the way to master anything let alone a guitar.
Sound quality is always important to learn and master in the beginning as in tuning your guitar and learning to do it by ear is one of the first accomplishments you'll make. But starting with an electric guitar tuner is the easiest and best way for a beginner. Also, as you grow as a guitar player you should notice that songs become easier to learn and old ones more fun to play. It's also important to keep up on your finger dexterity on both hands.
To make practicing less of a chore sometimes it's easier to break your sessions up into segments like warming up your fingers and practicing your chords for a short time. Then working on a previous song or a new song you've been wanting to learn for a little while then take time after to play around with tabs or do something fun with it. Each one of these can be done in 10-20 minute intervals and then you're done!
That's a condensed version of what it takes to go from learning to mastering the guitar but there are lots of other resources and reviews out there on the internet.
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Don't forget to keep it fun. It's not a job!
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