I have been messing with the guitar for years now and just have never really taken to it. I recently purchased an electric and a small ovation with a pickup and a tuner built in. I like them both a lot. I found that after playing for years I had two things that really held me back . My first obstacle was my guitar. Soon after I bought it my freshman year of college my roommate and I were wrestling around in our dorm room and i pushed him right onto my guitar and broke the neck away from the body. I had it put back together by a guitar maker and until this year that was my guitar. It killed my fingers and the action was so bad I couldn't pull off a bar chord past the third fret. I am now 44 so it took me basicly 23 years to get around to buying a decent guitar. My goal for the next year is to learn about 30-40 songs I can play by heart but I find my memorization is horrible. So my first question is, what do some of do to help you memorize songs and their chords?
My next question is, why do some chords seem to have two chords connected such as A/F#? Which chord am I supposed to play? Thanks in advance for your answers.