How hard is it to learn how to play the guitar?
I am a fourteen year old female who was in band and is a singer. I am interested in learning how to play guitar because I think it would be good to be able to sing and play the guitar at the same time. Honestly, how hard is it to learn how to play the guitar if you take one lesson a week on a scale of one to twenty (twenty being really really hard). Honestly please. What are the pros and cons of the guitar. And have you ever tried? Please tell me what you know from experience. Thanks!
Playing any instrument is not easy, unless it’s the triangle. First you have to get your fingers and hand muscles ready, this could take about three months just to get the callouses nessasary to play without pain. I play classical guitar and I also love fingerstyle, and I’ve put years and years into it. I’ve taught a lot of kids your age to play and most girls give up too quickly, #1 they don’t want to cut their nails on the left hand as short as they need to be, and second they complaine about the pain in their fingers and hand, I try to tell them that in time after you develope those callouses it will get a lot easier, but most quit, I have one girl who is doing quite well, she was amazed how after about six months she could do things that she thought were impossiable in the beginning, she was so cute in the beginning trying to change cords from an F to a G she said that I had to be kidding, that was impossiable, well now she does it with no problem. So if you decide to play get yourself a good teacher and give it a try, in the beginning it will seem imposiable but believe me it get easier with time and patience. If you can’t get a teacher go to Sam Ash and get a good method book, tell the clerk what style your interested in and try to get the book with the teaching Cd in the back. As for you scale of one to twenty everyone’s different, some think it’s a twenty and some think its a ten, when I started I thought it was about fifteen especially the full barr cords.
i have one lesson a week and its made me real good i`m glad your wanting to start nothing better than a girl and guitar 😀 no offense but still one lesson a week is good and maybe do grades but also do it on your own its easier i really hope you become good
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Guitarist 1 year 5 months
It isn’t as hard as becoming a nuclear physicist….but its harder than baking bread!
Seriously, it depends on your goals, and how much time you have to devote to practice. I was playing in a band after about 7 months….but it was admittedly easy music. Now, its ten years later and I have been playing some pretty complicated music. I now realize just how hard mastering any instrument is. But, there is a difference between mastering something and being competent.
If you have time to devote and take a few lessons a month you should be able to play basic chords and accompaniment after 6 months……give or take.
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All instruments are easy and hard; what level to you want to achieve? One lesson a week is good, but you’ll have to practice during the week to reinforce what you learned. The guitar is a fine instrument to learn. There is frustration with every instrument; at the beginnning I didn’t think I could ever fret an F chord, but I did. If playing guitar doesn’t work for you, learn to play piano/keyboard to accompany your singing.
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Playing any instrument is not easy, unless it’s the triangle. First you have to get your fingers and hand muscles ready, this could take about three months just to get the callouses nessasary to play without pain. I play classical guitar and I also love fingerstyle, and I’ve put years and years into it. I’ve taught a lot of kids your age to play and most girls give up too quickly, #1 they don’t want to cut their nails on the left hand as short as they need to be, and second they complaine about the pain in their fingers and hand, I try to tell them that in time after you develope those callouses it will get a lot easier, but most quit, I have one girl who is doing quite well, she was amazed how after about six months she could do things that she thought were impossiable in the beginning, she was so cute in the beginning trying to change cords from an F to a G she said that I had to be kidding, that was impossiable, well now she does it with no problem. So if you decide to play get yourself a good teacher and give it a try, in the beginning it will seem imposiable but believe me it get easier with time and patience. If you can’t get a teacher go to Sam Ash and get a good method book, tell the clerk what style your interested in and try to get the book with the teaching Cd in the back. As for you scale of one to twenty everyone’s different, some think it’s a twenty and some think its a ten, when I started I thought it was about fifteen especially the full barr cords.
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very hard. lol
it never fuckin ends
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The guitar is the easiest, and the hardest instrument in world. It’s all in you, and how much you want to learn, and what style of music. It is the most difficult instrument to play, classically, and the easiest to rock out on.
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