Is it hard to teach your self to play guitar?
I wana learn how to play guitar by teaching my self, is it very hard to do that?
Short answer, yes.
Long answer, it depends on your hand to eye coordination, sense of self discipline, short term and long term memory skills, kinesthetic development, and the overall quality and playability of the instrument. First of all, you have to get out of the mindset that you are doing it yourself. You really need to start thinking about the fact that you will be learning from everyone. You are going to need lots of tips, reinforcement, and mentoring, and you have to be receptive to that
Second. We only practice on days that end with a "Y!" We only play on days that we eat, feed the body, feed the mind, feed the soul. Every day that you play, you are a player. Every day you come up with a reason not to play, even a great one, you are a wannabe. Wannabes turn into Wish I was’s. You meet them every day. I wish I did this and I wish I did that. No they don’t. If they really wanted to do something, they would have found a way to do it, period.
Third. you need to keep track of everything you learn, if only so you don’t have to learn it twice. Write down every chord, every lick, and every tip and trick you pick up. That way you can go back and review when you seem to be at a plateau. Record yourself, audio or video or both, doesn’t matter. It is to go back and look at when you feel like you aren’t making any progress. One look at those tapes (or VCDs or DVDS or Memory sticks or whatever) and you will realize that you are farther down the path than you thought you were.
Finally. Get a method, get a bunch of methods. If you can’t buy one, look at my page and look at guitar questions like yours. If you can’t get there, ask me and I will send you more links than you know what to do with. Decide:
1. What style or styles do you want to play?
2. What do you want to do with it?
3. Who are your heroes? (You’ve already learned something from them by the way, what you like!)
4. What kind of guitar do you want to play on?
5. What kind of guitar are you going to learn on? (Acoustic builds chops faster, electric is a little easier to push the strings down on at first, classical gives you a little extra fretboard room to move in.)
6. How much time are you willing to devote every day. A little every day is better than a lot all at once.
7. Is this an investment in your future, or just a hobby?
that’s enough questions for now. Good luck with your journey and if I can help you more, don’t be afraid to give me a shout.
Not really, I was in high school when I started learning to play the guitar. Patience and don’t rush into it. First, you must have a chord chart for you to follow, finger by finger. Then find a song book that you know. Like I said don’t rush, you don’t have to be on tempo at first. You will be rewarded in about a month.
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No. The most important thing is that you actually enjoy playing it and stick w/ it. And don’t expect to learn from one day to the other. Just like any other thing in life, it takes time to achieve a certain vision. Keep at it. Just start paying attention to methods of playing when you hear your ‘now’ favorite music. Everyone transitions from one style to another with the more experience you get and appreciation from different genres. For now, play what you listen to and you’ll gradually get better. Trust me; remember, most important thing is, KEEP PLAYING!!
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Short answer, yes.
Long answer, it depends on your hand to eye coordination, sense of self discipline, short term and long term memory skills, kinesthetic development, and the overall quality and playability of the instrument. First of all, you have to get out of the mindset that you are doing it yourself. You really need to start thinking about the fact that you will be learning from everyone. You are going to need lots of tips, reinforcement, and mentoring, and you have to be receptive to that
Second. We only practice on days that end with a "Y!" We only play on days that we eat, feed the body, feed the mind, feed the soul. Every day that you play, you are a player. Every day you come up with a reason not to play, even a great one, you are a wannabe. Wannabes turn into Wish I was’s. You meet them every day. I wish I did this and I wish I did that. No they don’t. If they really wanted to do something, they would have found a way to do it, period.
Third. you need to keep track of everything you learn, if only so you don’t have to learn it twice. Write down every chord, every lick, and every tip and trick you pick up. That way you can go back and review when you seem to be at a plateau. Record yourself, audio or video or both, doesn’t matter. It is to go back and look at when you feel like you aren’t making any progress. One look at those tapes (or VCDs or DVDS or Memory sticks or whatever) and you will realize that you are farther down the path than you thought you were.
Finally. Get a method, get a bunch of methods. If you can’t buy one, look at my page and look at guitar questions like yours. If you can’t get there, ask me and I will send you more links than you know what to do with. Decide:
1. What style or styles do you want to play?
2. What do you want to do with it?
3. Who are your heroes? (You’ve already learned something from them by the way, what you like!)
4. What kind of guitar do you want to play on?
5. What kind of guitar are you going to learn on? (Acoustic builds chops faster, electric is a little easier to push the strings down on at first, classical gives you a little extra fretboard room to move in.)
6. How much time are you willing to devote every day. A little every day is better than a lot all at once.
7. Is this an investment in your future, or just a hobby?
that’s enough questions for now. Good luck with your journey and if I can help you more, don’t be afraid to give me a shout.
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