Learning How To Play Guitar | Fun & Frustration
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At some time in your life I’m sure you’ve tried to play a musical instrument. Most of us have. However, there has never been a more popular instrument than the guitar. Why is this? I’ve heard lots of reasons. But, my favorite is a quote from Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour “”when you strum a guitar you have everything. Bass, rhythm and melody”. The guitar is just an awesome instrument. It’s like having a band in a case. I’m sure this is one of the reasons it’s so popular?
With the guitar’s popularity there comes one problem. So many people are trying to learn. Now, this isn’t a problem. The problem is most want to learn how to play guitar yesterday and start a band tomorrow! Ha! Don’t we all wish it was that easy? So, what makes the guitar so difficult to learn at first? Let’s take a look:
Finger Pain
I would have to say the most common issue I hear from beginner guitarist is they can’t stand the pain in their finger tips and wrist. Yup, I’d say this is the number one reason people quit too soon. The thing is this pain is very temporary. If you played the guitar everyday for 15 minutes? The pain would slowly start to go away after a couple of weeks. Then…. it’s gone! No more pain. This is because your fingertips have developed calluses and your wrist has developed the proper muscles that have hardly been used before.
Switching Chords
Many if not all beginner guitarist tend to be able to play chords quite quickly after practicing for just a short time. Yes, I know there is a little bit of a learning curve within the first few days. After all it is quite a challenge to keep your fingers from hitting and muting strings that aren’t supposed to.
The real struggle comes with learning to switch those chords smoothly so that it is a seamless transition into the next chords. This is where the real frustration begins. This little trick can take some time. That’s the thing…. Most feel they don’t have time to learn the guitar. If they only knew this to was temporary.
Learning The Guitar In Conclusion
To me, perfecting the above is all it really takes to keep playing the guitar without quitting. If you can learn about 7 chords and about 3 universal strums? Well, you’re well on your way to having a blast! There are many sites out there to learn how to play guitar. However, there are also sites that don’t really set you in the best direction. So, do a search and check out all the lessons you can to take online guitar lessons.
A great place to start I www.GuitarZonline.com. You can get free resources and lessons. Not to mention great gear on getting you started learning guitar.
Good Luck! 