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re: How good should I be after my first month of playing guitar?
Posted on 2/6/20 at 4:59 pm to GoGators04
Posted on 2/6/20 at 4:59 pm to GoGators04
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Posted on 2/6/20 at 4:59 pm to GoGators04
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how good should I be at playing guitar after a month (about 4-5 hours a week)?
Not very. It takes a few hours a day each week to usually see noticeable improvements. But everyone has different schedules and things going on obviously. It takes a few months of playing quite a bit usually just to start being able to change chords at a decent speed.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:00 pm to GoGators04
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How good should I be after my first month of playing guitar?
Just do what Hendrix did. Be an above average guitar player but play in front of nothing but acid-dropped crowds that are so high out their mind that they think you’re the best guitar player ever.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:03 pm to TDcline
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Just do what Hendrix did. Be an above average guitar player but play in front of nothing but acid-dropped crowds that are so high out their mind that they think you’re the best guitar player ever.
we are definitely in the minority here dude, but i agree with you. Some of that stuff he did , was just noise.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:03 pm to HubbaBubba
quote:Sounds like my son. Started on the violin at 8. He's 15 now and plays that, guitar, piano, and ukulele. Pretty good too but he probably plays 3 or 4 hours a day. Now he wants a drum set. I might have to draw the line.
My 13 year old son already plays drums (5 years. Reads and plays written trap set sheet music) and also plays trumpet (3 years, reads and plays sheet music) and took up the bass guitar just one month and a half ago, taking a weekly, private 30 minute lesson. He's already doing well enough that the band director at his school asked him to perform with the jazz/swing band after auditioning for the tole.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:08 pm to KyleOrtonsMustache
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:10 pm to Big EZ Tiger
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It takes a few hours a day each week to usually see noticeable improvements
I disagree and especially at first. A focused 15-30 minute session where you actually accomplish something is much better than spending hours and having fingertips so sore you can't pick up the guitar the next day.
Practice slow to learn to play fast.
The OP, if he doesn't have one needs to get a metronome. Learn the beat. Learn the timing and most importantly learn the damned fretboard.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:13 pm to GoGators04
If you’re not headed to rehab by now for a heroin addiction you will never be shite baw.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:13 pm to GoGators04
4-5 hours a week isn't all that much if you are trying to get good at guitar quickly. I'm guessing your fingers probably still start to hurt after playing for more than 20 minutes at this point b/c you haven't yet built up calluses.
Honestly you should still be focusing on learning correct finger placement, basic chords, and simple scales at this point.
Honestly you should still be focusing on learning correct finger placement, basic chords, and simple scales at this point.
This post was edited on 2/6/20 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:19 pm to GoGators04
Been on it 2 years now. Seeing real progress finally. Don't give up, and just plug away at it. It's gonna be ugly. But the reward will be worth it.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:23 pm to VABuckeye
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disagree and especially at first. A focused 15-30 minute session where you actually accomplish something is much better than spending hours and having fingertips so sore you can't pick up the guitar the next day
That may be for some, but he just said he has played 4-5 hours per week and feels like he has gotten nowhere. A 30 minute lesson is fine, but it usually takes hours of playing/practice to competently play what was taught in the lesson. It's muscle memory.
Guitar takes a while, but you keep at it and things just naturally start becoming easier and you start putting things together more. Also, everyone's hands hurt in the beginning (more on acoustic than electric), but I found after the first few weeks, the more I played, the more I didn't even notice any soreness, etc. It's like building up a tolerance.
This post was edited on 2/6/20 at 5:24 pm
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:29 pm to GoGators04
Try playing without a pick to get a feel of the strings and the sounds they make. You’ll find that you will hit every string you intend on hitting that way and you’ll eventually train your hand to do the same with a pick. I’ve been playing for about 15 years and still prefer to play without a pick. I think you’re in a good spot, knowing your major chords after only a month. The key to becoming even a decent guitar player is picking it up often. Most people give up after they realize how hard it is.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:31 pm to GoGators04
Also, what kind of guitar are you playing?
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:34 pm to GoGators04
If you’re not melting faces by Easter, should probably give it up.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:35 pm to GoGators04
Eruption
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:35 pm to GoGators04
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:45 pm to DVinBR
I picked it up at 25, now 34 and I still suck. But it’s ok bc my 6 and 3 year old think I’m the best guitar player/singer on the planet. And my wife (no pics) doesn’t completely hate when I play. I mostly play country and folk songs, or country or folk versions of rock and pop songs, but am pretty terrible at scales and solos bc I never practice it. Just get really good at the chords and ad libbing while playing chord with hammer ons, pulloffs, snd walk ups and downs and ppl will think you are legit.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 5:51 pm to GoGators04
You should be barely able to string more than two or three chords together. It takes a long time to develop the callouses and get the basics down. Don’t get discouraged
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:08 pm to White Bear
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I've been playing 20 yrs+/- and still suck. Stick with it you'll get there.
Posted on 2/6/20 at 6:36 pm to GoGators04
My advice would be to learn the 12 bar blues progression...pretty easy to get it down.
Once you learn that, seek out friends who play guitar and can play a solo. If you can play a simple 12 bar blues progression, people can easily solo over what your doing, and you've just learned how to be a rythym guitarist.
And from there, just pick up what they are doing when they are soloing over your progression.
Formal lessons can be great I guess, but I think I learned more by jamming with friends than anything. (It definitely helps if your all into the same kind of music) 70's classic rock has always been my forte.
And there is no shame in being a rythym guitarist. RIP Malcolm !
ACDC
Once you learn that, seek out friends who play guitar and can play a solo. If you can play a simple 12 bar blues progression, people can easily solo over what your doing, and you've just learned how to be a rythym guitarist.
And from there, just pick up what they are doing when they are soloing over your progression.
Formal lessons can be great I guess, but I think I learned more by jamming with friends than anything. (It definitely helps if your all into the same kind of music) 70's classic rock has always been my forte.
And there is no shame in being a rythym guitarist. RIP Malcolm !
ACDC
This post was edited on 2/6/20 at 6:51 pm
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