How Long Does It Take To Learn Guitar - The 6 Stages (2019)
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- So how long does it take to learn guitar? Well here I break it down in to 6 stages based on the research I have done. No one size fits all but milestones are a great way to set goals.
If you would like to take a deeper dive in to the detail you can read my blog post here: midlifeguitar....
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Hi I’m Luke and If you don’t know my channel is all about sharing my midlife beginner guitar journey with you.
Along the way I show my progress or lack thereof! and look to pass on tips along the way that I learn or read about to share with those of you who are going through a similar journey.
I find that CZcams has a lot of experienced guitarists telling us how to play which is great but nothing I can really relate to as a beginner.
So I want to change this and show what it is like following an online course as a beginner.
Hopefully, this will encourage you to pick up and play the guitar, whether its one that has been sitting in the back of your closet or the new one you are about to buy.
If you need a recommendation then try here: midlifeguitar....
So, subscribe and become part of a community of beginner guitarists looking to have fun and enjoy the journey.
It would be fantastic to hear from you along the way, so reach out and share your experiences with me.
Cheers
Luke
We all learn at a different pace, so remember that it is about the journey and not the destination.
I think the most beneficial is being able to play songs songs that you like because then you show your friends and family and it gives you a sense of accomplishment
Stage 2 is when you're constantly wondering if you ever gonna make it to stage 3
same
There right now. Have faith in your fingers✨
Frrrr
specially when you see somebody who is way better at playing than you lol XD
I call it "The stage when you get depressed and desperately try to understand what the fuck is wrong with you". At least that's how it was when I was learning English as a foreign language.
I've been playing guitar since I was 10. That was 62 years ago. Through my teen years I played several hours a day. Throughout my adult life at least an hour a day. I'm intermediate at best. But, I never tried to arrive, it's been all about the process. I enjoy it so much it was worth it regardless. And I got to spend a lot of money trying to buy talent down at the local guitar shop.
Stage 7 : develop your own unique recognizable playing style based of your taste and knowledge of music. 15.000 +
I have played guitar for 40 years. I am an intermediate player. It takes a long time to get to the next level. I am back playing 20 hours a week. I spend an hour a day playing classical ,sight reading etc. I spend an hour a day with a metronome playing scales, arpeggios in various keys. I spend a few hours every few days learning new songs and improving old ones. I currently practice scales etc at 40 to 50 bpm 4 notes per beat. I hope to reach 120 bpm at end of the year. I try and play every note perfectly. I am writing my own songs and lead solos following the chord progressions. I hope to to be an advanced player in a few years. For me these are realistic goals
I just started - 3 lessons down - and am 61. Have a good teacher but really wonder whether my fingers and brain will ever be on the same page and how long that will take. Glad I found your channel since it exactly describes my situation - Midlife (well a little past) Guitar. I’ll have to supplement with Justin’s course to compare and contrast with my teacher.
Hi Cliff, how are you faring now? I'm considering taking it up also!
@@robertnozick2235 I just wrote and then accidently deleted a long reply that I don't have the patience to recreate. Been at it for one year now (since 4/21/21). Here are the bullet points:
1. Guitar is hard. Know this going in. Lots of variables make this true.
2. You will want to quit - probably multiple times. Making new habits takes time. If you want to succeed, don't listen to that voice in your head telling you to give it up just because you'll never be as good as _________ (insert guitar hero here).
3. Get the most playable instrument you can afford and then get it professionally set up. DO NOT get a "beginner" guitar. Doing so has you already set up to fail because you are already anticipating whether you will get past "beginner" level. Think positive and get an instrument that puts you on a path forward rather than a path to the nearest exit.
4. Your fingers will catch up to your brain - be patient. It takes time and practice but trust me, what seems impossible at first is possible if you stick with it.
5. Get a good teacher, not just a good musician who teaches on the side. Ask for references of students who credit their success to that teacher.
@@cliffshepard2166 Thanks, Cliff! What’s considered a beginner guitar? And what guitar did you purchase?
Hey Cliff, it’s been a year.. what have u learnt so far??
The chart on your blog at the same time gave me hope, because at 200-300 hrs, I shouldn't be any better than I am, but scared the crap out of me because it's going to be 3 years before I get where I wanted to be next week.
Good work,
Anyone that asks how long it takes to learn to play guitar is not cut out for it they are only seeking instinct gratification... On the other hand if you are fascinated by just a single ringing note And satisfied with that initially you are truly on your way..
I want gratification from my instincts
Interesting how we think of time & effort invested into skill development. I think in terms of years - maybe even decades spent toward full mastery of highly complex processes and skills. I also believe in quality practice time which absolutely requires some kind of teaching. Practice right, keep short term goals and stay consistent and well guided.
I just finished Justin’s beginner stage 3. Highly recommend it, especially his app which is very well developed.
Great point! and I never really used his app so it is good to hear you having a positive experience with it.
I wish I could use his app, but the damn thing won’t open on my phone. I’ve just been following the classes on my computer. Unfortunately I’ve heard there’s a lot of other stuff on the app you don’t get on the computer which sucks for me
Man i can't find his grade 3 there are grade 3 songs but tutorials are not there..
I began on my own, bright a guitar as soon as I knew we were all going to be in quarantine for a while and began to work from a chord chart that it came with. Then as I began to learn more chords, I began to play songs I liked. The Eagles, John maloncamp and the like. I learned one queen song and I get my first brake through, changing chords quickly, then grew a lot in the space of a year. I had lessons on and off and mostly that was music theory, writing and I even wrote a few basic not terrible songs. And now at one year, I’m a little lost. I have some scale shapes down, some connections down, I can hear things and play them for the most part, and I have a bunch of chords. Triads, arpeggios and some aspects of technique such as finger style elude me. So at one year, reflecting. My practicing wasn’t as diligent as I would have liked, an adult with a day job why would it? My learning[recess was organic and scattered for the most part which isn’t ideal. Now I’m positively itching to play with others, maybe in a band one day. Really have some fun. And I’m not there yet. I don’t know whether you’re call that intermediate or beginner. Or somewhere in between. Everyone you ask has something different to say… there were times where I’d learn something and I wasn’t even playing, I’d be driving and suddenly out of nowhere he Nashville numbering system just clicked and my tiny mind would be blown. Same happened with Barr chords and movable chord shapes.
any update?
Ok let’s see... my present age, the amount of hours I’ll require to be intermediate..., well I probably won’t live that long🎸
🤣🤣🤣
Never give up! Have fun playing and do what you can!
@@foli8730 hay thanks for the encouragement. I wrote that over two year ago and I’m truly amazed how far I’ve come. Practice everyday and it’s gets funnier as you go. Thx again.👍🙃🎸
I am 96 year young man. How long will it take to learn?
biggest benefit ive had playing guitar on and off over the past 15 years is finding the right teacher and 1-1 lessons the difference this can make to your playing is incredible although does come at a significant cost most people cant afford 1 lesson a week at say anywhere from £25-£45 an hour. I my self have two 1 hour lessons a month which is a luxury i have only been able to enjoy in the last 6 months after years of crap jobs. The amount my skill level has went up in 6 months has been a huge shock as i spent years struggling on my own and getting nowhere fast. The problem with learning is everyone learns differently and by far the hardest part is finding what works best for you.
I started off using Marty Schwartz beginner lessons, moved onto Andy Guitar, and then Justin Guitar. I did Justin’s Beginner and Intermediate courses, and attempted the blues module. That’s where I got stuck since I had not developed the hammer ons, pull offs and string bends. That was about 11 months in, so I decided to get myself a guitar teacher. Been taking lessons for the last 4 months working on blues fundamentals. I supplement all this with dozens of books, attempting to learn songs I like such as One by Metallica, or doing various one off lessons as they come up on CZcams that strike my fancy. I play every day, and I try to work on my weakest skills, and I have some practice routines I do and work on polishing songs, and learning new skills.
Been a fun 15 months, and I still have a long way to go. But I really enjoy it so I don’t see me stopping any time soon
You're an inspiration. I want to go down the blues path, does the Justin Guitar Blues course not cover those techniques then?
Midlife Guitar
Justin Guitar beginner course focuses mainly on rhythm techniques, and leaves the lead guitar techniques until much later.
Justin Guitar goes over these topics, but I jumped straight from the intermediate courses into the blues module, and I struggled with it a lot.
Looking back, I didn’t practice string bends / hammer ons / pull offs while I was going through the beginner course. If I had my time back I would have included string bends, hammer ons, pull offs and basic riffs into my daily practice routine sooner.
Have a read of Tom Hess’s Geometric Approach to learning guitar. tomhess.net/TeachGuitarGeometricApproach.aspx
Justin’s course is good, but it doesn’t tailor the learning to the student. I guess that’s where a good teacher would have been helpful
Here’s Tom Hess discussing the geometric approach. czcams.com/video/7GORmlZg1Qk/video.html
@@jeromeleoterry Will check it out, thanks
Perhaps the main trick is to try stick to something when you are not enjoying it. It's easy to enjoy and do something when it comes easy. Barre chords are the first big barrier that people come to. That can take months if not years to get it really correct. That takes mental strength or perseverance whichever word you want to put for it. Like you say you have to concentrate on your weaknesses not ignore them.
Best way to learn bar chords is find a song you like with bar chords play each one over and over till you get all the strings playing without muting them now you gotta switch between them what worked for me was playing along to the song on repeat kinda the same process with piano where you just push your brain to try something different not sure if it’s gonna work but go along with the tempo and suddenly boom you played it right which wouldn’t of happened if you thought too deeply about the next move it’s a hard thing to explain how the brain does that but I always learn better when I keep that thought process in mind I think it’s more of the contrary in being allowing yourself to enjoy it despite ability and stay away from playing while frustrated you have to build that muscle carefully and learn efficient ultimately learn faster rather than tear the muscle and be stuck it seems counterintuitive that logicaly you’ll get better with more practice but if you practice less and enjoy it more you’ll build a stronger muscle to learn and find yourself ultimately practicing more while being in the right state of mind. Not so much perseverance as much as it is being focused and untroubled by your ability to know anyone can learn it and know you yourself are gonna learn it without judgment even coming to mind best way to keep that state of mind is to find a piece of music you really enjoy and would like to learn that contains the chords your trying to learn think about being able to play it for yourself and go for it perseverance Implies pushing through negative feelings and when playing an instrument it can’t be just a logical do this do that to learn it of course it’s possible but it’ll be extremely difficult and unsatisfying without the mind flowing prevents from taking leaps because the mind is full of uncertainty without emotion comfortably taking leaps without judgment is the best way to learn and you cannot force this can only grow it don’t concentrate on your weaknesses if you’re not ready to unless you’re a new player with no idea what to expect it is only natural but keep in mind the state of mind of why your playing feel it but don’t force it celebrate your achievements in the end you don’t want to feel like your at work playing an instrument so when your playing forget the ways you learn things at work or with responsibilities just relax and build the muscle
“True” or more so most effective focus is not so much simply paying attention to something rather watching and listening without self imposed limitations this kind of focus is meditative not to be your entire way of everyday focus but a place to wonder to be used from time to time when extreme work focus isn’t required can be incorporated anywhere that deems fit but shouldn’t be a way of life responsibilities prevent us from achieving such focus the weights on our shoulders make us forget what we are capable of at the end of the day it’s all a balance we should strive for responsibilities are important but there are the people who lack meditative focus those who are burdened by worries and the people who are over saturated in it those who aren’t worried about nothing who lose their values or hold less values because they get lost in thier own world live only for enjoyment and ease this should be balanced not so much in the way of ease and responsibilities, responsibilities comes first but it can be a little thing like a hobby or any place to find meditation but it’s the mental muscle that should be balanced a place where one can explore incorporate through all aspects of life but not let it be a control or a process that causes one to disassociate meaning music is a great place for this at least for me takes us out of our busy lives when we listen and dosnt hold over us for doing so we simply go on with our lives taking with feelings of own interpretations forgotten about but just as meaningful when heard again
@@etralin3dream983
Thank you so much for your reply but please take this as constructive criticism but they are very hard to read because you do not use any punctuation or capital letters or paragraphs which makes them very hard to read. Please forgive me if you have a genuine reason why you do not do this. But I know your heart is in the right place and you are doing your best
It took me 20 seconds to learn how to hold the guitar not 300 hours
😂😂
Then you are just a fast learner I guess. I am maybe 20-30 hours in and I haven’t even learned how to open my guitar case yet
I will give it a try in next life
There's alot of wisdom in the idea that the things that make you feel uncomfortable are the things that we have the most potential to grow and improve.
Hi, I’ve been taking lots of online courses, I own probably about 300 of them. The course that helped me progress the fastest, indeed the best structured and clearest course, was the Fretlive Fretboard Mastery Programme by Pow music. It is not cheap but it is worth every penny. It is like a college guitar course, with homework that must be submitted. This aspect made me more accountable and pushed me to focus more in my practice. The live diagrammes showing where I had to put my fingers were priceless. I recommend the version which includes online lessons, as it really makes you feel like a college student and part of a community. Good luck, Gaetano
Join a band, you'll progress faster than you ever have just because of the fear of "messing up"
this is me right now haha, I don't wanna be the one idiot that can't pull their weight
@@inuysha360 I feel the exact same way fr!
The '10.000' hours claim is a wide generalisation for every subject. It depends on the level of talent, the amount of potential that becomes talent through training, how good your focus is on what you're practising..your commitment on a consistent basis. This could be 2.000 to 5.000 hours.. like he said, it's quality over quantity. Learn from the best pro guitarists that you can meet.
I give you 5 thumbs up, likes to you and your video! I've been a beginner since 2017 and follow Your Guitar Sage's CZcams videos and web site lessons. Still learning at a crawling pace it seems!
I started a month back with his lessons and I think I have made some good progress. Especially after learning about Steve Stine's chord changing method.
It's good to finally find video's that I can relate to! I'm only a week into learning guitar and slowely working my way through Justin Guitar's beginners course. I come from a drumming background.. this is totally different. Your blog is full of sound advice, I have already ordered a varigrip! Struggleing with the finger pain but it's all a part of the learning I guess. Keep up the good work.
Great to hear you are taking the journey too and I appreciate the feedback on my blog! I found that varigrip really useful so I hope it works for you too.
How’s ur progress?
By the 3rd snap I snapped, can't watch this video with those ques. Don't like feeling hypnotized.
I’ve been playing for about 6 months now and my skill has sky rocketed because I only play Hendrix songs and my 10+ years experience with piano (same notes). So imo if you have a little bit of music theory then just play the damn thing. I’m ALWAYS playing for hours on end. I work and play until bedtime every day.
im doing both learning the guitar and setting some time aside to learn some songs and play along
The man is telling us his story
well i have no problem remembering the chords but i lack in technique.
always doing dead note over and over again, my finger still hurt when playing guitar, i need more Calluses ! 😁
Simply guitar was a great app to get me started, unfortunately I finished the entire app in 4 months and it does not offer much value past the early beginner stages.
OMG I feel like giving up. Its a year I do work fulltime but I only know one string songs, my teacher was good I don't know how to read music I do the dots. OMG the chords are hard.
you really need to learn popular chords bc right now you are wasting your time only doing single string songs
Isn’t learning simple chords the first thing you do when learning guitar? Where were you getting lessons lol
Would love to learn playing guitar just for fun and as another hobby 😛
As someone who is watching this before starting this journey of learning, it would be interesting to see some examples in the early stages… if that is possible.. potentially showing my ignorance here. I understand that towards the more developed stages, you kind of do you and explore.
To build on my comment;
Which cords in particular would be considered key to play most songs?
I’m not looking to over-science or benchmark my enjoyment here… I’m just a curious beginner who would like to look at another measure other than hours or ‘quality’
Since Christmas I’ve gotten pretty good but without a pick it wasn’t very clean this past week I learned to pick thought it would take me months when I started but i kept practicing same song and learned different sounds based on how you hold the pick aswell mastered velocity finally feel comfortable with most bar chords consistently can play f now lol made some of my own songs and recorded them into fl studio my only flaw is maintaining tempo I’m not bad but can’t yet play more difficult songs from start to finish without playing the song in the background if I dont do that or use a metronome I mess up also lack fingerpicking skills I can do it but takes me a long time to figure out been playing piano for years and decided to start Guitar last year didn’t much care for it at first but since Christmas I finally got my high e string and some picks and a cabo and I’ve been enjoying the heck out of it. Thought it would take me at least a year to get where I am now honestly guitar is currently far more enjoyable than piano at least for me you really feel the rhythm when you strum the stings it sucks you in to the music and when you feel it you play it better. If anyone here plays piano I highly suggest learning guitar it’ll be tough at first to feel comfortable but you’ll learn fast layout is completely different than piano so when playing chords it can seem intimidating but once you learn the charts or learn a few song with the same chords you connect the dots and it becomes easier and easier if you play the piano you already got rhythm tempo and theory down you just need to get comfortable with technique finger placement know your charts and learn to pick but the same way you learned piano to move you fingers in uncomfortable positions is the same way you learn on guitar and you’ll pick it up quick difficult part is the initial finger pain and stress in the joints as you learn to properly hold the Guitar and position the wrist just gotta relax and take it slow one finger at a time after a few weeks the discomfort significantly decreases after a month of playing everyday you fingers won’t hurt anymore they might get numb sometimes tho once you feel comfortable with the hands and string chords together you’ll find it’s just like piano when you learn to quickly switch positions and chord shapes it’s not but it is mentally the same thought process once you realize it resembles learning piano your progress greatly speeds up switching shapes and speeds up and the ability to learn songs progression of chords speeds up already have velocity and tempo from piano so you’ll pick up strumming easy and wonder why people find strumming patterns so difficult once you get to this stage big chunk is the chords you don’t know or the tougher bar chords but once you learn a few bar chords they all become easier and anymore than that I can’t speak on cause I ain’t a pro as of yet but if you play piano give the guitar a try fine instrument pianos great but it can get a bit dull at times
I just tell myself: "Dont u quit u gaddam bastard!! Get ur ass back on that gaddam guitar! I dont care how long it takes to learn the dam thing!!!" To remind me to never give up on a new hobby I wanna learn
First time I tried learning guitar on my own I played for about 3 years and never got over stage 2
Now I finally got the courage to start playing again and I feel like I could maybe go on to stage 3 in another 3 years 😅
Can the guitar be mastered?
I first picked up guitar at age 22. Learnt slowly from a book (before CZcams)
Played for 5 years. A few open chords n bass lines etc.
Picked guitar up again in 2017 aged 35 with a view to learn 'properly'
I've used ultimate guitar and Learn Practice Play during this time.
But I'll never be as good as I want to be!
I subscribe to Gladwell's thinking and the man who wrote about deliberate practice (can't recall the name). It is the quality of the hours that matters, which is where deliberate practice comes in.
Personally, like you I had some prior experience spread over decades and started Justin's Beginner Course in Dec 2016. Hard to say how many hours a week over nearly 2.5 years I have spent. If I have to guess maybe around 750 ... maybe that many. Given that I am curious as to how you defined those 6 stages. From Gladwell, I have a vague recollection that he broke down some stages when discussing learning the violin. I recall at 3000-4000 hours you were pretty accomplished, able to teach. 10000 is a state of extremely high mastery, amongst the world's best.
Anyhow, you can take a look at my recordings in Justin Guitar Community. I don't consider myself a natural nor somebody who was extreme in the amount I practiced. But I was methodical and I have achieved in 2 years more than I imagined possible.
Thanks David, will check that out.
I am recording the amount of hours that I am currently practising each week to try and measure against what I have talked about here.
Great to hear that in two years you have achieved so much by being deliberate with your practice.
Has that methodical approach come from having structured learning or do you have an additional approach like targeting your weaknesses and working on those?
@@MidlifeGuitar Luke,
My approach has really been to just follow Justin's Beginner Course methodically. I had three distinct phases.
In phase 1 I worked through all the lessons of stage 1-3. Because of prior learning I knew the chord shapes. The weakness or missing skill was being able to strum steadily and play 4 beats to a bar. So I spent a lot of time with a metronome to groove that.
In phase 2, I worked hard at stage 4 and 5. For example, B7 was a chord shape I had deemed too difficult before and just avoided. So I stuck at it 4 weeks and weeks. Similarly, found trip-let strumming tricky. And I stayed with stage 4 until I was starting to make good progress at being able to play a couple of songs with a B7. Same for stage 5.
In phase 3, I worked on different aspects of stages 7-9, as I fancied. What about 6 ... well in prior learning I'd got the hang of barre chords. So F was not the challenge for me. My big challenges were B7 and then finger-picking.
I see that you like to research and read. I'd suggest take a look a the work of Carol Dweck. I found her thinking about talent and mindset most empowering.
The other secret I suppose is concentrating on playing songs. I consider myself ready to move on, or at least stop focus on something when I can perform, record and post up a song that uses the skills. The feedback and encouragement from the JG Community is as valuable to me as the lessons. Initially I just made audio recordings, but recently started making simple videos.
You can track some progress on my SoundCloud and YT channel (sorry, not sure how to create links in a reply):
soundcloud.com/david-preece-24770685
czcams.com/channels/G2X_TlNs7agW-U0EBCDdbw.html
Look forward to following your further progress.
Ciao
LOL ... I see it made the links automatically :)
10 minutes a day plus one hour once a week -> 2 hours a week -> 100 hours a year
10 years 😭
1-2 or more hours a day would honestly be best if you really want to master it quick. It also depends on your learning pace, some people take way less hours to master it, some may even reach pro after a year, some may take 4 years to reach it, etc.
3 hours a day and in some years you'll be able to play anything u hear
@@Flowering_Azalea I think that's unsustainable and you'll give up quickly.
@@oliversissonphone6143 If you give up then you clearly don't have the drive to learn. Somebody who actually wants to play music, even as a hobby, will put in the time.
I played about that much, then my guitar broke and I still haven't been able to get a new one yet
I one day hope to make a song that doesn’t have Em in it because for some reason I love that chord
Over a year and I have all but given up as I gave myself 24x7 pain, and a loss of mobility to the point I almost needed surgery so I quit for six months. I futzed around for few more months then I hit it again. BOOM, back to some pain because I cannot grow calluses. Without those calluses I do VERY bad things to stop the pain. Pretty dang disgusted because my soul, and brain, are willing but the body fights off the calluses so it wins.
Great video. I am new player, about 2-3 weeks in. Learning chords and I have some lessons coming up.
yo how are you doing in your playing now? I just started im maybe three weeks in at this point but I've learned how to correctly ring out two chords (A and D major) while practicing switching in between them without looking at the guitar
There's research that it's not specifically about the hours, but about the quality of practice you put in. Most importantly with help from a good teacher, who can show you the right direction and give you feedback on what you can improve. You'll not become a master at guitar when you play cowboy chords for 10.000 hours :). Yeah, maybe a master at playing cowboy chords. You have to constantly challenge yourself. Been playing different instruments since I was 6, I'm 44 now and still exploring. it's a lifelong journey... There's always new things to learn and it never stops..
2 hours a day will take more than 13.5 years. How viable is that ? You're lucky if you started in around 10.
I started over twenty years ago and never got past the basics. My advice if you can afford it, get a guitar teacher and put a serious emphasis on learning songs. So many times I've tried lessons ( which I couldn't afford) where the instructor just started with dexterity exercises. I've got fairly dexy finglings at this point with horrible technique and it takes me forever to learn an abridged version of a song. I still play because I love it, not because I expect to be good at it. But if you actually want to play songs and master even that one aspect of the guitar, then you are going to really want to get off CZcams and find an experienced guitarist who actually can play the songs so they can teach you how it's actually done. Though I must admit, exploring the guitar on your own is quite a trip, and that too should be worked into any practice routine.
really insightful. thanks ! !
I’m learning cords and have them mostly down but I haven’t even tried to learn a song yet? I was trying to get the cords memorized first.
I’m still learning to remember the cords, I have no idea I just keep forgetting them, how did you learn to remember them
@@tallisroseneder6526 my friend actually gave me a paper that shows all of the main ones that I need to learn so I just played them all constantly for like 2 weeks lol
Always mix learning technical stuff with a song, even if it's something super simple. Really helps you apply what you learned and gives you some motivation as you're playing music!!
Beginner is 300-1000 hours? Was it a joke or really ? Idk I just started
Stage 2 somone?
I couldn't imagine it taking 300 hours before I learned my first chord
I have been playing the piano for two years know, i know some basic music theory. (Chords and their variations, etc.) And I've been getting bored of it. I wanted to pick up the guitar for some variety, how long would it take me to get comfortable with the guitar? (About Stage 3)
I find justin the best way !
29/12/22 2:01pm
good vid
i didn't even master fast chord changes
The snapping thing lol 🥴
By this definition, Kurt Cobain was stage 1 mixed with stage 6.
stage 2 for life!
great
Ehhh...I don't know about some of those breakdowns, particularly with regards to playing live. First off, playing in front of an audience is it's own skill set and it can't be practiced unless you're actually doing it. But just as important, you really don't need to be all that advanced. I play a lot of bar and brewery gigs with a bluegrass band. True, I've played mandolin for over a decade, and have spent thousands of hours practicing, but I am by no means an advanced mandolin player, and will almost certainly never be. Actually, none of us in my band are what I would call advanced, but we're good enough to play gigs competently and get invited back, year-after-year. I don't make a full-time living off it, but I do make several thousand a year in side hustle money. The secret about playing live is that, depending on the venue and what they're expecting, you really only need to be competent to play at that level and often, that level of competence does not need to be advanced.
So if I practice for 5hrs a week it would take 42 years to master the guitar... yikes!
Well right off the bat I'm not sure this is accurate. I was learning chords in the first 10 hours.
I would say the first 100 hours is learning chords and getting pretty good at going back and forth between different chords as well as learning some basic Rhythm strumming.
At least this was the case for me
I know open chords
Stage 1 🙋♀️ 😂
10.000 hrs to master a new skill!!! Thats like 100 years what do mean
Im at -10
2 hours a day would take 13+ years
Better get to it then!
I learned in 20-30 hrs
There is another stage.. You learn guitar for 1 year and you think you are great but when you record a cover and listen to it, your playing sucks. haha im at that stage now.
Well shit. I’m 47. I better practice 8 hours a day, everyday.
RIP your finger dude..
I'm on my 3 weeks or something and today I did that twist thing where you play a note and move the string downward and it goes twoooooiiiuuuuuuuuuuuu hahahaha this is fun tbh
Thank u for the knowledge 🪷☮️