Is Learning Guitar Hard?
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Is learning guitar hard?
There's no clear answer to "is learning guitar hard". Science just doesnt know. But it's the question that people starting off learning guitar or wanting to learn wonder most, other than maybe "how long does it take to learn guitar", but same thing.
And if you're learning guitar, or have in the past, or if you want to, I'd love to hear your opinion. Because I feel like people's perspective on this question changes a lot depending where they're at in their learning guitar journey.
But to put it simply, learning how to play guitar is as hard as you want it to be. It depends on how you define "playing guitar" and what your guitar goals are.
For example, if you want to learn how to play a few songs so if you see a guitar at a party or just, around, you can play something, you can do that fairly quickly.
And honestly that's really not a bad place to start. At first if you only know how to play one or two songs, I wouldn't really call that "knowing how to play guitar", as much as knowing how to play one or two songs. But if you learn one or two songs 5 times, you're well on your way to being a guitar player. While I do think it's important to learn the fundamentals if you want to become a more advanced guitar player, I don't think that means you HAVE to start with them.
And there is an argument about if you rush that you'll develop bad habits. But bad guitar habits are better than no guitar habits if you just stop playing after a week , to an extent.
Anyway, in the video I discuss my experience as someone who learned guitar online, my progress, and more.
Thanks for watching :)
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"Playing guitar isn't like riding a bike. You don't use your feet."
Tell that's to this guy, and quite a few others
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@@richlight holy fuck he play with his feet...
@@dahlan5433 im ded
@@richlight welp, I've seen it all.
The guy lied to us.
There are a lot of "ahhh so thats how it works" moments while learning guitar. First its hard, then you learn something you can mess around with for a while, then it gets hard again, and then youll get another ahhhh moment, and so on
Dont take this out of context pls
So true
@@magmion2783 oh i will
I can feel this in me
Never ever had that moment
When your fingers physically don't go into a certain chord, yeah it's hard.
An Empty Cup yeah dude I hate it when my fingers disappear
looking at u bar chords
@@ellyann5803 Barre chords were a nightmare to me but after learninf CAGED system I got way better.
Excellent Video clip! Excuse me for chiming in, I would love your thoughts. Have you ever tried - Riddleagan Skillful Playing Remedy (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now)? It is a great one off guide for learning complex guitar chords and become a pro minus the hard work. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my buddy got amazing success with it.
@@catherinerivera6646 "minus the hard work" lul
Lol my favorite terminology “G chord “
it's advanced
@@RedlightBlue not like B chord
Kalvis Kalniņš F chord is the worst in my opinion
Ok but have y’all tried that really weird tab 0, 3, 5, 0, 3, 6, 5......... when you learn that then you can talk to me about advanced guitar playing
@@christianityfanjul I can't stress enough how that riff changed my life thought
The most phenomenal thing I tell people is when you feel like something is impossible like say your first barre chord. Then for some magical reason one day it just works perfectly every time like you have new hands.
Then for some reason you have an off day and can't hit it right at all but you stop take a break for a bit and come back and it works again.
Idk that's my experience and it blows my mind lol
I relate to this spiritually
Ever since I nailed them consistently I never had days where I feel like I cant do barre chords.
omg that was legit me with the d chord one day i could just do it 😂
@@jamesvancam Yeah but somedays it feels like they take more energy then others, not necessarily the easy Barre chords like F or Bm but more like those barre chords in Julia by The Beatles or some Paul McCartney stuff on an off day can really be difficult, well at least for me, ain't trying to self project too much here!
I found it really difficult at first but after the first 6 months or so once you've developed some decent muscle memory it became a lot easier for me.
I've been playing guitar for 10 years but only started playing seriously when I got out of college like 2 years ago. I love it. I'm so glad I decided to put in the time to actually try to get better and grind through the sounding bad part. Starting to really feel confident in saying I can really play guitar. Spent a year trying to learn 40oz by polyphia and to see the progress is awesome. My sweeping still sucks in comparison to tim henson obviously but I'm leagues ahead of where I was last year. And next year I'll be even further towards my goal.
that’s cool. i’ve been learning polyphia riffs this year, i’m getting an electric once i go to college so i’ll be able to play much harder riffs then, due to the thinner strings, reduced friction and string action. it’s gonna be fun
Nice work! Entertaining. Just ordered my first guitar. I’m almost 50 and decided I wasn’t gonna sit around wishing anymore that I could play guitar. Now or never.
when you actually want to, you can learn anything.
Very true
@@RedlightBlue thx 🙃
I reaaaaally want to fly by just flapping my arms!!
Try telling that to ME. 😪
I can play a little bit, but I've stayed stuck at the same level of "ability" I had at age 17, and I'm going to be 60 this month, meh.
@@plasmabol IKR??
I’ve only just started playing the guitar properly (online) in the past few weeks but I absolutely love it and these videos are one of the reasons which keep me motivated. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Thanks dude :)
I've been playing guitar for almost ten years now (since i was eight) and im completely self taught. The hardest thing is not getting discouraged and telling yourself to pick it up even if it seems impossible. If you ever get stuck, look back on those times that you didn't even know how to hold a guitar and see your progress. Not everyone learns at the same pace so keep going, you got this.
yeah ive been playing guitar for like 16 years at this point and i god, still learning sucks - bc the better you get the more like things you dont allow yourself to get away with and becomes harder
(not catching a string on the first beat of a chord switch, not letting the tempo drop on those, just so much)
think it gets harder the better you become
Been playing for about 3 weeks and just learnt wonderwall, so I've made it right?
Yup, you're done
Wonderwall is the only song you need to know so yes.
I like your approach to playing the guitar. It’s very ’’healthy” i think. Your videos helps me sometimes when I am upset about my playing. Thank you and greetings from Poland!
Yeah, I think the first year is the hardest because you have to put in so much effort for so long before you actually start to get comfortable with the instrument. It’s a complicated instrument for a number of reasons in my opinion. For example, if you ask even a beginner piano student to play notes C, F, then A, they could probably do it almost without hesitation, on guitar however, this task can be very challenging to someone who doesn’t have a firm grasp on the layout of the fret board, which is a lot of stuff to remember. On piano, you really only need learn how to build chords and can basically play any chord you can think of, on guitar however just building chords on the fly is nearly impossible for most players who aren’t pretty advanced so the only viable option is to memorize chord shapes and there are 40 chords of them just in all 12 Major keys, that’s not even touching sus, augmented, 7s, 9s, etc. It can be challenging, but anyone really can do it, and I promise you it’s worth every bit of the effort you’ll put into it. Once you get over that hump and learn some 1,4,5s, a few scales, and a couple songs, you begin to enjoy it, and once it starts to get fun, you’ll start to practice a lot more and your progress will accelerate exponentially and before you know it you’re a real musician explaining this stuff to other people who are just beginning their journey just like you all those years ago.
Been playing since early February, and you've been a huge inspiration. I agree 100% with enjoying it first. I started with Justin Guitar (thanks for introducing me btw) but after I got through most of his beginners course (was very frustrated with practicing at this point), and was honestly quite bored, i started trying to learn some songs I liked. I learned a few more chords that way and since then have really enjoyed playing/practicing. Now I have some momentum, and I can really tell how much I've improved from the beginning. Thank you for all of your content. Watching your progression in your playing and your videos gives me confidence in my ability to improve.
Intro destroyed me.
Im playing guitar for like 4-5 months now. I have some problems with the F chord, but I'm working on it. Recently, I've decided to learn some pretty easy and well known song. It's going ok, I even try to sing. Anyway, that's all from me. Hope that you are having a great time!
What songs have u been trying?
Well, these are polish songs so I guess that you dont really know them, but they are pretty popular in Poland. One of them is called "Whiskey" by Dżem and the other one is called "Bo ja mam jeden świat" by Mr. Strąkowski and it's a scout song.
I've been learning for three months now and I can play some riffs and a few songs even though they still don't sound like I wish, but I'll keep going! Thank you for the motivation man, you always inspire me somehow :) Have a nice day
I believe in you :)
sounds strange... I could speak Chinese in 5 months.. if you can hardly play a song after three months and it does not sound like you wish after 90 days, like what the hell?! either is really hard, much harder than Chinese or guitar is really Not something you should consider anymore and just accept it, not every discipline is for you, you know! now there years later, do you still play guitar or did you sell it and spent your time with something different? let us know, thanks!
i play guitar for 3 years and i loved it so much that i practiced about 3 hours per day
it isn't hard if ur passionate about it
What music do you play?
@@xchino0427 i play megadeth and mettalica mostly
I’ve been playing guitar for the past 2 months and I would say I’ve learned a lot by then like playing frets, improving on my guitar picking, and learning chords. I’ve just been using the resources that come up to me like Yousician, rocksmith, fenders play and Justin guitar. Using all of those helped get me a better understanding of playing the guitar a little bit more. For anyone who’s still trying to learn guitar I would recommend using all the resources that you have. Look into them, play with them, do a little bit of lessons and keep on going. I’ve come to understand that I won’t master guitar right away as much as I want too but the good thing about learning guitar by yourself is that no one is forcing you to learn right away. Continue at your own pace but remember to stay motivated to play a few minutes a day. Set goals for yourself as well like learning 2 chords the end of the week, next week you can practice transitioning those two chords faster and so on. Remember it all takes practice and baby steps to get there where you wanna be.
I really can't seem to enjoy it. I suck at everything at everything sucks, so I can't play anything remotely fun or interesting.
I'm really having a hard time pushing through this. I don't want to "push through," I want to enjoy it, but I can't.
I just started playing guitar 4 days ago. I’m pretty proud of myself so far cause I’ve learned and memorized 8 chords (A, Am, C, D, Dm, E, Em & G). The frustrating part for me is making the chords sound good. Whenever I play for example the C chord, my fingers mute other strings and I can’t seem to get the grip of it. I know I have to bend my fingers a certain degree but it’s super hard. If anyone with experience could give me a tip it would be really helpful!
Change your thumb placement
How is it going with your guitar skills now?
Chelsea Op den Camp its going pretty good actually, practicing everyday for atleast 2 hours. Its super fun! Learning alot from metallica hehe 🤘🏼🤘🏼
just ordered a guitar, how's it going? did u make a lot of progress?
thanks bro honestly gonna start now
I love the fuck out of your channel. The fact that you're so candid makes it so enjoyable. Keep it up man
👉😎👉
Ive been playing guitar for almost 2 years, and i have had periods where my talent has skyrocketed, and periods where i am in about the same talent level for a long time. Overall rn, im still not great, but im starting to learn fundamentals of guitar theory because i personally find it very interesting, and i want to do guitar related things professionally. Most important thing that ive found, is i just love to play, so i do, and thats what gets me better at the instrument.
One of the main thing that changed my playing was to press less hard on the strings with my fretting hand, it helped me desynchronize the strength i put i my hands. My Fretting hand is very relaxed and can move around very quickly while the plucking hand can hit very soft or very hard
I discovered that playing on a acoustic at very low volume (parents sleeping), playing almost not to be heard, my fretting hand was following the same strenght so thats when the light bulb came up, i realized i needed to keep that very minimal pressure and have more or less volume with my plucking hand
i’ve been playing 5 years and i’ve been called “obsessed” on multiple occasions, which is fine, i think besides getting occasionally stuck in a rut of some kind, it gets easier and more fun over time as with every time you unlock or learn something new it upgrades your perspective of the instrument, the more you understand about your instrument the more fun you inevitably have with it, anyway just my thoughts
love the editing on your videos haha!
Love you
I went into this expecting some old guy w a beard talking for 30 minutes about how guitar is difficult but I got so exited seeing a recognisable editing style and a likeable person in the beginning
One of the best tips on learning guitar. It looks very simple what he says and sometimes the simple things are the most important. I am losing myself currently in learning techniques and music theory and and and. I am playing guitar for months now, but I can't even play one full song :D
Started playing bass at the beginning of the year and picked up a guitar in february and it's going really well! Playing a lot of fun songs that sound harder than they are to play and it gives me the drive to learn more songs and techniques! I thought I would have a harder time learning but I'm doing pretty good! Awesome videos my man they always make me laugh
Guys when I learned that a scale can be played on one string and that I found out I can make patterns that I can always fall back on when soloing, was when my eyes opened like I can reach the higher frets naturally without jumping an octave unexpectedly like wow
Thank you for making this video. Been thinking of teaching myself guitar for awhile now,and actually I'm planning to get a guitar similar to the one in this video.
My sister had her own guitar and when school was supposed to end(it was around march 2020 where the pandemic started) the neck of her guitar broke and then i didn't start learning it. Too bad tho, i was really looking forward to it.
i know this video is old but i really want to pick up guitar. my mom and dad played and my dad got so good he could play any song when he just heard it one time it was amazing. i want to learn and i have 2 teachers and you’re such an inspiration and i love this content i’m going to start guitar
"Learn some fundamentals like, G" proceeds to play an A-sharp chord.
I've been playing since I was 7 or 8 and I'll be 14 in 2 days, but I did take about a year break when I was like 10. I first started learning from my dad, and then I pretty much went on my own, watching videos about how to play songs. I know how to play a lot of songs now, and I really enjoy playing guitar. It was very difficult at the start though.
depends on the person the drive and the time
Play rhythm guitar pretty I'm in the middle of a course learning how to play lead guitar and it is going very well I play piano really well and guitar is a lot easierI'm learning all the patterns pentatonic scales major and minor and how to addaccidentals into the mix and make it sound really good all I can do is keep trying and make it better every time
I found it was easiest to find a fun youtuber who you can enjoy watching and learn from
Perfect. Have fun, get better. Keep going everybody.....
u so underrated! Love ur humor & editing style :)
Dude this channel is underrated as hell. You're hilarious
I love playing and have so much fun but I don’t really have any direction in what I’m learning. So I kinda feel lost now that I’ve reached a basic level.
10 months and i would say that it’s easy to learn at first but hard to master because there’s so many different styles and ways to play that can make it hard to become advanced
My guitar journey had some kind of rough start, I needed 3 attempts to get hooked. I think its super important to have something, like a song or at least a certain chord to look forward to. I always wanted to play electric guitar and to do "cool" stuff, so the first things I learned was the power chord. I wouldnt say that this was the right way to start, I would rather suggest to get yourself a "real" teacher (not in 2020 thanks to corona lol).
During the first few weeks, practicing sucks. Your hands are stiff AF, your fingers hurt from the strings, and your eye-hand-coordination does not exist. So to survive this torture, you really need something cool, which could be achieved in the nearer future.
I think the most important moment during learning is when you realize that you could practicially ANY song with your toolbox of chords and techniques. When you achieved this, you won´t ever stop playing :)
I want to learn guitar, and taekwando by myself
I seriously should raise my grades and then learn this over the summer
I've been playing for 25 of the 40 years I've been alive, and it is definitely the most frustrating and rewarding thing I do on a daily basis. I've come to realize that I won't have enough time in my life to get as good as I'd like to be. So I guess that I have to try and get as close to that as I can. I do wish that I had 300 years to absolutely master it, though.
started learning guitar 2 weeks ago bc of the quarantine thing, this shit hard and i wanna be good already, but im liking it
The problem for me is that I get bored really easily. Like I really wanted to learn piano and spent a few weeks learning certain songs and the keys and techniques but then just stopped so ya. Now I wanna play so Metallica XD
Great video man
I started 2 months ago and i'm doing great! I practice 2-3 hours every day and i'm always improving. One day I hope i will make song as good as yours. 😁
You inspire me
Gotta love all the effort put in ur videos
Thank you 😎📽
It depends in how much passion and effort you put in the process
Been playing for about 8 months now, finally learning soloing!
and ppl have different reasons why they want to pick up guitar just like “working out” like u said so ppl have different reasons why they want to get in shape just like playing
You deserve more clout your hilarious
You inspire me!
you inspire me more
Each player is different. Some players can play fast others cant. Sone guitar players are more rhythm oriented others are into leads and there are some guitar players that can play everything. So it dependes on your personal talent and habilities.
Could You make a video on how you try to edit your videos? Could be something fun and new, or not... You have a very unique style of editing so i would love a video like this from you. Great content keep it up.
I was actually planning one! Either as a patreon vid or second channel :)
I have been playing for over a year and I’m decent you help
For some people no, for me oh hell yes, i gave it a FAIR shot for 2 years and got nowhere fast and realised it just isn't my instrument (everyone's different) took up blues harmonica and now have 10 years under my belt, couldn't be happier 👍.
0:03 hit different.
so I've only been playing guitar for less than a year, and I was mostly self taught. I learned basic chords, messed around with them. I learned really weird where i didn't care how hard a song was, if i wanted to learn it i put in the effort to. I would recommend learning slowly at your own pace, and don't b like me and learn crazy on you by heart as your first song. I'd say I've improved tremendously, but that's mainly because I practice a lot. don't learn guitar if you just wanna b cool or sum. learn because you genuinely enjoy playing, because if you like playing you're more likely to practice more if you absolutely despise it lmao
Lol I once before played the arcustic, 8 years ago for 2 or 3 months. I was eight and always wanted an electric, keep in mind I was OBSESSED with Angus Young (still am 😋), so that was the whole reason for my guitar wish.
So after 3months arcusting I was done with that shit because I haven't even learned one song and I didn't want to go playing children's music.
Now 8 years later the wish came back by getting into Guns'N roses, after I ended my 5 year long Rap and pop phase (not proud of that)
I then talked my parents into getting me an electrical wich I will get soon.
A few days ago I was like "i really wanna learn that enter sandman part"
So with only the knowledge of E A D G H E , I sat down with my old arcustic.
It took me over an hour for being able to 20sec...hahaha
It was like the part before "somethings wrong shut the light"
I'm proud of myself though Hahahahah
Subscribed just cause of sense of humor.
You’ve been giving me a lot of motivation. Thanks. :-)
Welcome.:)
Once Barre chords started to actually sound good I felt like a God, probably my most used skill now because I like to move songs around with CAGED.
This is exactly what goes through my head when people ask me is playing hard and that they want to learn 😂
Love today's video. Made me laugh. *Joke explainer* Keep up the good work. ♥️
Thx dude :)
You deserve more subs
Been playing for about 15 months now, and I'm worse than some friends were when they were playing for 15 months.
But still, I'm having fun :)
damn man, you just gone do your mustache like that ?
No one says you can’t spend half your time learning a song you like, and the other half on fundamentals
Love the video!! Random question but what capo are you using in the vid??
It says kyser on it, but I just picked it out at the shop aha
Redlight Blue I’ve been playing guitar for around 5 months and I’m at the point where I want to buy everything that has to do with guitars. It’s dangerous lol
Tennis elbow. It’s like pain in your forearm...from playing guitar.
Assuming i already have some good music theory down, how hard would it be to learn the guitar?
I find learning the play the guitar to be an incredibly rewarding experience, but without a direction to take your practise in, it can be a bit tricky to get motivated to practise. I jumped into learning guitar because I more or less thought 'I like the sound of good music and I want to be good at making the good music noises', and I'm now realising I really don't know what genres or songs I want to play. It's a bit of a funny situation to be in, and I wonder if anybody else is in it. I'd love to hear some suggestions from people who have gone through this before!
i’ve been playing guitar for 3 and a half months , i know all the basic chords and chords such as cadd9 , em7 ,am7 etc etc i can play about 40 songs some finger style some strumming but now i don’t know what to do , do i try barre chords like is this not too early for barre chords (bare in mind because quarantine i play between 2-6 hours a day but now i feel stuck like i’m not improving 😫 helppp
I don't think it's too early at all!! I picked up my guitar for the first time 4 weeks ago - learned off youtube for 2 and then I have had 2 lessons with my guitar teacher since. He introduced my first barre chord on the second lesson, it was so hard to begin with but after a few days it gets much easier! I think you should try :)
I almost quit after a week. I spent 7 days practicing a,e,g chords and finger techniques. It’s was almost as fun as studying for a calculus exam. So the following week. I learned to play songs I actually want to play. Fundamentals are why most people quit. Learning guitar is hard, but it should stay fun. Fundamentals are why people quit
Says ”g chord” acually plays a A# like a madlad. (cuz the capo😉)
My next door neibor says he has played for 3 years but the only song he can play is smoke on the water lol.
I bought a guitar like a month ago. Now have been practicing for 3 weeks and man it’s fun and Justin guitar...... he’s just great. But I think that I’ve might have started out a bit wrong. The first week I started by learning “nothing else matters” with Marty Schwartz and because of that the first lessons felt so dumb and unnecessary. But now I really feel like this is what I want to learn. And actually Corona is a great thing for me to happen now🤭
I played for a week and got bored but I’m not giving up just yet but I still suck at playing it
You sounded like my average Canadian friend
-can’t open their eyes
-speak with no face movements
-single tone
-awkward
-bad but funny humor
-looks friendly
-baseball hat wear backwards
-little mustache
-random
-maple syrup
-what
-sorry mate
-E
The most tactile instrument
Didn't this guy replace Dewey Fin in No Vacancy?
im thinking of buying a guitar i’m new to all this and this is my first guitar video should i start my journey?
Barret a nightmare. Sometimes it works. Most time it doesn't. Aaaaaahhhhhh
Why does everyone have trouble with the g chord? Or is it just a meme?
When he played an A major chord when he said G chord smh
This was extremely inspirational, somehow.. I was amazed and feel like I can learn how to play guitar!
Oh wait..
Also, adding the discord link in the description might be something you want to look in to?
I believe in you! Also good call. Gonna add it in my copy paste for socials :)
I think the perception for a lot of people is that learning guitar is easy. They come to this conclusion because they see shirtless long haired rebels void of morals playing perfect solos and riffs and compare them with well suited well dressed and smart looking concert pianists so they assume guitar is easy. It’s not the case. And this is why guitar has a 90% fatality rate of those who quit within a year.
Wait... Your setup hasn't always been like that, right?
Learning guitar was TORTURE. 😱😫
I was born prior to 1995; therefore, I wasn't defecated from the womb already imbued with 10x the talent of Beethoven crossed with Carlos Santana, like everyone else. Back in the 70s, there were only about 4 other ppl in my entire school who played guitar, or had guitars and were learning to play. Someone brought an acoustic to school once, and they let me walk around with it in the commons area during lunch, cos, yknow, I used to enjoy acting like an idiot in front of ppl. 😜 Still do...but I digest...
I remember ppl then were SUPER impressed that I could play a G chord. Ppl were like, "Wow, how do you do that?", and "Dude, do that AGAIN". I'd strum a G chord, which was 98% of everything I knew how to do on guitar at that point, and dudes would look at me all "I had no idea this dork was THAT COOL", and chicks would look at me like they wanted to yank my clothes off and devour me.
Now, every 11-year-old you see in Walmart can shred, and they know music theory inside-out, they can play 100x better than Steve Vai, etc
0:53 i hear some legendary song.
I play guitar for 4 month but i got the guitar for like 4 years XD can you make a Video about how to play a song full cause my Problem is i cannot play a song complete idk why XD
Like I started basically at the start of qaurantine and still havent learned stuff, But I can play G and D so I say im doin pretty well.
I've been playing for more than a year and I know a lot of chords, theory but 4 solos
How does one get tennis elbow
Guitar
What's his guitar model?
My friend was throwing it out, so I took it. But it's not a great one