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You want to learn the guitar – what do you need?

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You need a little physical equipment, like a guitar of some sort and some strings.

If the electric guitar sound floats your boat, you’ll need a bunch of more or less heavy equipment.
An important element of your guitar career is time. As much as you can find. If you think guitar virtuosos are born, you are wrong! All the greats of rock, classical and flamenco guitar plus any fusion style in between are quite open about the fact that for at least a few years they played as much as they could. Six, eight, ten, fifteen hours a day. No bull! This doesn’t mean you have to play all day and all night – just follow your need to make music.

Be kind to yourself.


In many households there are closets, and in those closets are guitars that have been put away after a brief love affair. For a short time someone has labored over a chord tutor or song book hoping that the music in their fingers will awaken, and they will amaze their friends and get lots of girls with their phenomenal guitar wizardry.


There’s nothing wrong with having an ego, wanting to be better than the next guy. It can be a genuine driving force towards success, but as they say, it’s “about the music”.
Many people do persevere with their efforts and are rewarded, not by social advantages, but by the unique relationship they develop with their guitar and their music. Yeah, unique. Music may be dominated by trends, but a musician sitting down to play each day is, whether they are aware of it or not, looking for a way to express their uniqueness.


If you’re starting out in music, you’ll get advice about how essential it is to read music or how you should get exposure to a wide range of musical styles, but in the end you’ll follow your own path. Life really is too short to do otherwise. If you want to go the “Bach to Beatles” route, and your prepared to put in long hours of practice, fine. If after a year’s fooling with the guitar, you’re happy just to play the Peter Gunn theme and Smoke On The Water, who are we to judge?


The question on the lips of anybody just starting out in any field is “Is this gonna take long?” Well the answer is, “all your life”. It’s a cliche, but learning any skill IS a journey, where you have to keep stopping and checking if you’re where you want to be. Making your guitar playing a lifelong learning curve is its own reward. Ad of course, you do get lotsa girls!

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