About 6 months a go I suddenly decided to take up the guitar it’s something I thought about when I was a teenager but not since. I’m now approaching 43 (I know it might be a mid life crisis thing).
Sometimes it can be a real pain, not just physically in the finger muscles and tips as they get use to doing new things, but also from not being able to progress quick enough to make the sounds you want and the progress you do make feels quite slow. But its worth it for the occasions when you pick something up and can actually do it, like a simple riff or a new chord.
I have yet to actually tackle a whole song I have had a couple of stabs at it but not achieved the desired result (yet) but I will it’ll come eventually.
Regular practice is the best thing half hour or an hour a day is better than 6 hours all in one go at weekends. The muscles need to remember the new movements and doing the movements slowly and precisely, regularly helps this memory. I’m enjoying doing something new and I find while practicing I forget about everything else and just concentrate on what is in front of me which is very relaxing.
The thing to remember is that the absolute gods of guitar, like Hendrix where obsessed with it and put in 14-16 hours a day just playing it practicing and progressing and normal humans with full time jobs like you and me just don’t have the time to put in those kind of hours.
I know I’ll never be another Buddy Guy but if I can learn a handful of songs I’ll be more than happy.
