Got guitar questions? I’ve answered some of the most common ones below. If you’re still unsure or want personal guidance, email me or message me anytime here: https://m.me/udiglaser
For beginners, piano is much easier than guitar. With the piano, you can easily press down on the keys with one hand to produce clear sounds. With the guitar, you need to immediately work on hand coordination, which takes more time at the beginning.
Yes! 40 and above is actually a great age to start because you probably have more time or at least more control over your schedule. Also, it’s important to keep your brain active at this age, and learning a new skill that can enhance your creativity and well-being is a great idea! Any age between 8-108 is suitable for learning guitar!
Before giving a number, it’s important to actually practice every day, even if it’s for 10 minutes. This is true for guitar beginners and more advanced players. 10 minutes a day is more effective than 70 minutes once a week. How come? Here are a few reasons:
Now, I can give you a number: if you can do anything between 1/2 hour to a whole hour a day, that’ll be amazing for your progress!
Learning guitar is a never-ending and fun journey. After 30+ years of playing, I’m still learning new things! That’s why you’ll benefit from setting goals and having a step-by-step path to achieve them within the right timeframe.
For example, as a complete guitar beginner, you can learn so much in even just a 1/2 hour guitar lesson! As a guitar teacher, these are my learning goals for the first lesson:
None. As a beginner, you don’t need any accessories apart from having a guitar to practice on. Tuners and metronomes can be found online or as free apps. Picks (or plectrums) are not mandatory, and a strap is unnecessary at this stage. Later, as your guitar playing advances, you can purchase accessories depending on your genre and style.
You can start on any guitar! The main difference is the timbre – how the guitar sounds. For example, with an electric guitar, you can plug it into effects pedals, like delay and reverb. These will give you a different feel and ambience than unplugged acoustic guitars.
Because the sound is different, it will also affect how you play each guitar. For example, you can play more quietly on an electric guitar connected to an amp, which will sound louder than an unplugged acoustic guitar.
It depends on what brings you more joy at this stage: playing songs (chords) or playing guitar solos and improvising (scales). If it’s both, it doesn’t matter which one you start with. As you progress, you will learn how chords and scales are closely connected. So I recommend learning both at the same time, step by step.
It’s probably because of the way you practice. Perhaps you jump from one topic to another and not focusing and repeating the same thing over and over again. An efficient way to practice the guitar is to focus on one thing only, start slowly, and repeat it many times from various perspectives.
Here’s an effective method:
That’s an important question! The honest answer is that you can’t know for sure if you’re making progress if you’re doing it all alone. Without having a pro guitar teacher reviewing your playing and progress, it’s almost impossible to know for certain. The fact is that you don’t know what you don’t know.
That’s exactly why I work closely with students to give them clarity, direction, and proof they’re improving. If you’re feeling unsure about your progress, let’s chat on Messenger: https://m.me/udiglaser or email me.
However, if you’re not able or refuse to learn with a guitar teacher, the next best thing you can do is film yourself from the first time you held a guitar. Then, you can compare the videos and see the progress you’ve made.
I hope you found this guitar beginners FAQ useful. Do you have more questions? Comment below!
If you’re ready to stop guessing and start playing confidently, I offer beginner-friendly lessons online, structured around your goals and creativity. Email me or message me to chat about it: https://m.me/udiglaser
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