guitar communities
There are thousands of places online where guitarists of all levels can hang out and talk shop. It takes a little bit of effort to find a good community if you're a beginner and want to find one, but it's well worth the trouble. After all, they can help you learn guitar much faster. How?
The answers might surprise you. Let's suss this out...
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How hard is it to learn guitar? That's up to you. The most simplistic answer is to figure out how hard you expect it to be.
If you expect that it's going to be insanely difficult, then you are going to have an insanely difficult time learning guitar.
Expectations aside, there are ways that you can make guitar a bit easier to learn. These tips work because the most successful beginners to guitar do them without thinking about it. Ready?
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When I am asked the question, "How long does it take to learn guitar?", my out loud answer is, "Anywhere from one day to one year."
My inside-the-head answer, however, is, "That depends."
There is one factor that weighs more heavily than all the others when it comes to how fast we learn guitar: How many guitar-playing friends and professionals do you know personally? The higher the number of people you know, the faster you'll learn guitar. How does this work?
The more people you know, the better the chances that they will start to want to play music with you. That's a pressure that you want. The more guitarists you know, the more likely you'll have support when you need it. The more guitarists that you know, the more you'll want to hang around and play music with them.
Let's say you agree with this idea but don't know where to start finding guitar-playing friends. That's easy: Find a guitar teacher first.
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