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I was a complete beginner when I joined TAC last June. I am now comfortable playing hundreds of songs (only about 10 from memory), know 20+ chords, and can make decent sounding music. It was around 80 hours of practice that I started feeling like I could actually play guitar (approximately Oct). Learning to play the guitar is hard, it’s like a kid learning to walk. My mindset going in was I’m going to suck, I’m going to suck for a long time, and it’s ok to suck. I have that hanging on my wall above where I practice and when I get frustrated I use it to remind myself that it takes a lot of time to train your hands to do the right thing. Learning to play the C chord consistently took a month.
I just looked at my log and I spent 7 days on each week of the 30 days to play, and also 7 days on the 5 day challenge and then jumped into the Daily Challenges. I averaged 15 mins a day for the 30 day challenge as my fingers would get sore if I did too much. These days I average 45 to 60 minutes a day.
It’s easy to get frustrated but you just have to keep reminding yourself that it is hard and it takes a lot of time to train your muscles what to do. If you were learning to fly a plane would you expect to be able to be a pilot after 10 mins a day for 30 days? Learning guitar is harder than flying a plane.