[Skyman911]

I’ll add my 2 cents based on my personal experience. My frustration came from not being where I wanted to be based on the amount of time and practice I was putting in. Seemed like the more I practiced, the more frustrated I got. It was my last teacher who lifted the veil. From the very first lesson he could see I was frustrated, and not having any fun. He asked me why I wanted to play in the first place, and said you’re not having fun while playing, and you’ll probably end up giving up at some point. He said I’m striving for perfection, and I don’t have the skills yet, and this is where most of my frustration was coming from. He basically said “you need to be OK with sucking.” It’s OK to miss a chord, it’s OK to mute a string, it’s OK to be out of rhythm. Your a BEGINNER. He encouraged me to stop doing all my drills, and spend most of my time actually playing songs. No matter how bad I play them. Just have fun. This is really the reason we wanted to play right? To have fun? Well, my progress skyrocketed after that. Frustration only comes into play now when I can’t play. Never while playing anymore. Put the fun back into playing. You will improve.

• This reply was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by  Skyman911.