Hard to establish a practice routine

[TMutter]

Kinga,

So much great advice already and maybe this was already touched on. What struck me was your statement regarding learning to play the guitar…… “I have not managed to learn it”.

I would encourage you to change your mental model about your learning goal. I was at an open mic a few days ago and a person said “I cant really play the guitar but here is a song I wrote”. And then they played their song that had at least 4 or 5 standard chords along with some chord voicing I was not familiar with but it sounded great. Most popular music is the same 4 or 5 chords. I was just listening to Ray Wylie Hubbard and 2 of his most popular songs have 1 chord in the whole song (E). So what does it even mean to “learn the guitar”.

1) Maybe identify a few songs you want to play and focus just on those.

2) My own breakthrough was keeping a guitar on a stand in the living room where I picked it up 2 – 3 times a day and just strummed a chord. Muscle memory is an amazing thing.

Hang in there and keep strumming !

[MisterBee]

Kinga and TMutter,

Here is a link for 40 Best 2 Chord Guitar Songs (Updated 2023):

https://killerguitarrigs.com/best-2-chord-guitar-songs/

It is a mixture of genres, like Hank Williams, The Beatles, Springsteen, Sly and the Family Stone, and Santana.

Enjoy and Stay Positive about Your Guitar Routine. . . .

[DukeWildwood]

Hey There Kinga!

I read some of the posts so hopefully this isn’t redundant. One thing I found after many many years of playing and not really improving significantly was a change in my guitar. I bought a fairly cheap guitar when I first started and not knowing anything about the guitar neck or quality strings my guitar fell out of tune easily and the strings were high off the fretboard making it difficult to play so I didn’t play often and got frustrated when I did. I bought a mid-level guitar next and found out I wasn’t as bad as I thought I was. Short story, be sure to have quality tools for the job and don’t short change yourself. You are worth the investment, and if for some reason you stop playing, your better guitar will be easier to sell or better to pass on to a friend or family member. Lastly, you are in the right place to learn to be a guitar player. I’ve taken a lot of lessons in person and with other books and I can say that I’m feeling so much more improvement and part of a community of like minded folks who encourage me daily. Be sure to dive in to all that TAC has to offer if you are really serious about playing guitar if even for around the campfire. make it an epic day guitar brother!