[BWild]

I feel your pain Rob, however learning to play guitar is not easy. I took lessons for about a year before joining TAC, and I’m still taking private lessons, plus TAC. The good thing about taking lessons is we focus on playing songs. However, after a year of playing I’m still not able to play more than 1 song. (Horse with no name) it only has 2 chords. Still can’t play ‘Wish You Where Here’ by Pink Floyd or ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ by Skynard. My C,D,G chords still suck, and scales are not bad forwards, having difficult play backwards.

Like you, I practice every day, 20-40 minutes. If I get board, or I am having a bad day with the acoustic, I switch to the electric.

When I started playing guitar, I told myself I’d do it for a year, well, 6 months in I changed that to 2 years. Now that I’m in my second year, I’ve changed that to 5 years.

I often think to myself, no stick with 6 strings is going to beat me. It’s all mind over matter, no mind, no matter

Remember when you were a kid, and played sports. You just went and played. Well as a young adult I played hockey, however I’d spend hours running and working out at the gym to stay in shape to play hockey once a week. It’s the same with guitar: years of practice to get it right and then onto playing songs.

Well, that’s my thoughts about learning to play, not sure if it has given you any encouragement. But at least you know I’m in the same place.

…Bob

[BWild]

Thanks Kim

[BWild]

Cool! Will give that a try.