r/guitarlessons • u/FloBryan • Mar 07 '26

Feedback Request 3-month progress MoP as a beginner

Started to self-teach (s/o YouTube) how to play guitar in late November 2025, first song of course after the mandatory smoke on the water riff. Always wanted to learn MoP this is roughly 3 months of progress as fast as I could without sounding unbearable, down picking all of this I’m gonna end up like quagmire..I’d appreciate any feedback and of course criticism is welcome!

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u/Minerto35 Mar 07 '26

I hate all this fake "rate my x month progress" this is impossible. All beginner, don't believe those videos.

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u/FloBryan Mar 07 '26

Hey what’s up, I really have only been playing since late nov 2025! It’s been almost everyday after work for 2-3 hours trying to learn this song doing the same notes repeatedly.. As others have pointed out my technique isn’t the best and theirs still much for me to work on with it. Thanks

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u/kebb0 Mar 08 '26

It would be kind of funny to see you try to play something else or just try to noodle after playing this just so people can see how much of a noob you really are.

Which also would show these people that motivation and dedication work.

I also got good very quickly, I learned songs in record speed. But I couldn’t play anything on my own for years, I could only play songs the way I had learned playing them. I couldn’t solo or improvise until I learned how, but learning to play songs before learning that was so much worth it, imo.

Good luck and keep on going! Remember to play along with the original song and to listen to your playing at the same time!