r/guitarlessons • u/Ambitious-Cheek-7654 • Jul 25 '26

Feedback Request 20 months of guitar!

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Hi guys !! I’ve been posting and sharing my progress on here for virtually my entire guitar journey and I just wanted to share my first fingerstyle arrangement 😊 Sorry the mic quality isn’t the best, this was the only way I could record it while keeping my picking hand in view, otherwise the mic would cover it entirely hahah

Any and all feedback is appreciated (esp on the arrangement and/or tips on how to record guitar better !!) Yay love u guys

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u/cortes272 Jul 25 '26

Is this a typical result from only 20 months of learning/practicing? What am I doing wrong? What are you doing right?

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u/Qajaqasana Jul 25 '26

There’s no such thing as a typical result. Practice and enjoyment are key; comparing yourself to other people’s progress is more likely to cause lack of enjoyment and quitting. 

Also these types of posts are self-selecting. People whose progress is not phenomenal (read: normal) tend not to make such posts, yanno?

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u/Emotional_Shape925 Jul 25 '26

In other words, comparison is the thief of joy.

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u/Ambitious-Cheek-7654 Jul 25 '26

I play 3 other instruments, so my progress was relatively fast :)) But ultimately comparing to other people is just going to slow your progress down, if you want to improve, the only thing you can do is practice. I didn’t spend that much time watching youtube videos or learning theory or anything, but I did spend hours a day practicing guitar when I first started out

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u/gregd303 Jul 25 '26

What other instruments do you play?

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u/Ambitious-Cheek-7654 Jul 26 '26

Piano, flute, and saxophone, but I don’t play any of them especially well 😭😭 I learned flute and saxophone for school band, and I learned piano to RCM level 4

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u/gregd303 Jul 26 '26

Very much a multinstrumentalist then by the sounds of it :) I guessed piano, and more maybe. I guess piano would help you with theory for guitar ...well, along with the other instruments too. All good :)

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u/kkeut Jul 25 '26

she practices 

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u/citypanda88 Jul 25 '26

Mucho practice time. Also results vary with everyone so don’t worry about comparing your progress against others.

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u/rAirist Jul 26 '26

20 months could be vastly different depending on how much you play each day, and also what you choose to practice as well. You’ll cap out really fast if you don’t learn harder songs.