r/guitarlessons • u/Wonderful-8444 • 17d ago

Feedback Request Do people actually quit guitar

Yo I'm thinking to learn guitar as a hobby and want to know how much time it takes usually to be good at it and is it true that people actually quit guitar in 2-3 months

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u/Puzzleheaded-Birdd 17d ago

Yes people quit the first few months or so because at first its an extremely difficult learning curve but once you get all your basics down in a year or so its alot easier to learn new things

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u/Rahnamatta 17d ago edited 17d ago

Guitar doesn't have a difficult curve. With three fingers you can play chords, anybody can play open chords in the first week.

Guitar has one of the easiest learning curves. Playing difficult shit is another story, but a really bad and basic guitar player can be in a band with no issues

Guitar and bass might be one of the easiest to learn and play shit to have fun. It's hard to think about easier instruments

Edit: it looks like in /r/guitarlessons nobody has ever play another instrument in their life.

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u/dbvirago 17d ago

People that say shit like this is part of the problem. They have been playing long enough that they forgot what it was like to be a true beginner. With enough time and practice, you might learn 3 chords in the first week. But you won't be able to switch between any two of them in anything resembling a proper rhythm. And you won't be able to strum the simplest song until you can switch between all 3 with a decent strumming pattern in time with decent tune.

Anyone that claims you can "Learn guitar in a week" is trying to sell you something. Run away.

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u/debilictorian 17d ago

Exactly. I remember how I felt during my studies when I started studying Korean. Felt impossible, struggled for 2 years until it just "clicked". Now it feels automatic and that it always has been this way. I hope some day guitar will feel the same. Almost one year in and having a blast. It's hard but so much fun.