Learning Guitar Is A Long Term Commitment

Many students fail at guitar not because they didn't possess the talent to succeed but because they simply didn't have the motivation to continue working at it for long enough.

It's very important that you realize from the beginning that learning to play guitar is a long term commitment. You should prepare yourself for that and accept it. Looking for quick fixes is not going to work - when learning guitar you're dealing with muscles and co-ordination which must be carefully trained over time if you want to become good.

Some students will start out full of enthusiasm and vigor for practicing - they'll go all day everyday but that level of motivation is very short term and short lived. It's far better to pace yourself and make contact with your guitar just a little bit each day - every day - for as long as it takes.

Try not to put any emotional energy into it, there will be times when you'll hit brick walls and it can be very discouraging but even the greatest players went through those same experiences. Practicing correctly and consistently over time is the key. Trust me.

Simply do your practice and forget about it. Don't worry if you improve or not... this is what I mean about not investing any emotional energy as your learning guitar. It's a long road so pace yourself.

Isn't it great though they you have to earn the right to be able to play guitar? It's not possible to simply go out and buy the ability to play, it's something special which everyone has to earn through their own hard work and perseverance. Somehow that preserves it as something very genuine in life, a real achievement.

So now that we've talked about the importance of practicing correctly and that learning to play guitar is a long term commitment, in the next post we'll discuss why you should stick to learning music within your current level and not kill yourself trying to do things which are too difficult.