Its just clicked !

Dave_Vader

Legionreturns said:

I don't think anyone here, no matter how accomplished they are, would claim to be a complete guitarist. There's always something else to learn or improve

But I made it through all 4 books of Russ Shipton's 'the complete guitar player' when I was 11. 
I assumed I got the title once I'd done the time?

jeztone2

Well done fella!!! It’s never too late to start, here’s to more of those moments. 

Legionreturns

bloodandtears said:

Legionreturns said:

I don't think anyone here, no matter how accomplished they are, would claim to be a complete guitarist. There's always something else to learn or improve

Nailed it.. have a wis!

Thanks! 

Conversely, @T42 ...you can play some chords, so you're a guitarist. Nobody can tell you at which point on the learning road you become a guitarist, but you definitely are. Just ask someone who's never picked up a guitar. 

T42

Here are the 2 clips that made me want to learn guitar just in case anyone is interested.

Funkfingers

T42 said:

i'm far from being able to play a full song, it does seem that over the past couple of days ive been able to swap between chords within a strum pattern.

Lewis Allen Reed did pretty well with just that.

A degree in English might help with the lyric side of songwriting.

bodhi

I've found that enough repetition builds up what you might call muscle memory, and once you reach a certain point it kind of takes over and allows you to more consciously anticipate or focus on what you're doing next as opposed to fixating on what you're trying to do at that given moment.

Like an ability to be slightly ahead of yourself kind of thing.

Does that make sense?

That's when stuff click for me, in any case.

noisepolluter

Threads like this are really inspiring to read - congrats @T42 on getting over the first big hurdle. 

andyp

This is great to read. I started playing from zero in January 2015 and remember this exact path. Justin videos, Andy videos and sitting night after night for 2-3hrs just swapping from one chord to the other, over and over and over. Learning scales and repeating them over and over and over. Every so often there would be a wee step in my learning and I'd want to chase the light and see what happened next.

Then one day something musical happened and that was it... I knew I would want to stick to it and have probably played 1-2 hrs a day ever since, but I'm still what I would call a beginner. It's ace fun though and I love the challenge too. I expected I'd give up after 2 months or so, but the odd moment of light keeps you going. Don't give up, just keep at it and you'll be rewarded.

pintspiller

Keep it up. You are the bollocks