Hello everyone !This is my first time posting in here but i have been lurking for a while gabbing a few advices here and thereLike i imagine a ton of peoples i started guitar during the quarantine that hitted France, around late March, when that happened i played video games for one week and got bored of it rather quickly and i started glancing at the old classical guitar that was given to my stepmother in the 70's according to her, so old and rusty i acutally almost broke my index trying to tune the strings up haha28 years old today i always wanted to learn an instrument since i was a child, guitar, saxophone, contrebasse? - not sure about that word, english is not my first language sorry about that; Flute, Trumpet, Trombonne ... Well i wanted to do music ! But after years of asking again again my parents they always came up with the fact that before learning ANY instrument i would have to go to music school for at least 2 years to learn Solfège with attention to reminding me how hard it would be for a child, and 2 years seeming way too long for the kid that i was i always gave up and accepted the false fact that music is something made for others, and well don't wanna go too much into details but life never has been really great, i've always been deeply depressed and affected by my parent's divorce when i was young and grew up wanting to be friends only with my own shadow... enough of that !The latest time i had touched a guitar before actually learning was when i was 12 years old, when visiting my guitarist Uncle he tried to teach me Smells like teen spirit bass line without much successBut thanks to the quarantine due to that damned covid i actually browsed this sub looking for what's the best place for an absolute beginner to start guitar and found out Justinguitar's website on posts asking the same question;So i started to learn the D, A and E chord and i quickly saw that i had what it takes to makes something that sound like music as long as i as putting work into this and this became my mission ! Even when the quarantine rules got "softer" i stayed in to practice guitar, even during the crazy hot summer that we had, the covid is was still there anyway to better work those fingers ! I remember sweating so much one we hitted 45°C around Paris that i was scared to to sweat into my epi Les Paul's toggleswitch holeFor this whole time i had kept my guitar learning from everyone that i know ... expect my neighboors !!! There is a simple french song that i wanted to play for my grand parents and wanted to come out of my learning room being able to play it decently and not struggling through it. With the covid apparently wanting to stay here for a while i kept this secret and kept working for longer than i though i would and, TODAY I have hired a guitar teacher to check on my playing to see what were my strenghts and weaknesses, and after 1 hour of adjustments he told me before leaving that i had well over 1 year of guitar experience in the fingers even tho i grabbed that guitar in April's early day !The overthinker that i am was sure that the guy told me this so i would be happy to buy him off new hours of lesson since he was the one who made me better with his great advices, i imagine that some teachers do this sell their lessons better. but just in case of, i broke my rule and sent a video to my uncle which is a pretty good guitar players, more than 50 years of playing in his fingers and who is actually the guy who i was hiding my guitar learning from the most but i knew he would not be scared to criticize my playing, it turned out that he was quite impressed by my progress ! So i was by his answer !So since then i "came out of the closet" and i'm having great feedback from friends and family for the beginner that i am. I even sent a thank you e-mail to Justin "guitar" Sandercoe and the amazing teacher on youtube from whom i learnt travis picking - [beginners, it's true ! record yourself, it really really helps ! when you play your brain is focused on your right hand, left and making sure that they work in time together, actually watching you playing will make you aware of the mistakes you make and will allow you to spot mistakes that you wouldn't recognize while playing with a busy brain and it will be easier to work on the specific things on which you are struggling and will save you a lot of time and effort ] - and oh boi ! but even them gave me nothing but great feedback !I'm making this post not to "show off "but to say a huge thank you to all you guys the great peoples who drives us beginner towards amazing internet or IRL ressources to learn the basics of guitars, i'm today able to play 2 of my favorite songs ever and knowing that i will be able to play the rest of them one day with enough work, is such a great feeling that i can't help but being emotionnal and thankfull to all the teaching and knowledge sharing peoples, i wouldn't be feeling so proud of myself if it wasn't for guysettes and guys like you ! I Discovered my passion and see only light toward the end of the tunnel it's so great i feel like cheering up at the sky hahaThe only regret i have today is not starting to learn guitar earlier in my life, but i'd rather go practice my guitar instead of trying to go back in time haha !Seriously, i took the subway and there was the same guy playing guitar on the same spot and i was actually able to play a few chords on his guitar and he liked it ! I felt like walking on clouds this days and this represents really well how i feel since i'm able to strum a few chords, it's like i'm spectating myself ! weird ! I'm honestly so happy that i did not give up all the times i though i should have, when practicing chords changes, barre chords, while comparing me to others, if you are a beginner, struggling, and that you have so much time that you did read until here, please for Steve Vai's sake DO NOT ! Work pays !But thanks again to everyone inspiring others to grab the guitar or any instrument as i'm now feeling as part of a huge family and this is absolutelly nuts, heck my uncle told me he would bring me to play some power chords in one of his band's repeating session and if you would have told me this even 2 months ago i probably would have had a heart attack laughing so bad from your joke hahaBy the way sorry for the huge text, my friends always tell me i write like if i was speaking live and this end up being way longer than needed, but i'm so happy today that this is my day and i feel no shame to share my experience, and two videos that i talked about if you care to watch a video that i recorded using an Iphone, sorry for the quality ^^'Julia - The BeatlesJust Breathe - Pearl Jamhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yl51lX1mJkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lzEuz3Iplw&tNow i would have a little question for peoples that would like to help me out, i would like to save up some money and not buy other IRL lessons for the moment haha1- I have learned a little melody " Don't know why " By Norah Jones, that plays with the capo on the 6th fret, i have been struggling to perform the stretch needed but noticed that my hands does that with way more ease when i'm holding the guitar between my legs, pretty much like classical guitar, but it feels awkward using an electric guitar like that haha, no ?2- I have encountered songs that requires slash chords with the thumb fretting notes on the 6th string, but when i try to do so it immediatelly hurt me really bad in the thumb and wrist with a sharp pain, should i be worried about this, which i do, or is it something that is easier to do once the hand is more developped so i should i attempt this later in my guitar learning ?3- I still struggle to use a pick "fully", i live in an appartment on the 1st floor with windows that gives right near the buildings entry and it being a busy place i can sometimes hear peoples passing by reacting to my playing , no hard feeling against them, i very likely would myself hearing someone playing. But this has been empeaching me from using a pick on the acoustic very early on, when i try to i'm always incounsciously or not, trying to hit the strings a little bit softer not to make too much noise so i don't have to deal with outside remarks that burst me out of my bubble and focus, i just can't seem to play "strongly" when i'm not 80% sure the sound that will come out will be clean, now the question is, is it me being weird ? I tried to force myself not to care about it and focus just on practice handling that pick right using the acoustic but can't work it out. I'm feeling like those peoples who are "scared of the ball" when playing a game involving a ball, if that makes any sense4- That one last question is not really about guitar, or maybe it is; Theory. This is something that i find very interesting and would love to learn it even if not all the knowledge i would gain for it would translate to the guitar, but wouldn't it be detrimential to my learning progress ? If i understood well enough theory is really a huge subject which takes time to study, wouldn't i be better off leaving this for later and focus on my guitar neck ?Just realized how long this is haha, sorry , but today as been an emotional day to me i hoped to share some good vides with anyone that would enjoy them! thanks again to this sub as this was the starting point of my guitar journey ! via /r/Guitar https://ift.tt/2Hw5rWX
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