Learning the guitar can sometimes feel like a major uphill struggle. Different people struggle with different things, after all everybody is different. Just what do people struggle with when learning to play guitar? What are the three things that people find the most difficult when starting out?
Learning The Chords. There is no way around it, chords are a major part of playing the guitar. They are important for virtually every song and once they are mastered you can play literally anything. So why do people struggle to learn the basic chords? It is the simple case that they are not intuitive. Chords require you to learn the positions of all your fingers at the same time and in some very unintuitive positions. It simply isn't something that comes naturally for most people.
Injured finger tips. OK, strictly speaking this isn't a skill that needs to be learned but it is something that all new comers will suffer from. If you have never picked up a guitar before it is difficult to appreciate the stress that is put on your finger tips. It hurts! You may get blisters, you may get cuts but eventually, over time your finger tips will become immune to such injuries. You will find that the tips of your fingers will become hardened and you will lose a lot of the feeling in them.
Timing. Just as in comedy, in music timing is everything. A sense of rhythm is essential and some people claim to have one naturally. Some people do but anybody can learn to keep a rhythm going it just takes practice. A good drummer in a band will keep the rhythm of the track together but if you are practicing on your own then tapping your foot can help. If all else fails and you really can't keep a rhythm going then you may need to get a metronome as a temporary measure to help you.
Switching between chords. If learning the chords was difficult then switching between them can be near on impossible! Most tracks will contain more than one chord and will involve quick switches between them. This is what makes the difference between a good guitar player and a great guitar player. You need to be able to smoothly link the two chords whilst keeping the correct rhythm. It is difficult at first and the only thing that can improve the situation is practice and lots of it! Once you know all the chords off the top of your head you should have no problem quickly shifting between them.
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