{"id":854,"date":"2020-05-02T12:23:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T17:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/?p=854"},"modified":"2023-03-16T06:58:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T11:58:28","slug":"is-guitar-hard-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/is-guitar-hard-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Guitar Hard To Learn? The Answer May Surprise You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
So you’re considering guitar as an instrument to learn! Good choice! The guitar is an amazing<\/strong> instrument that is one of the most versatile and dynamic in the world. I have learned some guitar and I asked around to find out what others think about how hard the guitar is to learn<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guitar is considered by many to be one of the most difficult instruments to learn because of its polyphonic capabilities, its abstract representation of the notes, the physical dexterity required to play, and the potential pain and discomfort associated with finger pain and hand cramps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s not the end of the story, though. What does polyphonic even mean? Does that mean you shouldn’t pick up the guitar if you are not musical? Guitar is definitely still worth learning, and conversely, many consider the guitar one of the easiest instruments to learn. <\/strong> How is it possible for two people to think that the guitar is the hardest and easiest instrument at the same time? Let’s find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have to start out by saying: don’t be intimidated by these reasons<\/strong>. It’s definitely great<\/strong> to know what you’re getting into, but know that guitar has so much joy in it and if you require the most important skill (which is perseverance<\/strong>) you can overcome many of these difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, there’s a difference between learning a new instrument, and learning music–learning music will always lengthen out the process of learning a new instrument. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Probably one of the biggest reasons why guitar is tricky to learn is because of the note layout of the fretboard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The guitar, with the strings facing you and facing up, has this note configuration with the traditional guitar tuning:<\/p>\n\n\n\nReasons Why Learning the Guitar is Hard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Complex Note Layout<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
First String<\/th> Second String<\/th> Third String<\/th> Fourth String<\/th> Fifth String<\/th> Sixth String<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> E<\/td> A<\/td> D<\/td> G<\/td> B<\/td> E<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n