{"id":910,"date":"2020-05-20T20:43:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T01:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/?p=910"},"modified":"2020-05-20T20:49:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T01:49:11","slug":"can-anyone-get-good-at-the-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundadventurer.com\/can-anyone-get-good-at-the-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Anyone Get Good At the Guitar?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Playing guitar looks like it’s so much fun, and it is! But you might be wondering if just anybody can play the guitar and make it sound good, or if it’s only for those with the “musical knack”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you define good as proficient, then virtually everyone can learn all the basic competencies of the guitar to be considered good at the guitar. With regular practice, anyone can play multiple styles of music and hundreds of songs. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are broad statements, but are they true? Can anyone really “get good” at the guitar or is that a myth made up to placate someone so they don’t feel bad? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can Really Anyone Get Any Good At the Guitar?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I think before we talk more about this, let’s talk about what “good” means. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you define good as world-class<\/strong>–then no. Not everyone can get that level of good. Not even everybody who practices for 6 hours a day can get to that level of good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, if you define good as in being able to play the main guitar riff in Led Zepplin’s “Babe I’m Gonna Leave you”, or the guitar solo in Starship Trooper by the band Yes, then yes!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless someone has a physical impediment preventing hand coordination, then yes, these goals are totally possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Does It Take To Get Good At Guitar?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Now, if you were trying to answer this question, I’m sure you would say PRACTICE<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well… there you go, that’s actually what I would say, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, I’d go a step further– the biggest mistake many guitarists make is trying to learn how to play without any structure and just try to play songs that they like. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What ends up happening, is that over a long period of time, you pick up 10-20 songs that you play over and over again and then people at parties ask you to play a song, but you continue to drone the same songs you know over and over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trust me… this is where I’ve spent most of my time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The secret to progressing on the guitar is focused practice. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I experienced this when I decided to practice the guitar for an hour a day for just a month and I found that I made tremendous progress:<\/p>\n\n\n

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