My Process of Guitar Learning

張貼日期：Jun 24, 2020 11:57:34 AM

Shelly Chen

Nowadays, many people want to learn at least one skill in music. Since I was a senior high student, I had dreamt of playing the guitar. However, I didn’t even have the opportunity to learn to play it. I didn’t start to play the guitar until I went into the university. I also remember the feeling when I bought my own guitar. The following are my guitar learning steps that I want to share: persist on, find some resources to learn on, and practice more.

First of all, we should be serious on doing everything and persist on our decisions. Take myself as an example. I was really fascinated with playing the guitar, so I thought carefully on buying a guitar or not. I considered all the problems that I would face. For example, if I bought a musical instrument, it would be a waste if I give up quickly. Some people said they would lose passion fast. This situation might also happen to me, so I need to think every step twice and keep persisting. Finally, I solved all the problems. I just went to the guitar club with my friend and we both bought our guitar.

Second, we could find some resources to learn to play the guitar such as YouTube or the guitar class. I learn to play the guitar in three ways. First, I usually learn by watching YouTube videos. There are so many great videos for learning to play the guitar like Mashushu. Second, my guitar club has hired a teacher to teach us and I also ask him for advice for playing the guitar. Last, I met some friends who are good at playing the guitar in the club, so sometimes we would play the guitar together and they also can put me in a right way of playing the guitar. For example, at the beginning of my learning, they taught me to play the simple chords such as C, Em, G, and D. With these simple chords, we could play lots of C minor songs. The most important is that we need to choose the right songs. What do I mean by the right songs? We should choose the songs that we are interested in and that are easy to play. Moreover, we cannot choose the songs that are extremely difficult, which would decrease our interest.

Last, I think we need to practice a lot on playing the guitar. My friend told me that it is common our hands would feel hurt. All my guitar friends advise me to practice more. In their experiences, when they were fascinated with the guitar, they could play the guitar at least 30 minutes per day. With their advice, I usually play the guitar in my leisure time. When I watched TV, I also played the guitar, too. After learning to play those simple chords such as C, Em, and G, we could move on to other more difficult chords such as F, Am, Bm, etc. There are some difficult chords called Barre Chords. But I think Barre Chords are too hard for a guitar beginner. The tip for playing well on Barre Chords is practicing. Only through many times of adjusting, can we put our fingers on the right positions.

In sum, it’s hard to learn a guitar with these steps, and the most important thing is that we should take action and practice it persistently. Only through practicing, will our skills of playing the guitar improve.