The Importance Of Playing A Guitar

Learning an instrument requires patience. When I was around nine years old, I decided that I wanted to learn how to play the guitar. My mind was set on learning how to play the guitar because of a song called Hotel California. I could listen to that song for hours and I wanted to be able to play it. After what felt like months of pestering my parents to buy me a guitar, they finally decided to buy me one as a birthday present. We went into a small music store and had a look around. There were dozens of guitars on the walls. With a wide variety of choice I didn’t know what to choose and we decided to ask for some help. The salesperson eventually helped me choose a classical guitar. He felt that the nylon strings on a classical guitar would be easier on my fingers, since I had no experience playing the guitar.

My first lesson wasn’t what I expected it to be. I spent the entire lesson just learning how to properly place my fingers, and I learnt to play one chord. My fingers were aching throughout the lesson and it couldn’t press on the strings without them stinging. I thought the learning process was slow but I knew I needed to be more patient if I wanted to learn anything. The first few lessons were the worst because they were so boring and I felt that I was torturing my fingers. I learnt to be patient and pulled it together to get past the first few lessons, which is when most people quit. I was able to get past the pain of the strings because they weren’t as harsh as acoustic or electric guitar strings. I started to feel I was progressing after I learnt the basics, like the chords and how to read tabs. My fingers started to get used to the strings and I could play without feeling the sting. My patience and persistence paid off and I started to enjoy playing the guitar because I learnt to pull myself together and think about how accomplishing it would be able to play some of my favourite