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The post by Marie of what happens in your brain when you learn to play a musical instrument brought up my memory of my own struggles with learning guitar. I’ve always loved electric guitars. I admire acoustic finger style, but I love electric. But at first it was nothing but work. I had no idea what was going on. I could memorize a song measure by measure, but it was just difficult and frustrating and I didn’t know why it worked. The fretboard was a mystery to me. I should mention that I don’t possess much for musical talent. So I quit for many years. Raised kids, rode motorcycles, took trips, and always wished I could play guitar. So finally I got old and decided it’s now or never. At this point, I’m slowly moving out of the beginner phase into the intermediate phase and discovering the path of learning that I want to enjoy. The fretboard is opening up for me and I “get it” for the most part. My point is, if you are a beginner, and wondering why you are going through all the work, it’s because at some point you are going to get it and then all of a sudden it’s fun instead of work. There is way too much to learn and being old, I’m simply concentrating on the areas I truly have fun with, but now I enjoy them. It’s at a point where I hate the days I don’t have time to sit down to at least one jam to a backing track, even a short one. So hang in there. You will swim out of the muddy waters one day and then you can say, man, I wish I’d have stuck with it a long time ago.
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