How many acoustic guitar lessons did it take before you could learn to play songs on your own?
Author: admin // Category: Acoustic Guitar Lessons
If you’re an experienced guitar player who opted to learn by taking lessons, how many lessons did it take for you to be considered "good"? BTW…I do realize that everyone learns at a different pace. I also realize that you don’t need lessons to become a "good" guitar player…So let’s stick to my question, thanks 
For me personally, zero. Never had a lesson. Picked up everything by ear. Lessons are great to learn basics, but development of you "ear for music" is vastly more important. That way you can hear what something is supposed to sound like and know when it’s right. I was on you tube just the other day and saw a video if someone playing a song by Loggins and Messina. All of the reviews said how great it was. Problem is, he had one chord completely wrong. Apparently no one that heard it could pick it out. But I got it right away. Why? Because I learned by ear and not by tab. Lots of tabs are wrong and if you can’t hear it you don’t know it. Continue your lessons, but "listen" to what you are playing. You’ll get much better much faster.
March 9th, 2010 at 5:13 pm
The number of lessons is really kind of irrelevant. It depends on whether or not you have an understanding of how to play, you can perform fairly well (without mistakes) and you have learned enough from your lessons to expand on that without your teacher. Also, "good" is subjective. Some people, when they hear you, will think you’re brilliant. Other people will think you suck. They both might be right, they both might be wrong. In addition, it depends on the day. Is there a specific reason for your question- like you need to know how many lessons you’ll have to pay for? That too depends on how quickly you learn. Hope you find the answer you’re looking for- Good Luck
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March 9th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
For me personally, zero. Never had a lesson. Picked up everything by ear. Lessons are great to learn basics, but development of you "ear for music" is vastly more important. That way you can hear what something is supposed to sound like and know when it’s right. I was on you tube just the other day and saw a video if someone playing a song by Loggins and Messina. All of the reviews said how great it was. Problem is, he had one chord completely wrong. Apparently no one that heard it could pick it out. But I got it right away. Why? Because I learned by ear and not by tab. Lots of tabs are wrong and if you can’t hear it you don’t know it. Continue your lessons, but "listen" to what you are playing. You’ll get much better much faster.
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45 years of playing, but I could be wrong.