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Originally Posted by Chocaholic
Countless lessons as a kid and a lifetime of practicing, I can play any chord or scale ever imagined on a guitar...and still suck. There’s an important piece of the puzzle missing....talent.
I thought I’d really get back into it once I retire but have changed my mind. Not worth the aggravation. With the advent of YouTube and countless video’s of 8 year olds that can shed the thing with finesse I only dream of...in the complete absence of talent it’s not a worthwhile pursuit.
I hope your experience is better and that you, in fact, actually have some talent.
Rant over.
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Exact same here. I’ve spent so many hours/days/weeks/months practicing guitar since around 12 years of age.
With a ton of practice I can learn many basic rock and pop songs and play them reasonably competently. But without the talent to truly master the instrument, the effort, pain and time involved in learning and practicing a song over and over makes it not worth it to me. (And even the songs I do learn well, I still feel like it’s 99%, not 100%, which drives me nuts).
Other kids practiced less than me and advanced much faster. Because they had aptitude and I didn’t.
Still I on and off persevered, as late as into my 40s.
But at sometime I finally accepted I suck at guitar.
So I’ve happily and proudly given up!
