For two years, I struggled with learning guitar. I didnāt know where to start or how to learn properly, so I ended up picking up a lot of bad habits along the way. I explored everything on my own āstrumming, Fingerstyle, even analyzing small details like how my knuckles moved. I was trying to understand the instrument deeply, but I still felt lost.
One day, an old friend asked me, How good are you at guitar? I confidently replied, I know where I am, and ll get better.But deep down, I knew I was stuck. I didnāt really know how to play, and to make things worse, the people around me werenāt supportive. They criticized me a lot, which made things even harder.
Despite all that, I didnāt give up. And now, Im finally on the right path, learning from Justin Guitar and making real progress. For the first time, I feel happy and confident in my journey.
I spent 17 years going around is circles before eventually finding Justin and those comments sum up how I felt after just a few weeks into the old, very old Beginner Course,
Now you have found it, milk it for all its worth !!
Donāt give up & keep a positive attitude - especially if people around you have a negative influence. If you are happy learning & playing guitar, keep going & make sure to keep it lots of fun! The more fun you have playing, the more you want to play & practice! The more you play, the better you get & the more fun it is!!! Along the way, many of the people who donāt think youāre good will stop criticizing & start clapping!!! I look forward to hearing your music, Mati!!!
I really cannot understand why anyone would insult someone elseās musical attempts (having been on the receiving end of that, for most of my life, while they were laughing at their, feeling very superior, joke (eg, ādonāt give up your day jobā) I was feeling beat down. Finally I just started telling folks that if they didnāt have anything constructive to say, to keep their thoughts to themselvesāthey honestly didnāt think that it was a hurtful thing to say, and stopped saying it. Wish Iād spoken up sooner.
SOOOooo, congratulations @matimusic for sticking with it when the external pressures were telling you to bin it! That is very impressive.
Iām looking forward to your post to JustinGuitarāshould you decide youād like toāof you playing a song of your choice.
This is a good place to learn with a solid approach for us beginners who need some one to help us learn. Not only is that really fantastic, but also the forums and the people are suportive and that is what make this a communty. So when you add them both togeather its really amazing what Justin, the staff as well as the long term vets have put togeather.
Hi Mati, welcome. Good you didnāt give up. Good also you found Justin Guitar. A very good guitar method, as Justinās one is, and your eagerness to learn to play the guitar will do it. Have fun.
Welcome Mati. Keep up the journey. There will be things you get right away and some that will take time. Iāve been working on thumb and Finger strumming for two months and am just now getting it to where I am good at it. Donāt give up and do the course in order, ask questions and post your progress.
Hello Mati.
Welcome to JustinGuitar and this fantastic community. Please take your time to look around and get to know the wider space. https://community.justinguitar.com/categories
We are a supportive and encouraging group of students and guitarists from across the world. Essentially, we are all here for music and to improve as players. We truly are a ācommunityā. Members help and support one another and a friendly, positive attitude underpins this. We hope that all - young or old, experienced or new players - adopt and foster the pay-it-forward ethos that Justin personifies and embedded all those years ago when he started the website and forum.
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hay, thanks a lot! That really means a lot to me. ll definitely think about posting something on JustinGuitar. Appreciate the encouragement!