Older guitar students - can 'old dogs' learn new tricks?

Hi everybody!

I am 49 ( I guess this makes me part of the old dogs) and I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar. Tried to learn electric alone when I was 16 but that didn’t last long.
Last week I checked Justin platform and decided to give it a try. I am now in my day #4 and I am finally managing to get a grip on the first D and A module. On the first 2 days I thought I would never be able to get that D chord lower string playing right but now it’s all coming along. My 49 year fingers hurt just writing in the keyboard of my laptop :smiley: .

Just want to say that all the stories of this tread really inspire me to play.

Cheer everybody!

Pedro

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Hi Pedro , :smile:
Yes you are absolutely right (not according to my own rules I was trying to delay old dog, but yes) :smile:

Enjoy the pain in your fingertips, don’t exaggerate, but a little pain is part of it in the beginning…Justin calls it is like a transition ritual :sunglasses: ( I felt it a little bit yesterday and today :flushed: after learning a certain song (never thought I would ever experience a calloused finger "pain"feeling again :upside_down_face:)

Welcome here and I wish you a very long time with guitar learning and playing.

Greetings,Rogier

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Hi Pedro.
You’re in!

Woof woof.

Welcome Pedro! You’re making good progress! The severe finger pain doesn’t last too long - you’ll be doing much better within a week. Don’t be shy about asking questions - we’ve all had them. And keep us posted on your progress!

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Hi everyone! 57 here. I got a beautiful Martin acoustic guitar from my wife a few years ago on my birthday. Not exactly sure why, but I feel now is the time to learn to play it for real.

Hens

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Welcome to the kennel, Hens!

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Welcome Hens! Now is always the time to learn to play. No reasons needed! Hope to see you around the community.

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Hello Hens!
57 is a great age to start learning guitar (actually - ANY age is a pretty good age :rofl:)
Good luck with your Journey to musical greatness!

Tod

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Hi Hens,
Welcome here and you are so right that ‘now’ is the right time to start :smiley:, because it is always the best time :sunglasses:

I wish you a lot of fun :sunglasses:

Greetings Rogier

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Hi Hens, welcome to the community forum. Now is a good time to start and you have a great new guitar to play. I wish you a lot of fun learning to play.

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Hello Henz, I have laid out a warm blanket for you in the kennel. Snuggle up and make yourself at home. :slight_smile: