Originally Posted by: wreckens...about nine month..does it mean i suck for a 9month player?
There is no answer to this question. There is also a massive difference between playing for 9 months at an hour a day every day, and playing for nine months for ten minutes each Sunday.
All that matters is how happy you are with your progress. It sounds like you're not happy with it..... practicing more is the only solution. Maybe focussing on techniques useful to the style you want to play.
The only guide I could give is that if someone came to me with zero guitar experience and started taking lessons, after nine months I would probably be working with them on LCM Grade 3, for which you have to know the following:
In Any Key:
2 Octave natural Minor, Major, Blues, Minor Pentatonic & Major Pentatonic Scales
2 Octave Major & Minor Arpeggios in 1 position (and naming the notes)
All Major & Minor barre chords rooted on 6th & 5th string
All 'open' minor 7th, Major 7th & Dominant 7th chords
you would also have to play a rhythm piece which would consist of the chords listed above, and you'd need to be able to read enough music to recognise repeats and basic directions. You would need to be able to name all notes on the fretboard up to the 12th fret (although you can use the octaves to find them). You would also have an aural assesment where you have to repeat phrases played by the examiner. There is a lead examination where you improvise over a chord progression built on those listed above.
The full syllabus for all grades is here if you are interested.
Obviously, this shows the academic way of learning, but gives an idea of what you might want to be looking at....
Hope it helps - as I say, it's not so much what level you're at as how happy you are yourself with your growth as a player.
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