I have been learning how to play for less than a year. I have always liked music and the guitar parts always stick out to me. I am 32, married with 4 kids, full time job and extremely busy. Therefore, I don't get to practice near as much as I should. The one regret that I had from school was that I never took music so I cannot read much music at all. All of this put me at a disadvantaged.

However, I made it a point to learn the major chords and practice those chords, mainly just ringing out clearly. I also had to try some of the riffs just to keep it entertaining (I used tabs for that).

My fingers hurt for awhile, and I had trouble getting some of the chords to ring out clearly. C major took some time for me (I kept touching other strings that were supposed to be open). F major was a virtual impossibility. However, after I practiced on the other ones, I was just able to do the F.

All if this is to mainly say that, although you cannot see progress as fast as you would like, it does happen and then you can look back and see how much you have improved.

Doug