Hello! First guitar lessons!

Hello everyone!

I am brand new to this site. Actually this is my first "formal" guitar training I will be receiving, as I have been playing guitar for 16 years self taught. I am 28 years old and ready to get to the skill level I "should" be at by now.

The problem is I peaked years and years ago skill-wise, and have been playing the same old things over and over for about 7 years. I decided it's time, and that I owe it to myself to improve my skills as a guitar player.
My skills are very basic, and I don't know any of the "whys". I have basically just learned off of tabs. I don't know the notes, or the chord names or anything. I have never even learned a single scale. (I get embarrassed to say how long I have been playing, considering I have the skills of a newbie) But not entirely as I am very familiar with the guitar and I can pick, and fret well I just need guidance on what's next and to learn the whys!

Thanks for reading my rambling rant. If you have any suggestions for a guitar player like me, let them fly at me! I'm open for all suggestions.

Good day fellows!

Welcome to the site!

Since you've been playing for some time, and you can pick and fret already, I think you'll pick up the "whys" pretty quickly. All of the theory will make perfect sense, and you'll get a lot of "AHA! That's why it sounds good" moments.

I played for many years before I knew what an arpeggio was, but it really felt great to discover the theory behind music.

Thats what I am discovering already! I bought the subscription on Saturday, so I have had 2 days of lessons, and I started at step one and realized I have a lot of bad habits. Can't wait to see what the futur of guitar holds. I am for the first time in years eager to play and learn this instrument.

Originally Posted by: Steadythisknife[u]Hello everyone!

I am brand new to this site. Actually this is my first "formal" guitar lessons training I will be receiving, as I have been playing guitar for 16 years self taught. I am 28 years old and ready to get to the skill level I "should" be at by now.

The problem is I peaked years and years ago skill-wise, and have been playing the same old things over and over for about 7 years. I decided it's time, and that I owe it to myself to improve my skills as a guitar player.
My skills are very basic, and I don't know any of the "whys". I have basically just learned off of tabs. I don't know the notes, or the chord names or anything. I have never even learned a single scale. (I get embarrassed to say how long I have been playing, considering I have the skills of a newbie) But not entirely as I am very familiar with the guitar and I can pick, and fret well I just need guidance on what's next and to learn the whys!

Thanks for reading my rambling rant. If you have any suggestions for a guitar player like me, let them fly at me! I'm open for all suggestions.

Good day fellows![/u]

I feel the same way. For some years, I have been playing guitar by self taught but I felt there are still a lot of room for improvement for the guitar playing skills. So I took guitar lessons and is still learning more, from this site, to fully enhance my guitar playing.