year beginner, more like a 2 month beginner and
I started out with zero guitar knowledge. Just
a couple of piano lessons when I was a kid.
It helps to know that we are not alone with figuring
out how to play the guitar and most importantly
start to sing some songs. That's actually why I'm
trying to learn guitar so I can sing some of those
popular songs to have some fun and maybe show
close friends and relatives that I can play the
guitar as well..
I think learning the chords is not that difficult,
it's just memorizing the shapes and getting the
hand and fingers to memorize it as well (muscle
memory). What's difficult for me right now is
the strum patterns.
Changing chords, remembering the strum pattern for
a particular song and then actually singing the
song is man, a challenge.
So you're not alone... I guess what I'm trying to
say is that maybe we just need to practice more
and after a while it will get easier (that's what
my guitarist friend tells me).
Anyways, hang in there bud, you're not alone and
don't get discouraged :-)
QB