Originally Posted by: oceanprof16I am not new to the guitar, I have had five years of lessons, I feel that I hardly learned anything from five years of lessons at music schools, I learned Amazing Grace here and ode to joy by Beethoven. how do I remember the lyrics? I can play the chords and strumming pattern to Amazing Grace but have trouble remembering the lyrics, how do I learn new songs and remember the chords plus the lyrics, my cousins perform with the guitar and singing in Colorado and do like 30 songs without reading tabs or notes, how does one build up a repoitoire of songs and lyrics like 30 songs for performing? is it ok to perform reading notes and song books? I can read music and tabs, let me know,

Simply put,PRACTICE,PRACTICE,THEN WHEN UR DONE PRACTICING,PRACTICE AGAIN.IM SURE UR COUSIN DIDN'T LEARN OVER NIGHT..I LL SAY THIS WHEN I BOUGHT MY FIRST GUITAR,I NEW NOTHIN.I STARTED TAKING LESSENS, AND I PROMISE YOU ,I PRACTICED FOR HOURS AT A TIME.STOP DOING WHAT I WAS DOIN,LIKE HANGING OUT WITH THE FELLAS,I JUSY CLUED THAT GUITAR TO ME.CAUSE,THATS HOW BAD I WANTED IT.2 years later,i was the lead Guitar player,for skin and bones. Good luck