Originally Posted by: ozpersian

I enjoy lessons but i don't do much practice.

Masoud

Not intending to be unkind, but however palatably phrased the naked truth is that without frequent practise, and quite a lot of it in the first year especially, progress with guitar will be slow.

If we desire results, practise is all important because guitar isn't a read it or romanticise about it and we suddenly know how to play thing. Learning to play is 90% a tactile skill. All else being equal, the hours we put in and more frequently we play, the faster the necessary skills develop for most of us.

With just three quarters of an hour to an hour a day focused practise scheduled five or preferably six days a week, gauging by my own learning experience, fairly easy songs (e.g. three or four open chord riffs verse and chorus such as "Knocking on Heaven's Door", "Love is All Around") should be recognisably playable from beginning to end within a month or possibly two depending upon individual aptitude, diligence of application and additional ad hoc practise time put in.

Four tips I can offer.

1. Keep your guitar out where it's visual and accessible on a stand or wall hanger so you'll be tempted to pick it up ad hoc and play.

2. Enjoy it.

3. Rigid or flexible, work out a schedule tailored to your circumstances so you will play at least 5~6 times a week for three quarters of an hour to an hour minimum.

4. Play songs in parallel with your Fundamentals course. Playing songs brings a lot of enjoyment, is complimentary to learning and teaches as much as the coursework does.