How long does it take to learn to play guitar?

[Mo_HH_ljc]

Hey,
for all the guitar players. I won't to take part in a guitar course, because I think it's in awsome instrument and I want to make my own music later on, and guitar is a very important instrument...
So how long does it averagely take to play guitar good, and to play without notes...etc.?
I am good piano player and I am fast with catching on how to do things.. Would I be able to play the guitar good in one year? (lets say if I practice every day half an hour?
Mo

 

[canehdianhotstuff]

i learned in a year without a teacher, so with one shouldnt take lol.

 

[Lyle]

I learned how to play in a few weeks without a teacher... it's not that hard. But o get good at it, it depends of the guitarist... But I would say, push practicing two or three.. The guitar is easy it the over all run, but takes time to learn how to play well. When I started, I would play about 8 hours everyday, until I understood....

Get a chord chart and start there...

 

[Ton777]

I've been playing for about 6months and I'm about to start playing in our schools worship band. My dad taught me a few basic chords and i built on from there.You can get tons of lessons of the net. And it really help if you also know the piano.
You should be able to get good pretty quickly but don't don't give up if your not good right away or if you take forevery to change chord it takes practice, you'll get better if you keep on trying.

 

[AfricaWim]

Just keep at it and NEVER give up. 4 Years and counting and I stil suck. You either have it or you are me. I will pray for you that you are not blessed with my skills.(and I know your neighbours will thank me)

 

[ps139]

To be honest a lot depends on your musical talent. That and your desire. You say you are good at piano so I assume you have some musical talent. Just practice your *** off and you should be sounding alright soon. A lot also has to do with memorizing chords and practicing them so positions are engrained in the muscle memory in your fingers - like so you can switch to a C without thinking about what you are doing. Also depending on your guitar it will take time for you will develop calluses on your fingers - but the more you play the fasterthey develop. It will hurt for a few days but its so worth it.

 

[mbuc]

The guitar is one of those instruments that almost anyone can learn to play with some measure of skill, but only a handful of people in the world have ever truly mastered. It's not unreasonable to expect decent results within a year, especially since you have previous musical experience, but you'll need to dedicate yourself to the instrument instead of watching the clock to see if your half-hour practice session is over yet. Things will be slow at first, but once you get your fingertips calloused and start to figure things out it will be a lot of fun.

 

[Mo_HH_ljc]

What I have read now, it's not that hard, if you have the will to really want to learn it. Thanks for your help...
You see me in the charts later on...
MO

 

[JahRawks]

I've only been playing guitar for a few months, and I've already got the basic open chords down pretty well, I still have trouble with a few transitions, but that's because I don't practice nearly enough, but yeah, depending on your musical talent, it shouldn't take too long to get pretty decent at guitar.

 

[christpunx]

play drums instead. there is never any drummers when you need one.

 

[canehdianhotstuff]

so true.

 

[Mo_HH_ljc]

drums are fun, but you are limited in the choices of songwriting.
And you can never play it at home, cause its so loud...

 

[rmills]

This is a wierd question.

The fact is that I have been learning how to play guitar for 18 years now, I still learn new technique and methods every year. Alternate tunings, hammer and tap techniques, scales, multi-capo standard and alternate tunings, flamenco, classical, blues, folk, finger pick, flat pick bluegrass, you name it. I fully believe that I will be 70 years old and still learning to play.

To learn guitar is a vast concept that cannot be measured in any simple time frame.

BTW, I took lessons when I was 10 years old, did not learn one thing from it. I learn more from listening to and watching players like James Taylor, David Wilcox, William Ackerman, Kevin Eubanks, Phil Keaggy, and so on.

 

[Wahwax]

I've been playing for 25 years. I still can't sight read and I'm still learning new stuff everyday.

HOWEVER, you can learn some basics in one session. My daughter was playing a basic song after only one lesson. Granted she wasn't very good, but she KNEW how to play the song.

Practice, practice, practice.

 

[Gollum]

In 1 year i was better than any new guitarist i'd met. Then i started taking lessons. I never really had a problem playing stuff, or learning to play it. But lessons have helped me hear things in music, play with more technique, and at least tripled my dedication and speed.

For the first year i played about 5 hours a day, now i play anywhere from 3-6 hours a day.

In one year, a dedicated persom might become fairlly good, but to me it's a lifelong dedication. When you think your "good enough" you stop progressing. People like phil keaggy, jimmy paige, satriani, steve vai, marty friedman, no matter how "good" they might act about their playing they all got there by saying "i'm not good enough" even through most people would love to be half that good.

Another thing to remember, is that everyone plays guitar differentlly. No matter how much someone sounds like phil keaggy, they're not. And thus can't play just like him. You can't idolize one type of playing. You have to play your way. Your fingers are your own. That's good, because that means no one can play just like you. So just try to find your own groove.


Hope i helped,
Gollum

 

[rgbivens]

You never really stop learning to play the guitar...like others have said, once you have a basic knowledge of chords and song structure you can play a ton of songs...but your always learning new things!!! I have been playing for 4 1/2 years and i'm always learning new stuff...I have tought myself too...

-Grant

 

[Laserman]

Mo,

It all depends how much effort and time you put into it. I once had a young 18 year old guy who could not play at all watch me perform. He decided to learn form pure scratch. Two years later he was playing clubs in a rock band. He was driven. Are you?

Barry

 

[Mo_HH_ljc]

thanks, you all helped me alot.

and finally, I GOT MY GUITAR NOW.

well, the fact that I don't have a teacher, doesn't scare me.
I put the guitar in my hand and just started to, yeah how do you call that, play.
I played smoke on the water. pretty easy staff when you only use one string.
From the Internet I got the Em and the E-Dur accord. Maybe I find a good booklet for teaching yourself how to play.
MO

 

[Laserman]

Mo,

To get a good jump start, take some lessons from a local music store. Tell them you want to lear bar chords. That's basically a moveable chord form where your hand -finger positions don't move but you can move your whole hand and play different chords all over the neck. When you move it, it changes chorc name like a, B, D, E F ect. Soon you will be playing all kinds of stuff after you learn that.
Good Luck and keep us posted !


Barry

 

[Mo_HH_ljc]

Well, I live in pretty small town, there is no such thing like a music store.
But I got those cool learning sheets, where you can learn how to play on your own (i tought myself how to play the piano, too, so I know how it feels to be lost at some point, somtimes.)
Right now, I have no clue, of how they name those accords. I only can play D, E, Em, G, and C. Thats like the basic chords you must now, to play some cool music, like country roads and stuff like that. But also most of the best worship songs are written with these chrods like: Heart of Worship, Lord I give you my heart, Here I am to worship...
yeah, but my fingers hurt, will that change, after they get used to it? (espacially the left hand)
Take Care
Mo