Current Events > I swear I don't get how people learn guitar.

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I feel like my fingers are about to bleed after 15 seconds of holding the strings down for a chord.
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After a couple of weeks it doesn't hurt anymore.

Annihilated posted...

After a couple of weeks it doesn't hurt anymore.

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It's called calluses.
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Me too, my hands are too petite and fragile to endure da sufferen'

Dudes are beasts, man.
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haha, you should try a brass instrument
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My fingers hurt 'cause I haven't grown calluses. I wonder how long it takes to grow calluses. I bet that's something you could learn on the internet. Tomorrow night I'm going to learn to use the internet
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just do it until it hurts then stop, skip the next day to let the fingers heal or whatever then repeat that until you don't feel it anymore should pass over in a few weeks
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I've been learning for a couple months now

It gets easier to make progress
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Imagine how Mark Knopfler felt when he first started ?
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I bought an electric guitar years ago. I just didn't enjoy practicing. It felt like way too much effort to just play a note. Having short fingers didn't help.

That's the thing about me also, kind of, I'm too vain to risk calluses, haha, I don't WANT TO GET calluses, I like my fingers the way they are, hopefully, so I'd rather not invest in callusing my fingers up.
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I wanna play guitar like MASA, the guy that makes Dynasty Warriors music.
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You buy a quality instrument and try to play music you like. Ez pzy
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rattlesnake30 posted...

Having short fingers didn't help.

This right here. I have short little sausage fingers. Seems like everyone, women included, have longer fingers then me.
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Just keep at it. Also, I highly recommend purchasing Rocksmith. Extremely good teachings tool when you consider the price. ($40-$60).

I used to suck at it, but now after VERY casually practicing for a few years I can play pretty much whatever semi decent-ish first try except for solos.

If you really want to put in some hard ass practice (which I didn't) you could shred in no time.
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I'm played for thirteen or fourteen years now. My fingers have permanent callouses. I can even strum without a pick, or finger pick, without any issues. It's just practice.

We need to ask Kitt if he has calluses too.
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try bass if guitar isn't clicking
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Try bass if you hate calluses.
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Dash_Harber posted...

I'm played for thirteen or fourteen years now. My fingers have permanent callouses. I can even strum without a pick, or finger pick, without any issues. It's just practice.

dude but that's so many years :/
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shockthemonkey posted...

Bass strings are harder to hold down, how is that better for callouses? (I don't actually play either, genuinely curious.)

They're thicker so they distribute the force more I'd wager
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SicSlayer posted...

Dash_Harber posted...

I'm played for thirteen or fourteen years now. My fingers have permanent callouses. I can even strum without a pick, or finger pick, without any issues. It's just practice.

dude but that's so many years :/

Yeah, but I had to start somewhere, right?

SicSlayer posted...

Dash_Harber posted...

I'm played for thirteen or fourteen years now. My fingers have permanent callouses. I can even strum without a pick, or finger pick, without any issues. It's just practice.

dude but that's so many years :/

it takes​ a long time to get good at music, and there aren't really any shortcuts either
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i cant understand how anyone can play any instrument

i cant move different parts of my body in different rhythms. it's literally impossible for me. i cant even tap both hands in two slightly different beats, they just sync up

It's the second third easiest instrument to learn after piano and the triangle
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Honestly, the line between being a good and bad guitar player is the willingness to commit. Everybody in this topic who posted some BS excuse about short fingers or it being too hard are the type of people who are objectively bad and untalented.

Keep it up, TC. That' ALL you have to do to get good.
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FrenchCrunch posted...

i cant understand how anyone can play any instrument

i cant move different parts of my body in different rhythms. it's literally impossible for me. i cant even tap both hands in two slightly different beats, they just sync up

I wish I could say that there is some magic trick, but there isn't. Almost everyone is just like you when they start. It takes years of practice to become good at any instrument. That's it. Just practice, practice, practice. That's it. It sucks, but it's the trade-off for being able to express yourself through music.

I guess that is true of pretty much any art form though. Only a fraction of a fraction of a fraction are born good.