Too late to start playing an instrument?

Is it too late to learn how to play?

  • No

    Votes: 42 89.4%

  • Yes

    Votes: 5 10.6%
  • Total voters
    47
BrkD

BrkD

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Hey AC,

I've been thinking about learning how to play the electric/acoustic guitar for a long time. Im 18 years old and have never played an instrument before. So I have no experience and knowledge AT ALL. Money and time is a problem also so I do not want to invest too much. So should I do it anyway? Buy an electric/acoustic guitar and take lessons?
 
atnixon said:
My opinion is that its never too late to learn something new...Your 18, your still very young, the world is your oyster...go for it i would say...

Niko
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I totally agree
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I find it funny that the twins of one of Australia's successful pop bands (The Veronicas, they're not my cup of tea, but lots of tweenie boppers like them, go figure) first picked up a guitar at eighteen, now they're multi-millionaires... my brother started playing aucoustic when he was seventeen, he plays it all the time and it's one of his favourite ways to wind down. I'm eighteen too, I'm trying to learn the harmonica and the piano and I haven't played an instrument before.
 
I started playing when i was about 22.

Best advice I can give you is, buy a cheapo guitar, and play the heck out of it. only after you have some experience, and you feel comfortable enough handling a guitar, you should go out and look into purchasing your "dream guitar"... There are many different ones out there, so to avoid spending money foolishly, it'll be a good idea to only do so once you know what you want...

in my opinion, you shouldn't start lessons right away. The first few weeks of learning guitar were the hardest for me. Just being able to hold the guitar, strum it, pluck those strings, hold down a chord.. First, you should buy a very basic beginner book teaching you basic chords. you should practise those chords, get your fingers used to the idea of holding a guitar... (your fingers are gonna hurt, you'll probably get a little discouraged too. ) But after a couple of weeks of that, you'll eventually feel comfortable playing some chords, which will enable you to play along to many songs.

That's when, in my opinion, you should start your lessons.

So go for it, have fun, and if you need any help at all with anything, shoot me a PM..


It's a great hobby!! Enjoy it!!!
 
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hahah niko..

i started playing bass when i was about 16, so i've bene playing for about 10 years now, and have never taken a lesson. The only advantage I see would be a better knowledge of the instrument, being able to read music, etc. I can read tab (anyone can), and pretty much play everything by ear, so its not that big a deal to me. I agree with cheech, try and figure things out on your own, no sense in paying someone hundreds of dollars to teach you what you can teach yourself anyway. Once you have some basic chords down, I think lessons would be more enjoyable anyway.
 
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