Overwhelmed and a bit demotivated
Hi all, I've decided to play guitar a month ago was enjoying it so far. After 3 weeks I decided to take my practice a bit more structured by making using of the Yousician app. Before that I tried following some justinguitar lessons on YouTube.
I'm doing the beginner level learning excersises and trying to gold star them all. Sometimes that takes me 20 tries but in the end I succeed. So far so good but I suddenly got the feeling that I wasn't really playing guitar, just merely following simple 1 finger instructions on the screen. Therefore I took a peek at more advanced levels but also tried some level 2 songs... big mistake.. I'm fully aware that I'm just a beginner but holy moly what a reality check this was. I can't imagine how I would ever learn this. The speed in how you must change positions from finger, snare and fret seems really unachievable to me now. This feeling really sunk in yesterday, almost to a point that I feel like giving up.
Is this a normal feeling or stage in learning to play and should I just continue or am I just not "made" to play guitar?
Thanks for any insights, much appreciated 🙏
Posted Jul 24, 2024, 7:47 AM UTC