How hard is it to play Guitar?

[pekbro]

The bar chords are about muscle more than about calusses. You gotta build up that kungfu
grip.

Yeah I've worked construction for most of my life, bar chords were all I played when I started. Personally fingertip calluses are harder to build, but everyone is built slightly differently.

Nice, yea my thumb still gets sore even after 40 years of bar chords. I never worked construction sadly, as i hopefully would have
a lot more money than i do. heh

[machinesworking]

The bar chords are about muscle more than about calusses. You gotta build up that kungfu
grip.

Yeah I've worked construction for most of my life, bar chords were all I played when I started. Personally fingertip calluses are harder to build, but everyone is built slightly differently.

Nice, yea my thumb still gets sore even after 40 years of bar chords. I never worked construction sadly, as i hopefully would have
a lot more money than i do. heh

Yeah, that's not a thing, getting rich off construction. Construction, painting and remodeling in general pays pretty well to start, but it doesn't ramp up like the tech field. My friends growing up that got into programming ended up working for Apple, Adobe, iOS apps, Microsoft etc. They all definitely make easily 2-5 times what I do. I'm at poverty level for Seattle, basically working class.

The other negative, I've cut two tendons in my hand, and broke a thumb, pinky and a wrist over the years. My pinky in particular healed crooked because I didn't know it was broken (21 years old, thought I sprained it), cost me some 3-8 years of being able to use it for single note runs.

Low carpel tunnel inducing desk jobs would be the best bet to save your hands for guitar playing.

[pekbro]

The bar chords are about muscle more than about calusses. You gotta build up that kungfu
grip.

Yeah I've worked construction for most of my life, bar chords were all I played when I started. Personally fingertip calluses are harder to build, but everyone is built slightly differently.

Nice, yea my thumb still gets sore even after 40 years of bar chords. I never worked construction sadly, as i hopefully would have
a lot more money than i do. heh

Yeah, that's not a thing, getting rich off construction. Construction, painting and remodeling in general pays pretty well to start, but it doesn't ramp up like the tech field. My friends growing up that got into programming ended up working for Apple, Adobe, iOS apps, Microsoft etc. They all definitely make easily 2-5 times what I do. I'm at poverty level for Seattle, basically working class.

The other negative, I've cut two tendons in my hand, and broke a thumb, pinky and a wrist over the years. My pinky in particular healed crooked because I didn't know it was broken (21 years old, thought I sprained it), cost me some 3-8 years of being able to use it for single note runs.

Low carpel tunnel inducing desk jobs would be the best bet to save your hands for guitar playing.

Ahh, well construction pays well over here pretty much, depending on what you're doing anyway.
Constructing homes or any other buildings around here is of course, stupidly expensive. As for me,
I expect my job will ruin my shoulder before anything else due to repetitive lifting.

[machinesworking]

Ahh, well construction pays well over here pretty much, depending on what you're doing anyway.
Constructing homes or any other buildings around here is of course, stupidly expensive. As for me,
I expect my job will ruin my shoulder before anything else due to repetitive lifting.

A friend of mine who runs his own carpentry business married a girl from the islands, they could not afford to buy a house in Hawaii and moved to Denver.

[Vollofi]

almost three months later - is this still hard?

[tapper mike]

Please, I used to wash dishes for a living. My finger skin was so soft I would play till my fingers bled and then some.

[Bombadil]

I did that too!
Which is why I went back to school!

[tapper mike]

So I was trying to cover Steely Dan's Kid Charlemagne tonight after a 30 year hiatus from playing any Steely Dan. Yes it's challenging though some might say hard. But the longer you keep playing the better determination you develop to tackle the challenges before you.

Last night I was playing Bryan Adams, Alan Parsons Project and Bon Jovi. It was all one and done. Not that I'd played much of those three before. It was pure unadulterated boredom which is why I went looking for a challenge.

[questionaire]

depends what we mean by playing guitar really.
anyone can have fun with a guitar though, which is where it begins.

if you pick one up, and it feels good getting a noise out of it, you'll want to get that good feeling again.
over time, like any drug, you need more for that good feeling, so eventually you need to play, a rip roaring solo, just to get out of bed in the morning.

this is so true

[4damind]

Not very difficult if you just want to strum and a few of the standard chords are enough for accompaniment. I was able to do that in a few weeks. Anything beyond that is always difficult and often requires years of practicing to gain the necessary skill. It's no different with other instruments. I had accordion lessons for 8 years and it must have taken me 3-4 years before I could even play the difficult songs.
It's not hard but you need perseverance because you can't shorten the time for practicing in any other way.

[DCrown]

I play piano and guitar and for me piano is more difficult.

[nix808]

... I think the way the 2 hands interact is different/more complex and difficult in piano

with guitar the 2 hands make the same movement together(apart from tapping),
perhaps with piano they are independent if ur good

piano is easier to start with imo, c key is laid out like a picnic,
but guitar takes experimentation to find harmony
-also guitar is difficult to pick cleanly

[jjmmuir]

I play piano and guitar and for me piano is more difficult.

I'd agree with you. Guitar is one of the easier instruments to get down the basic skills on — as in strumming a few chords

[jens]

I completely disagree with that... the thing is: any monkey can get a beautyful tone out of a (non-broken) piano. You literally just have to press down a key. With a guitar that is a completely different thing though - just because you manage to "strum a few chords" that doesn't mean people don't want to tar and feather you whenever they hear you doing it.

[Bombadil]

Depends on whether you can sing.