Hey all!
It's been a fun journey learning guitar. I feel like I've progressed pretty fast to get a great baseline for playing. I practice too much..like 1-5 hours a day almost every day. I know it's an endless journey of learning and creating which I'm still overly enthusiastic about and can't wait to be able to share more with the world as I continue to get better.
I wanted to see how this sub thinks of my current playing. I don't have too many friends in my life that I can lean on for support or feedback (or that care) so I figured I'd put stuff on here. hopefully this is allowed.
please take a listen and let me know your feedback. good, bad, neutral. it's all good. all information/feedback is welcome and will be taken with smiles and a drive to better myself.
Me just having fun starting up the neck for the first time. - https://foldr.space/f/wfwwHhdwX8iLWMES/having-fun.mp3
Sound countryish twang playing I felt about 2 months ago and have been working on clarity - https://foldr.space/f/VImNiZ6MiZ8OM4nA/early-twang.mp3
more countryish stuff, playing with hammerons and single note changes to new chord - https://foldr.space/f/ygTNR8Tsl4GfcENx/that-twang.mp3
Thanks and I hope to be able to post something like this again in the future with longer clips, better timing (my current main focus) tone and picking accuracy.
links only last a week... I'll try to delete after to avoid 8day viewers from being confused asking for reuploads
edit: I should add that my guitar is the Martin Jr10e cutaway. absolutely love this guitar. recently started using picks too, all 3 clips above were with a pick. those cat tongue ones since all the other ones kept slipping and still do lol. previously 0-3 months was purely fingerstyle.
4 months in and you're already thinking about practice structure — that's honestly ahead of where most people are at that stage.
the 1-5 hours a day thing is fine as long as you're enjoying it. the only thing i'd watch out for is hand fatigue — if your wrist or forearm starts hurting, take a break. repetitive strain is real and can set you back weeks.
one thing that helped me a lot around the 4-6 month mark was picking actual songs i wanted to play instead of just running exercises. even if they were slightly above my level, learning real music kept me motivated. i use chordroom.com sometimes to browse by genre when i'm looking for something new to learn — nice to have 260k songs in one place instead of googling every time.
keep it up, you're doing great.