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The Guitar.

An amazingly versatile instrument.

An amazingly versatile instrument, the guitar has some of the percussive qualities of a drum, the melodic beauty of a cello, and the utility of a piano and yet it retains a character distinctly of its own. it can be relatively cheap to buy and simple to maintain and it can be used to play chords and achieve melodies with equal ease. It’s also kind to mistakes and so even the most hesitant beginner can produce decent tunes with a little practice. When I first started to learn the guitar, I never imagined such amazing things about it. It as just that it sounded good and I like e sound. That as basically it for me. You may be asking yourself, but why? My fingers seemed too short and my hands hurt like hell. I would hear or someone plays and say to myself, “that’s too hard”.My desire was to learn the electric guitar because it brought out the Melody and it stood out. It put the player in the limelight. But how on Earth was I ever going to do this if even the simplest chords were this painful? However, with practice, I learned how to play songs in such a short time. When I learned how to play, however, It felt so boring, simply strumming chords. I felt the desire to make it more fun and interesting. That’s why I always wanted to learn the electric guitar. I really loved the sound and the fact that it stands out and you get all the attention. It’s all I ever thought about then. It was when I joined music school and started launching deeper that I started to appreciate the acoustic sound of the guitar. It is simply a small orchestra of its own. It can bring out the drum bit, the sound of a piano, and the Melody simultaneously. I started learning classical guitar. I saw some of my classmates play fingersstyle technique and felt so envious. It just brought out the different colors of the strings and I immediately set to work to develop this skill. And so, I kept switching between electric and acoustic guitar according to how I felt. With that, I have come to appreciate the guitar in all ways. Whenever you feel like one thing is getting monotonous, switch from one to the other, get some rest, and look for inspiration. Whatever it is that you do, don’t give up keep strumming and making music.

Look for inspiration.

“if you feel like you’re not getting enough out of a song, change the instrument. Go from an acoustic to electric and vice versa”

Mark Knopfler.

Becoming a guitarist.

The steps you take.

Like no other instrument, the guitar opens up a vast world of musical possibilities. It welcomes everyone from casual Strummers to studio technicians and is ideal if you want to join a band to accompany a singer, or if you desire to bask in the limelight of a soloist. It offers countless choices of expression from sensitive fingerpicked acoustic playing all the way through to loud distorted electric guitar sounds and is suited for almost any genre of music.

Emulation and bringing music to life.

The desire to learn the guitar is often driven by emulation. Perhaps you’re enthralled by Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Steve Vai, or Wes Montgomery. With the guitar, you’re never short of inspiration. Mine came from a young man called Okiror Albert at my church way back in grade eight. I saw him many times play the electric guitar and fell in love with the sound of an electric guitar right away. What matters most is the relationship you develop with the guitar. I was later inspired to go deeper than from online guitarists like Steve Vai and others. I took action right away and approached him(Albert) because I wanted to develop that relationship with the guitar. I don’t know how to and that was the problem. So I asked him if he could teach me and he said he would and for the next few months, I started developing that relationship with the guitar. I had no idea about outside inspiration from any guitarist, had no idea about YouTube or the internet. I was still blind to the world of the internet. And like I said earlier, that only came way later and so like Billy Gibbons said, “inspiration can come from the most unlikely places,” that’s how I found inspiration. So I diligently practiced day and night and in no time, I could strum some chords, before long, I started learning some songs. I soon joined the church band but my passion had always been to bask in the limelight of a soloist or lead guitarist.

The longer you play, the more of its secrets you unfold. It may be a new technique, a new chord, an effects pedal sound, or a lead lick from a song that had always eluded you. So I always listened to church songs and tried to replicate the melodic lines during intros, interludes, and bridges of these songs. The more I played, the more secrets of the guitar I unfolded. And that’s how I started my musical journey as a guitarist. Whatever the case, the guitar will always keep providing musical pleasures for as long as you play.

This blog will provide you with a practical guide to the guitar. It includes guidance on choosing the right instrument, maintaining your guitar, and becoming a musician. I will guide you step by step based on several learning sessions. Join me on this journey a step by step guide to learning guitar and becoming a musician at that. You will develop new skills and techniques, music theory and so much more.

Of course, there will be moments of frustration when you seem to hit a brick wall in your development, but it’s a common thing to every guitarist and musician out there. You will learn that Barre chord or string bending hurdles have been experienced by countless others before you. They overcame them and so with the help of this practical blog, will you?