3 Months of Learning Guitar

I started learning to play guitar about three months ago, so here’s an update on how it’s going and what the experience has been like so far.What I’ve LearnedI’ve learned a lot so far, but I also feel like I can’t really do much yet. If someone were to watch me play, I don’t think they’d be impressed by what I can presently do. I’m still learning lots of basics.I’ve been pretty consistent with my lessons and practice. Every Saturday I have a 30-minute in-person lesson, although I’ve missed a few due to travel. This is plenty of time for me to learn something new each time and to have plenty to practice during the following week. I’ve never felt like I didn’t have enough to work on after each lesson.For the month of June I practiced every day for at least 20 minutes, and since then I’ve been practicing 5-7 days most weeks for 20-30 minutes each time. I don’t think I’ve ever put in more than one hour of practice in a single day. Usually I practice after my workday and before dinner, typically around 6pm. Practicing guitar feels like a nice transition from the workday into the evening.Here are some things I’ve learned in my first three months:I know how to tune my guitar in a few different ways. My acoustic-electric guitar has a built-in tuner powered by a 9V battery, so I normally use that. I also know how to tune the guitar using an iOS tuner app. I can play along with a metronome a...
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