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Originally Posted by redforever
If you have not learned on your own, from all the tutorials, videos you mentioned, then do get a teacher. Why be nervous? And why think it is something you can not do? You got through school didn't you? What is the difference in getting a guitar teacher.
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I learn very differently. I see words and numbers as though they are images and not what they truly are. I have a high level of reading comprehension but for the life of me, I could not study a paragraph and recite it from memory no matter how long I had to memorize it. I could read an entire paragraph filled with spelling mistakes and not notice a single one. School was difficult. I would see chemistry, physics and math equations as pictures.
As far as music goes, I can't put the individual notes and chords together. I can understand the piece as a whole but can't recognize the parts and the order in which they should be. I made it to grade 7 in piano when I was younger but that was because I would try and remember what my hand looked like on the keyboard at certain times. I could read music and tell you what notes they were but I couldn't actually play it.
Yeah I could try and learn to play guitar and apply tricks in order to achieve success but piano and school was not very much fun. I basically had to teach myself everything by coming up with these tricks. No one can teach the way I learn. If I were to play guitar, I would want it to be enjoyable. I am quite happy with listen and appreciating others skill's and am comfortable with the fact that it is something that is not possible for me. I have been given gifts in other areas that more than make up for it.
I also suck at tennis and wind surfing.