Learning an instrument is one goal many strive for, but unfortunately, one goal many give up on. Learning an instrument, especially from scratch, can be difficult for many reasons, and the guitar is no different.
First off, the arrangement of the strings. The guitar requires you to press down on its strings for extended periods of time while performing songs. As a result, new players may find it hurts to play for more than a few minutes. This is because calluses are required to develop on the fingers before you can press down on the strings, a process which may take many months.
Second, chords on the guitar require hand dexterity in order to form. The simple finger placements required to form even many basic chords may be difficult for a beginner to do, requiring the development of muscle before they can be formed. More complicated chords may require many months of development before they can be played.
However, these descriptions paint an unfairly negative picture of the guitar. While it is true that the learning curve is steep to begin with, it plateaus rather quickly. Once calluses have been developed, you only need to keep playing to retain them. Pressing down on strings, or sliding between notes, becomes no big deal. And after you’ve learned the basic shapes of chords, your muscle memory is able to kick in, making forming chords and transitioning between them easy. After suffering through the basics, an aspiring guitar player needs only to learn new chords and develop muscle memory to play them.
In short, learning the guitar may be a deceiving process. The basics which playing the instrument rests upon are hard to get started with, but once developed with practice and patience, are easy to build upon. I myself only began learning the guitar in early November. After consistency and practice for around two months, I was able to develop up the skills necessary
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