Any experienced guitar players have advice on how to learn better?

I played very little in highschool and now, 15 years later, I have the urge to go back to it. I’ve been playing for an hour or so most days for the last month which I know isn’t a lot but lets be honest, it’s just for my own enjoyment, I have no illusions of being a middle aged rock star.

Anyway I was wondering if people had any advice, good resources, sheet music that isn’t garbage?

In my position would you go the self taught route or is it really important to have a tutor? I’m particularly concerned about picking up bad technique and then practicing that, I feel like that was a big part of why I gave up in the first place - fucking up the same things no matter how many times I did them because I learned them wrong.

Thanks all.

  • AlkaliMarxist [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Yeah, I have noticed that. Unfortunately I don’t have any friends who play so playing, for example, just the rhythm by yourself is pretty bland. Unless it’s a more complex riff but then it’s above my skill level. I think one thing I need to do is get over my performance anxiety and find other people to play with, then even simple music can sound full and dynamic.

    One example is Mother by Pink Floyd, I can play the whole rhythm just strumming the chords but they pick out individual notes within that strum pattern and add some pulls and hammers and it adds so much but technically it moves the difficulty up a lot.

    • macerated_baby_presidents [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This isn’t as dynamic as jamming, but you could also learn a DAW and record into it. Synth drums are surprisingly fun and you can assemble rhythm + lead + vocals in separate takes. Definitely recommend finding some local people to play with, it’s the only thing forcing me to get better

      • AlkaliMarxist [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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        10 months ago

        By DAW you mean like recording & mixing software right? I’ve played around with that stuff in the past and at least the computer side of things comes pretty easy to me, having a go at actually recording and arranging music does sound cool. Finding some real people definitely sounds like the best way though, you’re able to bounce things off them and have some fun socializing at the same time as getting better.