3 RULES for Learning Guitar Late in Life

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• TA

  @tacguitar · 1 year ago · pinned

  Click here to learn guitar at any age! <a href="https://tonypolecastro.com/?el=yt_7c">https://tonypolecastro.com/?el=yt_7c</a><br><br>*No guitars were injured in the filming of this intro :)

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• JU

  @juanoncho · 9 months ago

  Best advice... not just for guitar.

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• SC

  @scoobydooofroblox2240 · 9 months ago (edited)

  Even as a 23 year old with ADHD and mild depression I still come back to this video to lift my confidence in guitar playing, I appreciate this video!

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• NI

  @nicksilver_music · 1 year ago

  42 and played the same 6 chords for 30 years, but now I’m training my finger to operate independently , learning new chords, trying to pick faster playing to a metronome, coming up with unique cord, arrangements, and lead guitar melodies … I have grown more in the last two years than in the last 30 years

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• SH

  @Shauma_llama · 11 months ago (edited)

  Years ago my guitar teacher was getting me to learn to transcribe. I sucked, I couldn&apos;t do it. I told him I&apos;d &nbsp;never be able to do it. He said to keep trying. One day, a few hous before my lesson, I was listening to Marilyn Manson&apos;s Holywood CD. On track to I heard the guitarist playing a riff and thought &quot;I know what he&apos;s doing&quot;. I sat down, played it, wrote it down, then figured the song out. An hour or so later I&apos;d transcribed the entire album. 😮😊

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• TH

  @TheSloppyGuitarist · 1 year ago

  Rule #0 = Don&apos;t put your guitar in a case when not in use. Use a stand or wall hanger. &nbsp; If you care more about protecting your guitar than playing it, then you&apos;ve already lost.

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• ME

  @medude420024 · 1 year ago

  &quot;We&apos;re competent in most things in life&quot;<br>Well I&apos;ll have you know...

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• JE

  @jeffrey17363 · 1 year ago

  What helps me the most is never putting my guitar in its case. I have a $200 guitar, but I keep it on a guitar stand instead of worrying about it getting a scratch and being exposed to low humidity. It&apos;s always close at hand to pick up whenever I have an idea or want to practice. I have it near where I sit, so I don&apos;t have to get up to pick it up. <br>When doing computer work, I can take a short break and play for 10 or 15 minutes. It also allows me to have many short 15 - 20-minute practice sessions instead of relying on one long practice during the day.

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• SH

  @sherryb9770 · 1 year ago

  This man understands what learning ANYTHING as an older adult is about. Bravo! 🌹

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• AL

  @allhailgozer · 1 year ago

  51 with busted up hands and arthritis. I&apos;m trying but it isn&apos;t easy.

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• CH

  @chinkuwu6181 · 9 months ago

  I&apos;m 32 years old and I appreciate this video. Thank you!

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• IA

  @iandodd7828 · 1 year ago

  I started guitar 2 and a half years ago, a couple months shy of my 62nd birthday. &nbsp;Last Saturday the music store where I take lessons held a &quot;student showcase&quot; (like a school recital but with adult beverages) where I performed in public for the first time. &nbsp;For the month before that I promised myself not to miss a day pf practice, even while traveling. &nbsp;A week later, I still have not missed a day. &nbsp;Only now it feels like a choice, not a chore. &nbsp;And having reached that goal, my teacher and I sat down for our weekly lesson and set a new goal. &nbsp;My next big goal is to be ready for the 6 day guitar camp I&apos;m going to next summer.

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