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WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU START LEARNING THE GUITAR

You’ve decided to learn the guitar. Congratulations! You’ve taken the first step on a journey that will provide you a lifetime of enjoyment. Providing you stick to it, that is. Which you should!

When you start anything new, be that a hobby or a job, there are bound to be questions you’ll have about how things will pan out, and what you can expect. Here we’ll pool together some thoughts we’ve had, and outline some of the things you can expect when you start learning the guitar.

1. PROGRESS WILL BE SLOW

Unless you’re some kind of prodigious talent, the chances are that progress will be – at the start, at least – painfully slow. Painful being

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