Beginner Guitarists ALL Do THIS!

Beginner guitarists can form a lot of habits without even realizing. And sometimes, these habits can immediately give them away as new guitarists.

But have no fear, from your helpful responses we've figured out all of the ways that people who are new to guitar can be spotted, so we can avoid them!

Thanks for your submissions, and thanks for watching :)

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[RedlightBlue]

Thanks to everyone who wrote in :) Again, if yours didn't make the cut it's probably because i stuttered too much and had to edit it out.

i love you

[goobee]

if I can switch between chords in 30 minutes does that make me intermediate?

[thebelen]

"Not pressing the fret hard enough"
As someone who got my first guitar yesterday, I can relate. Definitly did not think that was gonna be so challenging.

[yourface]

I've been playing guitar for about 2 years or so now and let me tell you... the pick stash I carry around with me every where has only ever been used once. BUT if I don't have a pick at all times, then I fear that's the moment I'll need one

[A-Wa]

the first one is very accurate. I have almost in every pocket a guitar pick while my teacher cant find theirs

[OceansideSpiderHouse]

The barre chords one is completely true. They’re easy enough to understand but getting all the strings to ring out properly feels impossible or at least impracticably precise when you’re new. It’s hard to know how to improve upon them when getting them correct once feels like a miracle

[thehomiejw]

"The glimmer of hope in their eyes"
wow, such motivating words for a beginner...i can almost see myself in 3 years...

[TheActualTed]

I find asking if someone plays mostly acoustic or an electric guitar an absolutely valid question. There's a diametral difference between playing folk music on an acoustic guitar or shredding solos on electric.

[bajablastard]

I actually have the fret stickers and within a month I was able to name what note any song I heard was in down to what scale its based in. And I've only been playing for a year so I recommend them lol

[neyology_]

“Not pressing the fret hard enough” is so real💀 i kept messing up bc of that

[adambukovsekdev]

I feel called out :(
Playing for a year now and am currently trying to learn Playing God by Polyphia.
Actually isn't as impossible as it seams, but I'm only making progress very slowly

[sixstringepic]

I love the acoustic or electric question from non guitarists. As if it somehow makes a difference lol I can't tell you how many times I've been asked this when someone finds out I'm a musician and play guitar

[Larc.Junkie]

I've been playing guitar casually for 7 years now i still do a lot of this😂

[jesuschristus]

I'm only playing the guitar for about 4 months now and the only 2 things, that were accurate were the, ,take the pick everywhere" and, ,not pressing the strings hard enough" and I got rid of those after a week.
😂

Love to all music enthusiasts!❤️

[G-L-O-R-I-A]

After a couple of years--with a few decades in between of not playing--I can almost sorta kinda tell when I'm out of tune, a bit...

[hulkshands]

carrying a pick was what i was gonna say, i find myself always holding a pick in my lips or pocket. im always strapped with a pick

[weswarford]

Been playing guitar for six years. Not a pro at all but I still carry pics around cause I’ve found myself in the position of being without more than once.

[pigriziaportamivia]

"do you play acoustic or electric?"
Me, who's learning how to play classical guitar

[cisrot]

I’m a baby when it comes to learning but in the two and a half..ish weeks I’ve had my guitar I’ve been playing every single day and practicing new stuff whenever I sit down to practice. My goal is to get good enough to do local gigs! I think that would be a lot of fun.

Also I can feel the calluses on my fingers forming!! It feels so weird but it makes me happy because I know that because of where they’re forming (on the very tip of my fingers) I’m holding down the fretboard strings properly :D

[killurambitions]

i kinda gave up with guitar awhile back due to not being able to get that reflex and strength in my hand to actually do barre chords, i have a birth injury in my shoulder and have permanent nerve damage, and was technically born with a 'dead arm' which was completely limp, as a young kid i had five surgeries to be able to even move my arm.

i used to go to a camp for kids with the same birth injury, brachial plexus injury, and one year this one teenager came in with his guitar and played so amazingly despite his arm being in much worse condition than mine, his was one of the worse ive seen (im very lucky and the only one i know with this much improvement from what i had). but this guy played so unbelievably well with a huge passion and strength to pursue something so difficult to master, i only just now remembered him, but i think i want to try to pick my dusty guitar back up and try again. though i do know ill struggle a bit due to smaller hands and my birth injury, but ill give it another try and if i cant do somethin one way due to my limitations in my hand, ill try to do it another and alter the way to do it.