Everyone will tell you something different... "You're not a real musician unless you can read music" - "you have to learn every detail about playing otherwise you're never going to learn how to play" - "Forget about reading and writing musical scores, that stuff is outdated" What's the correct answer? I don't know... But I have this really cool chart to share with you, for when you're ready to dive into reading music. More of an FYI... but very helpful in a pinch. Keep this image for future reference. Whatever you do... Just come back and check-in every once in a while, you might just find that final piece of your guitar playing puzzle. The answers to all of your questions. Speaking of which - any questions about reading or writing musical scores? Ask away and don't forget to tag @Benjamin Wood to get a knowledgeable response! Thanks for being here! Have you checked out our premium backing tracks? We'll catch you in the comments! 🙌🏽

Hi y'all. Some intro info, 69 yrs. old, started to play around with guitar 4 yrs. ago to help me cope with some mental & physical issues remaining from a motorcycle accident, and recover from vocal cord cancer. < lol ya should hear me sing Hahaaa. If I can I will post a video, but remember, I play only improvisational tunes & very few chords.

I am going to be a Grandfather! :)

Do any of ya’ll ever get frustrated with your actual ability versus your perceived ability to play guitar and any other instrument for that matter? In other words feel discouraged when you play worse than you think you should be?

Let's be honest about something - we're all here and periodically checking in here because... (Question at the end) We're self taught - which means, we don't want to pay for individual/private lessons, and not only do we not want to pay for the lessons, but we don't want "the lesson"... We take pride in our ability to take on the information we want - when we want to LoL... It's prideful and it's often done in vain because we don't truly get anywhere 😆 which is pretty comfortable 😍 but ultimately not useful... Taking lessons is one of the many paths to the all glorious "fretboard freedom" - lessons can give us what we're looking for as far as information goes but playing it yourself has always been the only way we've ever really learned anything. We all learn at our own pace and at our own speed... That being said - I'm here to ask another question! So let's do this with emojis 📸 🎥 📝 👨🏽‍🎓(Copy and paste your favorite options emoji) What is your preferred learning method? 📸Picture/diagram 🎥Video/audio 📝Instructionals 👨🏽‍🎓Raw un edited lecture Until then - here's an example Picture/Diagram you can have. - Mike