how hard/easy is it to learn to play guitar if you alreayd have some musical experience?
Question by tierra: how hard/easy is it to learn to play guitar if you alreayd have some musical experience?
i play clarinet and would LOVE LOVE LOVE to learn how to play guitar. but i was just wondering if my experience with clarinet would at least help me a little bit with learning how to play guitar?
thanks in advance.
Best answer:
Answer by Rachel_S165
Well, you already know how to read treble clef, which is helpful. And you already have some idea of the commitment of time and effort necessary to learn an instrument well, so you’re not as likely as some to buy a guitar and get discouraged and quit when you realize you won’t be able to play well enough to join a rock band after a whole month of practice 
You also understand and appreciate the usefulness and importance of learning scales and such.
Your actual playing experience on clarinet won’t help — playing a stringed instrument is a whole different physical experience and requires you to develop different musical muscles, literally and figuratively. You’ll need to learn chords and rhythm patterns and think as an accompanist rather than as a melody player. You can also play melodies and solos on guitar but unless you choose to play solo instrumental classical or fingerstyle guitar, most of the time you’ll be accompanying someone’s singing — either your own or someone else’s — and that requires knowledge of chords and rhythms and the sensitivity to back up someone’s singing in an appropriate and tasteful way .
But I think you’ll do well. Go for it!
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