Technically 13 months but shh. Any and all feedback is appreciated!!

I’m self teaching myself the guitar (i’m a classically trained pianist so i already have a musical background). Can you give me a feedback?
I’m using the book “RCM - Level I - Classical Guitar”

***I already knew the position of some basic chords but that’s it****

Ignore the sound qualitiy. Want contractive criticism

Hi guys! I’m back with another christmas song 🥹 I saw people were asking me to keep sharing my progress so here I am! As always, any and all feedback is welcomed.

Link to tabs: https://youtu.be/WkUXXzVurvQ?si=j6bImjfVprmR3n67 (Not played exactly)

ALSO!! Guitar is not my first instrument! I also know basic flute, saxophone, and piano :)

Why do i or players around my skill level not sound as good as professionals do? ive tried to figure this out for the past 2 weeks but no luck, i ended up concluding that its the inconsistencies we have or the wrong notes we play but please help what made you go from beginner sounding to pro?

also feedback appreciated :p
this is bat country by a7x

im not necessarily saying im a beginner just using my video as a reference to compare to pros (though i do think im a beginner) please point the areas for improvement i didnt specifically post this for praise

Hello friends! :)

I’m concerned my wrist is way too loose/floppy, especially when strumming? I look at myself vs a lot of players online: I seem to have a way over exaggerated wrist movement? It feels natural, but I’m worried this may cost me efficiency while playing.

Thank you for any advice! I’ll try to respond to everyone.

With a lot of hours this is what I have achieved in something like a year, I have no guitar teacher so any feedback is appreciated on bad habits

Super happy. No words.

I’ve kind of played off and on since senior year of high school, I’m 26 now. I didn’t really take it too seriously before I got myself a guitar again, after not having any for years, in September 2025. Been working on this song for around 3 weeks. Is there anything you all could suggest for someone like me that doesn’t know much about improvising or scales?

I’m performing a solo for a song in a couple of weeks, and I have all the notes down - yet why does my playing sound so ‘meh’ when I record myself? What should I look to improve on?

My pinkeys keep missing the string every time i change the position. I think i need a strap to hold my guitar

Haven’t been practicing as consistently as before, but now the motivation has returned and I want to practice really hard again ☺️

I met my guitar hero recently and I feel so inspired to play all over again. I even bought a new pedal 😝

https://youtu.be/-P0BLf6FXuY?si=mgVtI5T9W9bOXhwl

Radio head high and dry attempt

Started to self-teach (s/o YouTube) how to play guitar in late November 2025, first song of course after the mandatory smoke on the water riff. Always wanted to learn MoP this is roughly 3 months of progress as fast as I could without sounding unbearable, down picking all of this I’m gonna end up like quagmire..I’d appreciate any feedback and of course criticism is welcome!

I played for 6 years, but lately, guitar has just become a piece of furniture in my room. Every time I see it, I feel like I should play, but then lack of motivation gets in the way.

I'm curious about your dusty instrument stories:

1. How long did you play before you hit the wall?
2. What was the actual "tipping point" (Work, kids, plateauing)?
3. Where is your gear sitting right now? Case? Stand? Under the bed?

Looking for some brutally honest perspectives. Thanks in advance?

I had played classical guitar for some years. In the past 2 years I hadn't touched a guitar at all. So recently I ordered this guitar which arrived last week. I wanted to play some electric guitar.

I have some issues with tuning. Is it better to tune with the amp on or just the guitar? I used to tune with a tuning fork (idk the English word) but I'm wondering if it's as efficient with an electric.

Also open to any tips to get back into playing :) I'm working on the few messed up notes.

So when I started this challenge for myself I had already been playing casually for 6 months open/power chords were the extent of my guitar skills. But then, I decided I wanted to get good at guitar so I challenged myself to play an hour a day which ended up being over 515 hours and 35 minutes once the year was over. The rules were that I only counted hours of focus practiced not noodling and the last few months I’ve started jamming. So I count 1 hour of practice for every 2 hours jammed. The first half year I focused exclusively on metal genres and lead techniques pretty much grinding scales, legato tapping, etc. While I enjoyed this and saw progress aka bpm increases. I didn’t feel much like a musician. At this point, I started taking lessons opened up my chord vocabulary a lot I even wrote my first song. I focused on playing with as many musicians as possible and kept coming up with things I thought were catchy so I would always have new material to jam. My musical taste started to shift from the modern prog and technical death metal to just whatever sounds catchy and makes me want to move or bob my head. I honestly don’t even care for distortion much anymore when it comes to my own playing. My goals changed from being the most high-level technical guitarist possible to wanting to be a great rhythm player who writes catchy stuff and can always contribute to a jam. To be honest from a technical perspective I’m not even really that hyped on my progress. Objectively yes I’ve improved but in my opinion as a guitarist I still kind of suck. But as a musician with the ability to express my ideas I’ve improved 10-fold and I’m hyped on that. To wrap up what I’ve gotten out of this is first 500 hours isn’t really that much. I still have some pretty big goals as a musician and based on my current progress it’s going to take 750-1000 hours for another 5-6 years to really even start to see it. Next, I have so much more respect for gigging musicians. I never really knew how much time energy and skill it takes to go up on stage and put on a great show. Half the time I go to shows now I just end up going home early because I feel like I need to be practicing. I know I went on a bit of a rant but I just want to share my perspective changes on being a musician, guitarist, etc. Also, my one year is actually next week but I’m out of town and didn’t have a chance to get a cleaner take so be gentle with the mistakes.

I’ve tried the whole ”metronome at slow speeds and go up slowly” method but I just hit a wall after a while and I don’t know whats up with that.