People also have different abilities, so being able to switch chords or feel a rhythm might come easier to some than others. We all have busy schedules, which means being efficient should be a priority. A metronome counteracts your tendency to speed up and slow down while playing, keeping you in time and building a sense of rhythm. Consistent, shorter practice periods are better than inconsistent, longer sessions.
Ten minutes each day during the week is much better than one hour on Saturday. Being able to strum a few chords around a campfire and being able to play Hendrix solos or complex heavy metal are very different propositions.
It may sound cliched, but it is true that a guitarist never truly stops learning. Even if you have devoted thousands of hours over dozens of years, there is still the potential to learn a new technique or get better at a new style of playing. For this reason, it is important to work out what sort of level you want to reach to work out how long it may take you. If your plan is to get to the point where you can play along to some of your favorite songs, have a singalong with your friends or just be able to enjoy picking up a guitar and making it create a pleasant sound rather than a buzzing mess, a basic level of proficiency may be all you need.
If you want to be in a punk band and only ever play really simple songs, you may be able to get by with relatively basic knowledge. If, however, you want to play with professional musicians and be able to play complex solos and musical arrangements then you will need a professional level. When people get started, they often want to know how many weeks or months it will take before they can play songs.
This is pretty useless as a metric. If a matter of minutes every day is all you can manage then it will be years rather than weeks before you can play full songs. Practice hours is the key consideration. If you are dedicated enough to spend two hours or even more each day on learning how to play guitar then you might start to pick things up very quickly. Using the table above, it is simple to work out a rough timeline for your own playing and the level of playing you want to reach.
Divide the practice hours required by how many hours you are willing to put in each day and you will get a rough estimate of how many days it will take to get to your desired level.
Of course, this is not gospel. There are many different variables that can impact how long it takes, as we explore later in this guide. Around hours is an average length of actual practice hours to get to some level of proficiency. So, if we extrapolate that into an example timeline with practice time, it is easy to estimate when you might be able to play to a basic standard.
Tom starts to play the guitar completely from scratch. Though he played a little bit of violin at school when made to do lessons, he has never really understood much about how music works and is a total begginer.
If Tom were to dedicate 30 minutes a day for six days a week, this equates to three hours a week. This means in just under a year he will probably be at a level where he can play quite a few songs but his technique will be far from perfect.
If Tom can give two hours a day to your hobby for five days a week, he can expect to be playing to the same standard in just a few months. WIth this level of dedication and the right learning resources, he might even be at an intermediate level. The hour guidelines in our table are simply a rough estimate. Practicing multiple times a week will ensure that the knowledge sticks in your mind, and improve the muscle memory and even the hand strength required to play guitar.
While some guitars look fancy, picking one that is a better fit will make your learning experience much easier. There are many types of guitar, but we always recommend a steel-stringed acoustic guitar as a beginner guitar. Pro tip: Keep you guitar OUT of its case and somewhere you can see it and pick it up easily.
You will play much more if you do this. Why do you want to learn guitar? There is no wrong answer here, but knowing what you are aiming for will help you measure your progress. With all goal setting, the more specific you can get into your reason why you want to learn guitar, the easier it will be to track your progress. Your musical journey is long and has lots of fun twists and turns.
Once you set your guitar goals, be sure to work backwards from that step to the smallest, easiest step. For example, most songs follow a similar format: intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, bridge, verse, chorus, and outro. This would change your goal from learning the whole song at once to learning a section at a time. Keep challenging yourself. While it might be fun to just learn a handful of songs and move on, your skills will improve every time you stretch your limits.
Join over , other guitar learners and subscribe to our guitar-tips-by-email service. In other words, each session gives them a massive amount of benefit for very little time. If they increased from swimming twice per week to three times per week, they will notice that their performance increases over time.
Each swimming session for an average person has a massive impact on their health and performance. Now imagine a swimmer training for the Olympics. Each additional hour the Olympic athlete trains per day has very little impact on their performance, but Olympic athletes need to squeeze every last drop of performance gains as they can.
The difference between winning Gold and Silver is measured in fractions of a second. So they need every little gain possible. So why does this guide say that long practice sessions are ineffective when elite athletes or musicians train for long hours every day? The key point is that the Olympic athlete has built up to that level over many years.
They would burn out on the first day. If they do get through the 4-hour session, not much out of that session will sink in. The key point from this guide is that it is possible to get better performance in less time by using shorter practice sessions. By all means, practice as much as you want per day, just make sure you take regular breaks and stop practicing if you feel unfocused.
If you have plenty of time available to practice, go for it. Now that you have an idea of how long you should spend practicing guitar, what should you work on? Somebody who wants to strum an acoustic guitar to accompany their singing needs to practice very different things compared to the guitarist who wants to cover some rock, blues, or metal songs. Find out what you should practice on guitar by reading this guide on Creating an Effective Practice Routine. The guide walks through how to think about and plan your practice routine and includes examples of what you might want to work on.
Yes, it is possible to practice too much on guitar. Your mind needs time to reflect on what it has learned. Imagine somebody teaching you a language and trying to teach you new words every day. The Law of Diminishing Returns explained earlier can seriously reduce the effectiveness of too much practice. Let your mind rest and reflect on what you have practiced. Learn more about practicing too much in this guide. One hour of guitar practice per day is more than enough to see rapid improvements in your abilities.
Split the practice session up so you have a couple of short breaks. Shorter practice sessions are significantly more effective than one long session.
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