Guitar lessons Edinburgh

Of all the skills you could choose to learn, learning to play an instrument is up there with the most satisfying.

Why?

Because what other skills regularly allow you to feel ecstasy, joy, and relaxation in the same session?

The guitar is an incredibly versatile instrument, and as such, what people get from playing it can vary wildly.

While homebodies may find that playing the guitar is a soothing and relaxing experience to unwind after a stressful day, outgoing folks may relish the opportunity to meet new people through the instrument and jam out to their heart’s content.

Playing the guitar can also be good for teaching you important life skills, namely discipline, hard work, and patience.

Without these traits, you’re unlikely to get very far with any instrument.

However, it’s through the process of playing and committing time to the guitar that you can cultivate these traits and those benefits can then carry across into other areas of your life.

If you can show up day after day to practise playing the guitar even when some days you don’t feel like you’re making much progress, then surely you can complete that course, meet that deadline in time, and stick to your fitness goals.

Playing the guitar could be one of the most important new habits you create for yourself, as it’s time out of the day that you are dedicating to learning a new skill, and perhaps more importantly, time that you’re carving out to have fun and enjoy yourself.

You never know, you may even find yourself developing newfound confidence over time as you improve your skills, which is yet another transferable trait that can serve you well in life.

What to expect working with a tutor

When you decide to take up a new instrument, you have two options available to you: you can either learn how to play using online resources and books alone or you can hire the services of a guitar tutor to guide you along the journey.

Of the two routes, one is exceptionally challenging and the other is challenging, but assistance is on hand whenever you need it.

You can look at this decision as if there were two forking paths on a trail that you had to pick between.

The first path is full of obstacles that could trip you up, make you turn around, or slow you down. The second is much clearer, and you see that there’s a guide on this path willing to help you find your way for a price.

The problem with the first path (self-teaching) is that you hold all the responsibility yourself. If you can’t find your way past the obstacles, then you’ll remain stuck. Remain stuck for too long, and your motivation to continue will wane, until the point at which you may even consider abandoning the path.

As such, we highly recommend working with a tutor, since this will provide you with the tools you need to succeed. With a tutor, you’ll have personalized feedback, a knowledge database to draw upon, and clear direction with your learning.

The main challenges of learning guitar

Most would-be guitarists pick up the instrument extremely confident that they’ll be proficient within a few months, and that it’ll be a breeze.

Unfortunately, this leads many of these beginners to quit much sooner than they had anticipated.

Learning an instrument is hard, there’s no way around that, and if you aren’t prepared to battle through frustration from time to time your chances of sticking with it are slim.

Know this, and you’ve won half the battle.

Find a guitar tutor on Superprof

If you’re based in Edinburgh or the surrounding area, you can use the Superprof website to find the perfect guitar tutor for you.

Using the search filters, you can find a tutor according to experience and skill level, as well as hourly rates.

You can also decide whether you want the classes to be in person or online, so whatever your circumstances you should be able to find a tutor that works for you.

Many tutors will even offer free sample classes to first-time learners, so if you want to see what the lessons will be like you can do so without spending a penny.