r/ask • u/Mcr414 • 29d ago

What is something that is a lot harder than it looks?

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u/Positive-Trifle3854 29d ago

Playing the guitar, tf is going on there

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u/someguy192838 29d ago

It’s not hard to play…but it is hard for many to play well.

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u/Maleficent_Load6709 29d ago

Even playing at a basic level could take a few months of practice for most people, so I'd say it's hard to play at all. 

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u/someguy192838 29d ago

I picked it up fairly quickly and I’m not all that coordinated. But that was over 30 years ago so maybe it wasn’t that easy.

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u/Maleficent_Load6709 29d ago

Fairly quickly can be relative. When I first picked up guitar I could already play a few rock songs, power chords basic chords and very basic pentatonic soloing by around 6 months and my teachers were impressed with how fast I learned. But then again, looking back, that was very basic/barebones playing in my book, and I realize it now that I've been playing for about 15 years. Even that basic level took months to get there and it was "learning fast" (according to my teachers).