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A cheap acoustic guitar from Amazon… That’s what happens when you’re unemployed, you waste that little money you have… I can’t even play it, I though it would be easy to at least pretend to play it but nope, even those “easy to play songs” on YouTube are impossible for me and I’m negated in learning chords, now is a pretty dust collector that I want to destroy.
Also I guess cyberpunk 2077. That game isn’t what it promised to be.
Edit: people, you also can ask about the game, not just the goddamn guitar. Seriously, stop asking about the guitar, the post wasn’t even about music advice.
Seven Nation Army is single notes during the verses and it’s arguably the most famous guitar riff ever. Smoke on the Water is double stops, which are much easier than full chords, but the riff totally works with just single notes too. The first song I learned on guitar was the Hindu Times by Oasis because I really liked the riff and it’s msingle notes. Atomic by Blondie. Half of the Black Keys’ catalogue. Almost all of Knights of Cydonia by Muse, which isn’t a perfect example since the middle doesn’t fit but I bring up mostly because of how fun the rest of it is, and those parts are single notes.
But I’m not saying that you should just play root notes and be done. I’m saying that root notes are a useful stepping stone towards being able to play what you want. Can’t do chords? That’s okay, simplify it until it’s in a form you find approachable. Get comfortable with that version. Root notes aren’t interesting by themselves, but they sound good if you play along with the recording of the song. Once you’re comfortable, step it up a level and play power chords. They’re easier than full chords, but they sound good, and if you can play them then you have the entire world of rock guitar open to you. Once you’re comfortable with that, then making the step over to full chords is far easier than going there straight from nothing.
Lil Wayne can’t play for shit because he never learned to. It’s as simple as that. There are some people who are genuinely unable to, but for the vast majority of people it’s just a matter of developing a specific kind of dexterity that you otherwise haven’t trained at before. If you can type on a keyboard at a reasonable speed then your fingers are capable of doing the things that you need them to do to play guitar.
It’s okay if you don’t actually want to learn. Playing an instrument isn’t for everyone. The point of my comment is that trying to do chords straight away is like trying to run up a mountain on your first day of training for a marathon. Maybe try running one mile first. It’s okay if it doesn’t sound as good yet. Find interesting one-mile runs to do (songs that still sound pretty good with just single notes).
My point is that if someone as talented and that has music as his business as lil Wayne can’t play at all, it makes sense why I can’t play at all, especially such an impossible instrument.
“Musical talent” is not how anyone gets good at an instrument. Some people can get better a bit faster, some do it slower, but absolutely everyone without exception has to put in the work if they want to develop the skill. The only reason Lil Wayne plays guitar like he does is that he never learned much of how to play guitar. The fact that he knows a lot about other aspects of music does not change that. But what he plays seems to make him happy, so maybe he doesn’t need to learn any more.
Similarly, I’m a terrible violinist. I’m a good guitarist, I’m a competent bassist, and I know my music theory to a decent level. I’m still shit at violin because I haven’t practiced enough yet. You could have the musical prowess of Mozart himself, you’ll still be shit at guitar when you first pick it up.
Knowledge of musical theory helps, but you have to take the time to learn that anyway. Playing other instruments helps your sense of rhythm and your dexterity, but you still had to take the time to learn them. The only shortcut is if you have already done the work on a really similar instrument, but the point is you had to do the work on the first instrument.