I Love Playing Guitar

What is so alluring about this particular instrument, the guitar?

I started playing guitar too late in life to become very good at it. I didn't have the inborn skill either, even though I'm pretty good at drums. Yet I probably enjoy playing guitar as much as any virtuoso does - all the time, in fact. How can that be, when the sound I produce on a guitar just isn't very impressive...?!

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Unsatisfiedstace · 51-55, F

Yes! Some players do have the ability to project the feelings of it I think. I dont know quite how to put it into words...two players can play the same piece....the notes are the same but one may be better at projecting the feeling better than the other. I can hear one and think....man - that was a great tune....the other playing the same can make me close my eyes - throw my head back and make me say....DAMN - that was amazing.

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Unsatisfiedstace · 51-55, F

Lol. You definitely sound like part of the Rush cult following. I was always a Van Halen girl. Don't hate!
I listened to the ESL version. ❤️ Brilliant!!!

Becket · 56-60, M

@Unsatisfiedstace: Heh, yes, I'm an old Rush fan all right. But Van Halen was an even earlier guitar influence on me. Do you remember Eddie single-handedly kicking Disco's butt out of the Top 40? (Or did I just imagine that's how it went?).

Unsatisfiedstace · 51-55, F

@Becket: I think you remember it perfectly.

SW-User

guitar is not always about the sound it generates, but the feeling. the feeling one gets hearing it, and the feeling one gets playing it. It's an expression of one's self. It's an extension of one's self, and whether you're Eric Clapton, or a 14 yr old boy practicing in your bedroom, the guitar can lift your spirits and create euphoria.

Becket · 56-60, M

Yes! Euphoria is the word I was looking for. It must have something to do with what is going on inside your own head, versus the objective experience that your audience has while listening to you play.

Maybe "good" guitar players have a special ability to transfer that inner feeling to other listeners somehow.

Ynotjenn · F

My husband plays...all the time. And his guitars collection keeps growing. He thinks I don't notice 😋

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Ynotjenn · F

@Becket: I don't judge 😇

Becket · 56-60, M

I walked right into this...

Ynotjenn · F

@Becket: yep ;)

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