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“Everything is hard on guitar” – Matteo Mancuso explains why guitar is one of the hardest instruments to learn

Matteo Mancuso

There are few things more rewarding than learning to play the guitar. The satisfaction from successfully playing our first guitar chords, and then putting a few of them together, is hard to beat. And once you learn three, you are off to the races. The songs come next.

It doesn’t come easy though. Strings are tough on beginner fingers, particularly acoustic guitar strings, and especially when encountering barre chords. That first F major chord is like scaling Everest. But push on past and it’s worth it. Also, maybe it isn’t supposed to be easy. 

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