going back to playing the guitar
i have been playing the guitar for the past month now. i got into rock, and i find toru yamashita from one ok rock cool. i heard their acoustic version of renegades, and found the guitar sound nice! and thought "i want to play that" so i learned it.
it took me a while to get the strumming pattern right, to be on beat with the music, to be able to play the full song, strumming pattern and that.
renegades (acoustic) - one ok rock
the strumming for the chorus was the part i wanted to learn the most.
and when i did….. i felt so happy.
i’m glad i have hobbies to fall on to. i’ve been stressing about essays, reports, tests, lectures. to take a break i decided to play the guitar instead.
i also find that physically doing something, and my brain having to do “fun” work is rewarding. it’s like giving myself a treat for the academic work i do.
i have been playing the guitar for years now but mainly strumming and play songs with basic chords. i got bored of it or was picky with songs i want to play. if it has a ton of barre chords, i won't play it.
this time around, i want to try harder. i want to learn new things in the guitar.
i started to learn finger picking. i avoided it the most because it was difficult. that’s mama's guitar playing style, while i was a strummer. she said it was easy for her than strumming. when she played my guitar it was so natural for her. i thought about how my dad also plays the guitar. i forgot if he was a strummer or mama's style as well, or maybe both.
i always find myself thinking “what have i been doing?” for different things. i want to start or continue doing things. even if i don’t get immediate results, and it’s never immediate results anyways. it takes years, a lot of practice and learning, to reach the level i have in mind.
i just have this thing where if i can’t figure out immediately i give up on it.
not this time, i want to stick with things and even if i get sick of it, i’ll take a short break and go back.
i want to try harder for things, maybe they also think “june just keep going, just stick to it and you'll see” idk who they is, my guitar, my art materials, my hobbies.
could be anything really.