The guitar’s accessibility, versatility, portability, & ideal shape, makes it a perfect fit for human musicking.
Music is a lifelong endeavor. Yes, we can learn to play using advanced systems that enhance & speed up the process, yet ’7 days to mastery’ or ‘be a pro in 10 easy lessons’ is impossible & a touch misleading. The kind of thinking that produces these types of learning systems can often be fragmented & reductionist.
Deciding on a longer arc of music discovery sets the conditions for steady growth. Integrating the guitar into our lifestyles is a noble objective with tremendous rewards.
Building a guitar lifestyle is based on process. The types of processes you choose to engage, determine outcomes. There are universals & naturals systems that give rise to technical & musical development, yet each of us has a unique set of mental, physical, cultural, & social factors that express themselves in highly individualized ways.
There is a monstrous volume of guitar information on earth. Yet, there is still much to learn. Knowing that each of us has something to add to the experiential library provides a basis for personal exploration, whether our discoveries make it into the public arena or not.
What is true is that all of us can enjoy a balanced guitar lifestyle, without needless commercial nonsense or cultural definitions of what it means to use the instrument.
