I love music (especially rock, metal, progressive metal, jazz and to a lesser extent classical, EDM, pop). I played some violin and oboe as a kid, and have dabbled with guitar since then.
At some points it was even guitar daily, instructors, working through drills, playing songs, etc. I'd practice the same way I practiced my oboe, can read music, learned my fingerings. At my best of over a year of consistent playing (and many years of inconsistent playing before that) I was still not a very good guitarist.
For whatever reason, I cannot seem to "get" lead guitar. Rhythm guitar, strum a few chords, play some power chords, keep a beat, know the songs yes. Anything beyond the most simple of riffs I just can't get, or get at any sort of speed. IDK, I guess I just feel like I've hit a permanent plateau that either I don't have the motivation, the skill, or something else to break through.
Has the time come to throw in the towel? Should I start learning something else? Do I just need to buckle down more, change teachers? Just kind of feeling frustrated...
Submitted March 12, 2021 at 05:55PM by Acceptable_Move_138 https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/m3qx7w/should_i_choose_a_different_instrument/?utm_source=ifttt