How Guitar Lessons Can Benefit Your Development

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How Guitar Lessons Can Benefit Your Development
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• Just imagine how boring life would be without
  music. Whether youre just a listener or a
  performer, this art form just has something
  special about it that no other will ever have. It
  is a temporal art form, meaning that it also has
  its time dimension. Every musical piece tells
  its story over time, ultimately sharing the
  initial idea or a feeling that the artist wanted
  to express.

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• And its such an immersive experience, both from
  the perspective of a listener and a performer.
  With this in mind, its pretty obvious that music
  and guitar lessons come with benefits for ones
  personal development.
• This is why we decided to dive more into this
  particular topic. Here, we will explore how a
  guitar can be a great tool for ones wellbeing
  and personal improvement.

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• More precisely, well go into the topic of guitar
  lessons and the process of learning how to play
  guitar and how that particular activity can
  provide benefit. After all, playing guitar itself
  is a bit more of a complex activity it may seem
  at first. Its more than just picking and
  strumming on its metal (or nylon) strings while
  pressing on the fretboard. And theres probably a
  reason why this instrument is so popular, even
  after all these years. So lets get into it and
  find out more about this topic.

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• Development of motor skills through guitar
  lessons
• While its hard to say what exactly is the
  hardest instrument to play, were safe to say
  that guitar is a relatively difficult one. At
  least when it comes to beginners. When you figure
  out how it all works, youll be able to transpose
  songs, switch things around, and find new ways of
  how to play it. But if youre new to it, it can
  be a bit puzzling.

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• Lets start from the very basics. The guitar is
  played by pressing its strings on the fretboard
  and by plucking them above the soundhole or
  pickups. Obviously, youre going to use two hands
  for these two tasks. And when you look at it,
  these are somewhat complex tasks that youre
  handling. 

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• Your fretting hand needs to do all the work
  flawlessly without making any empty spaces and
  stopping the flow. At the same time, your
  right-hand needs to hit the strings, either with
  fingers or with a plectrum. Looing at experienced
  guitar players, this seems really easy. However,
  these are all complex coordinated movements.

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• Knowing that each hand is doing its own thing,
  theres a lot of coordination involved here. This
  is exactly why guitar lessons and practice
  sessions can help an individual improve their
  motor skills. Theres also a lot of hand-to-eye
  coordination, which only supports this argument
  further.
• Obviously, this is something thats beneficial
  for younger ones. Nonetheless, its definitely
  beneficial for those who are learning how to play
  later in their lives.

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• It improves your memory
• But learning how to play is not all about
  figuring out what your left and right hands do.
  Youll definitely want to learn countless
  different songs, no matter the genre that you
  prefer. This, of course, engages your memory. Not
  to mention that youll have to memorize all the
  scale patterns and chord shapes on your fretboard
  while coordinating everything with your knowledge
  of music theory and its application on the
  instrument.

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• This is why learning guitar can help you improve
  memory. And its a skill that youll use in
  pretty much every aspect of your life. In
  combination with other benefits, it can even
  stimulate both your academic and professional
  career.

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• It stimulates your creative potentials
• However, we need to think past the superficial
  concepts of the instruments nature. Sure,
  getting everything to sound right is not that
  easy, and it clearly gives benefits. But what
  about reading between the lines? What about
  creating your own music and improvisation?

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• Almost every person who took up guitar wanted to
  write their own music. Or at least create their
  own arrangements of some of their favorite songs.
  And in most of the cases, this is encouraged on
  guitar lessons. Of course, you need to go past
  the basic stuff for that. But just imagine all
  the benefits youll get in other fields in life
  as well. You may not notice it at first, but
  youll slowly start applying more creative
  solutions to your other spheres of life.

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• Guitar lessons can teach you discipline
• While many think guitar is all about fun and
  enjoyment, theres a lot of discipline involved
  if you want to become good at it. The key to
  progress is to be persistent and to work on your
  set goals step by step each day. Its in some way
  similar to sports you need to do it every day,
  or at least 5 to 6 days a week, in order to
  become really good at something.

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• At the same time, its really easy to get
  distracted and just start noodling (playing
  random stuff) all the time. Sometimes, its
  really hard to keep up with your schedule and set
  goals. But by working on it, youll be able to
  improve your discipline.

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• Mental health and social benefits
• Just like any other instrument, the guitar is all
  about expression. Youll get another voice for
  expressing your innermost feelings. And imagine
  how great that is for ones mental health.
  Playing and practicing guitar is, in a way, like
  meditation as well. Youre present in the moment
  and are focused on what youre doing now.

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• In the end, it also brings a lot of social
  benefits. Its no wonder that the instrument
  became so popular. When youre the only person in
  the room who plays guitar, its as if youre
  under a spotlight. This is why it can also
  benefit those who need a little confidence boost
  in life.