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I only started playing guitar like two or three months before I turned seventeen and I kind of worry that I'll always be kind of retarded as a musician because I started so late. Is it normal to be afraid of getiing interested in music relatively late?
No, not at all. It will depend more on your intelligence, musicality, lessons, study/practice habits & work ethic. Also, the guitar & pop music are pretty accessible. You are two chords away from calling yourself a "musician."
its never too late i used to think the same thing. Most of my friends started playing around age 8 and i didnt start playing till i was 13. and now our playing expierience are exactly alike. It depends on how much you want to know and learn it. If u just want to play guitar just because u want to be "cool" its not gonna work out well for ya. But if you want do to it because you want to then u can accheive much more.
Don't worry my friend. its never too late. Your enthusiasm may guide you to be awesome in only a few years.
Music isn't exactly like language in the way its learned. With language, you really do suffer if you miss that period of time during early childhood when your brain soaks up new words like a sponge. The later you begin learning a language, the harder you'll find it.
However, most people, child or adult, need the same amount off practice to learn to play a musical instrument. So, starting late means that you'll, of course, master the instrument later than someone who started at age ten, but it'll take you both about the same time to learn it. So, don't worry, you'll get there. You just have to be patient.
BTW, my brother thought he'd never play the guitar and was at maximum frustration after about a month of self-teaching. But after that first month, he suddenly got the hang of it. This was over the summer, and he fell out of practice while at school, but when he picked it back up over Christmas holidays, he found he still had the chords memorized, his strumming was still fluid, and he could still riff around a bit. So, you see, it's like learning to ride a bicycle, once you really "get it", you'll never forget it.
Hope this helps.
I started playing guitar when I was 6 and I'm 23 now, learning is 'supposedly' easier when you're a child because their brains are like sponges. Practice makes permanent though at any age, and yes I meant to say permanent not perfect :)
I think it's normal to be concerned you won't do well at a new activity, regardless of your age. But working at learning is more relevant to your success than your starting age.
I started around 12 and piano at 8 and i'm really good at piano now, and i'm okay at guitar. it doesn't matter the age you start at, however, you're not going to become good over night. music iis one of those things that you have to work at to become good. and guitar is one of those insruments that take years of skill . so just stick with it and don't give up music is a great hobby :]
I started around 18, and somehow I don't think I'll ever be as good as if I had started earlier, but if I'll can be even half as good, I can accept that.
No way! Alex Turner started around that time...(maybe a year earlier), and then a few years later: voila! Arctic Monkeys!
Some of the most talented people got their start later on in life...Vera Wang didn't start designing wedding gowns until she was in her 40s, and Julia Child didn't start cooking until she was in 40s, as well!
It's not how much experience you've had, but how you make the most of the time you've been given with your talent. Good luck!
it makes no difference. just practice. take lessons if you need help. theres even online lessons. you just have to try my man. patience, rome wasnt built in a day.
Yep. That's what I think all of the time. It doesn't help that listening to amazing music from other people can either have the effect of inspiring you or putting you off even trying.
However, music isn't about how young you start, it's about how much you love it and whether or not you're prepared to put in the hard work to get to where you want. Think about all the years ahead in which you can learn. There is plenty of time yet.
I started playing guitar when I was around 15-16, and I'm still mediocre, but I haven't given up hope ;) I'm learning more than ever nowadays. I've only just started to try seroiusly.
It may help to invest in something record yourself with. That way, not only is creative development easier - you can also measure how much you've progressed.
Dude I know what you mean, and trust me, learning late won't "make you retarded musically." Many great guitarists didn't start out playing at young ages. I have a friend who started when he was 18 and he's amazing. So don't worry, there's absolutely nothing wrong with starting music "late," you can pretty much start at any age and be amazing if you put time into it.