Learn Guitar at 60! One Month attempt at playing.

One month of guitar playing

[@maurashannon4797]

You have made great progress in one month! And that is a beautiful guitar with a wonderful tone. I am getting my first guitar this month- at age 69. Nevver too late to start.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Nice! Best of luck!

[@dannyreed2824]

1, you look great for being 60. 2, I hope you continued your lessons and have learned to play the guitar. I’m 56 and I’m just starting out, it’s better late than never!

[@learnguitarat6043]

Danny - best of luck. I'm not playing at the moment as I've taken up piano. Love both though.. The key for me was the teacher. I found an old school piano teacher that makes me learn everything - scales, technique, theory, etc. I really like her.

[@ExposingEvil_]

@@learnguitarat6043 How is piano going man? Make a video!

[@mylord4321]

Better never late In music. Good luck

[@DR-nh6oo]

craig barreres whenever is better than none

[@LostMountainRestoration]

I'm 62 and I've been taking lessons now for about 5 months. I played (noodled) around during my life on a couple of occasions, but nothing serious. I am struggling a bit with my decreased memory (not as sharp a pencil as I used to be). Learning triad and 7th inversions has been a real cognitive challenge, but forcing my mind to work again was a part of why I decided to go for it. Nothing of value is easy. Good luck with your journey.

[@BobMarshallBand]

I've been playing for 53 years. We have ALL started right where you are at now.

[@learnguitarat6043]

53 years.. Amazing. 👍

[@stevesls007]

You're an inspiration! All the best!

[@jameshaney3701]

I'm 66 and got 5 guitars and I'm going to learn to play one of them. Thanks for the encouragement

[@learnguitarat6043]

The very best in your endeavors

[@mylord4321]

Good luck it's a long road to the STAGE OF LIFE. BEEN THERE DONE THAT 40 YEARS AGO

[@danfoley4989]

Stay with it. I will be 60 this year and started taking lessons. Please keep us up on your progress.

[@matthewsewellmontegut3691]

Dude that was awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this video. I'm 65, written a couple of songs, and I'm still trying to get it. I look forward to learning from your next videos that I hope you post. - Matt

[@padrejuan7763]

!!! Greetings from Montréal, Québec, Canada !!! I am 62 yrs. old, I started playing guitar at 16 (1976) but did not put the effort or pratice to really improve my playing. At 62, closer to retirement, I want to start over, sit down and take the time to study what I should have done in my early years. Keep pratcicing, the best is yet to come !!! Beautiful guitar, I wish I had one like that, but being LEFTHANDED' they come to a more expensive price !!! Stay healthy and have fun enjoying your guitar !!! Cheers !!!

[@michaelmixon2479]

Very good start! Keep at it!

[@dennishowell1472]

I started at eighty one and I’m playing twenty songs like I’ve been playing for 5 years so go for ir mate👍

[@adriancoppin977]

Blimey. I hope I’m that good at 80+.

[@learnguitarat6043]

You go, Dennis!!

[@adriancoppin977]

@Milous hey. I started at 13 and carried on until I was 31…got married…sold my GLPC LH and my Marshall stack. Didn’t play again until I was 66 and retired. Started having lessons last January. Ordered a GLPC LH 57 reissue Black Beauty and still waiting for it. Bought a Fender Mustang 100w GTX, Boss pedal board and stomp boxes (Boss Waza) and I’m enjoying every minute! I use my Antoria SG copy. Oh yeah,mi also bought a Martin acoustic which is a beautiful guitar.

[@adriancoppin977]

@Milous I started playing at 13 in 1968 when the likes of Cream, Black Sabbath, Led Zep, Deep Purple, Free, Jethro Tull, etc, were hitting the streets. I stopped when I got married in 1981 as that took up all my free time, upgrading and cleaning home, visiting relatives. I had the good fortune to visit Memphis TN with my wife in 2014 and I visited what was then THE Gibson factory. I didn’t buy one! My wife asked why I didn’t, as we walked down the steps from the entrance to the footpath and I said that we had enough luggage and a guitar would be a big burden…regretted it ever since…which is why I ordered my GLPC LH 57 reissue Black Beauty at a cost of £6,500.

[@adriancoppin977]

@Milous I just want to spend my retirement by doing something relatively well that makes me happy and stops me from becoming senile after being inspired by J. Hendrix and J. Page. It was December 9th 1971 that I saw Led Zep live. They played for 3.5 hours and it cost a cool one pound sterling. It was at the Locarno Ballroom in Coventry and there was also a bomb scare.

[@judicoulter8969]

Good for you my friend.

[@modernhoghunter9537]

beautiful guitar. i'm 62, you're an inspiration to me. pls don't give up.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Hi Hoghunter! Yes the Yamaha is a beauty. Thanks for watching!

[@derekgibson1080]

Nice one bud, crack on with it you'll get there. Practice a little every day. Good luck an enjoy the experience 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@johnwolf3294]

This is inspiring, I'm going to start playing and I'm 57. I need a hobby and have always wanted to play

[@learnguitarat6043]

Hi John - best of luck playing!

[@michaeld.mahoney9106]

Keep on trying and learning. Don't give up.

[@stevenfisher2609]

Hope you’re sticking with it man. I started at 27 and am 39 now but you could say I’ve been playing 5 years. Just started picking again 2 weeks ago. Keep it up sir!

[@yudipitre5720]

I am 70 and don't have a month yet. So enjoy learning you doing great.

[@ernie548]

It's a great late stage life interest that can carry well into those years. Keep it up!

[@LeeKobe1]

Good job! Nice rig! I hope you stay with it. Got my private pilot's license at 55, and been flying now for 10 yrs. Never too old to learn!

[@rayberczik7251]

I'm 53 and started when I was 8. My mom and dad played also. I learned enough chords to play around a campfire and that was good enough for a long time. Last year decided I wanted to learn lead and been practicing on average of 4 to 6 hours a day on my scales, patterns, note locations etc. And it's been great. I hope you stick with it because there'll be a point real soon for you where progress comes really quick. You don't look 60 btw.

[@bama5490]

You're doing really good man keep up the great work

[@beercanbrian1880]

Rock on! Can't wait for the Jingle Bells video. Good deal. Gotta start with the lame songs. Gotta build a solid foundation.

[@johnnail4595]

Great job for one month in! Inspiring to me. I'm 58 and just picked one up. Learning some chords off of KZbin teachers. Soon ill be getting into chord chanhes which already has me freakin' out. I do a little and learn some, then ill get pissed and not pick it up for 4 or 5 days. But i am learning, self teaching through the great stuff on youtube. Wish you the best at continued learning!

[@johnmilligan6605]

Great stuff mate the Chinese thinker confuscus said thousands of years ago that every man has two lives .....the second one begins when we realise that we only have the first ! Kids today need a role model like you more than ever all the best from ireland

[@learnguitarat6043]

John I've been to Ireland a few times. Lovely there!

[@danwebb4418]

Johnny Cash loved Ireland so much that he wrote "The 40 Shades of Green" after a visit to our Green Isle....Best of luck to you , Slainte from Ireland...Eire..

[@gsavedra]

60 👍 Fun learning too!!

[@vertigo2112]

You look great for 60. Doesn't matter how old you are. I am a drummer for 30 years semi pro gigs. Started learning acoustic guitar at 42. Now at 50 I am playing solo gigs and singing. Knowing drums really boosted my progress believe it or not.

[@DEESyt]

Keep at it you are reading the music well done

[@maurice4407]

Very cool dude..keep on practicing

[@idraote]

Guitar or piano, congrats all the same. It takes initiative and character to take on a wholly new skill later in life. I wish you all the best.

[@notmyname8527]

Me too. starting again. The first time I learned from a book on an untuned guitar. There was no KZbin or any friends who knew how to play. The stings were 1/2 an inch from the fretboard, but I became a good strummer but pitch semi-deaf

[@mug2y]

Keep up the good work fella, your doing great👍

[@learnguitarat6043]

Thanks 👍

[@grahamcarruthers9337]

Ok, I'm 63 and have been an on and off drummer most of my life, I've played hundreds of gigs and decided to leave the drums and learn guitar in my later years. I've been going for about 3 weeks and I'm starting to get hooked, albeit with sore finger tips. Well done brother, you sure have a nice guitar to play on. BTW I hope your still going

[@haroldstanberry3978]

I just turned 60 yrs had my epiphone almost a month I have played about 4 simple songs on simply guitar. I have to stop and practice and go back to the app like a test. My very first song will be knocking on heavens door almost ready right now I have been practicing no looking. Nice to see people at our age injoying this journey.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Best of luck Harold. Great hearing from you.

[@barruzza]

I found that learning on an acoustic was much easier. But that's a very nice guitar.

[@raydanielz9408]

So great and inspiring. I am 60 and hooked on learning theory on KZbin. Got challenges with stiff fingers even though do exercise them as much as possible. Can't wait to get my own guitar asap.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Hi Ron. Best of luck in your endeavors. I wish you the best.

[@vincentlizzio]

Bravo Man! respect!

[@steve0623]

You’re on the right track, keep at it

[@learnguitarat6043]

Thanks Steve 😄

[@colink4823]

Great vid, good on you

[@richardfettig5974]

call me when you want to sell your guitar... hahha just kidding ! keep rocking your doing great !!

[@AlSnoopsReid]

Well done my friend, it looks like I'm not alone in starting to learn guitar at an advanced age, I'm 68. The boss (read "wife") has told Santa to get me a guitar for Xmas and I'm very much looking forward to starting, AGAIN!. I tried to self teach the guitar about 12-15 years ago, but after a couple of months, having made little or no progress, I sold the guitar and all that went with it. I'm definitely much more optimistic this time because of all the videos, websites etc, that are freely available on the internet. The one drawback, I feel, is that my hands aren't as supple as they were last time, but I'm hoping that doing finger exercises will loosen the joints off a bit. If anyone has any advice regarding a particular learning method, perhaps what you find is working for you, I'd be extremely grateful to receive their hints and tips. Many thanks and the best of luck to each and every one of us, "older" beginners.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Best of luck in your musical quest!

[@terrancemattoon6869]

I’m relearning at 72 after a 40 year layoff.It’s not like riding a bike.Having to learn everything all over again.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Best of luck to you. I'll bet some of it comes back to you after you've been playing again.

[@drumstick894]

Gorgeous guitar wow

[@learnguitarat6043]

Thank you Drumstick! I think the Yamaha is a real bargin.

[@russscott552]

I'm 80 and learning the blues, cause now I have live the blues.

[@learnguitarat6043]

As the saying goes, youth is wasted on the young.

[@MrHarley950]

there's lots of great tutorials on youtube. keep going. the more you play the better you'll get.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Thanks, will do!

[@duaneulman9915]

Thank you

[@stevehtml5490]

Welcome to da' club . 65 now , been pissin' off since I was 10 , figured now or never . Just sad my Mom never really got to hear me apply myself , bought me my first Zebco for Christmas , don't want her to think she wasted her money . No funk like Ol Geezer Funk ! Yeah , I know it's only rock n roll , but I LIKE IT ! Don't give up man , we only get better ( Tip : get familiar w/ circle of 5ths , eyeopening ! ) Using Grote ES 335 from Amazon , an' LOVIN' IT !

[@learnguitarat6043]

Rock on!

[@dokarman1110]

Very inspiring!! I started to learn guitar nearly 50 in the pandemic situation…..at least corona make me to use my spare time better already😂😂😂

[@1974xaviers]

Good effort 👍 for a beginner

[@suminshizzles6951]

I initially started when i was 17. Self taught more or less with others giving me some stuff that i could play such the house of the rising sun as it was simple enough with just a few chords. I also like riding a road bike (bicycle). I smashed my fretting pinky against a car in a safeway parking lot and broke it when i was 22. The pinky is now permanently bent downward at a 45 degree angle. This made fretting with the pinky extremely hard. It was at this point i slowly stopped playing and the guitar went in its stand. Only picked it up now and then. Then because of movign house ect i sold it. Now, 30 years later, i jsut picked it up again thsi month. I had to work on how to play the old stuff as a lot of it was nearly forgotten. I never forgot the chord shapes though. So in the first three frets i know most of the most frequently used chords ( A, Am, B, Bm, D, Dm, E, Em, F, Fm and so forth up the scale, the 7th variants of those and some sus ones but not all). I taught myself a few 3 chord progressions, A, E, D for example or Am C G and began to do what i call a turn around as it resolves back to root. Just keep at it. When doing chords take your time to lay the fingers down and make sure the string sounds clean. The chord change speed will improve with time and before you know it chord changes are not much at all and you will be thirsty for more. At 51 i am in the same boat as you pretty much. Starting over. House of the rising sun = Am C D F Am E Am E. At least that was the way i was taught. Happy i started to rem how to play wish you were here. Pink Floyds wish you were here was the song that got me into guitar.

[@learnguitarat6043]

I'm happy to hear that you are back to playing! I have to do the same myself but I need lessons. COVID is partially over so there is a good chance I can get back to it!

[@suminshizzles6951]

@@learnguitarat6043 Wanna blow your mind? This was suggested by YT to me yesterday evening. * years too late. It seems. kzbin.info/www/bejne/emqamINjZt-sp7M

[@groovymoon]

64 and "re-beginning"... Nice Yamaha.... no Yamaha is a "knock-off".. Good luck on your journey Stopped playing in my late 20's... wish I hadn't

[@We_are_the_light]

Good for you brother. Stay at it. Love that guitar

[@u.s.a.198]

Awesome! I'm 56 same situation.

[@learnguitarat6043]

You got this! Best of luck.

[@davekennedy8626]

Man! Huge respect 🙌🏼 playing those lame-ass songs is bad enough but to put yourself on KZbin doing it? You have mega cojones, bro. Good for you to get at it. I hope you’ve continued your guitar journey.

[@edwardsmith1751]

Just starting out learning how to play six string acoustic guitar using ChordBuddy. I'm in my late 50's almost 60 myself. Nice guitar you have there, It looks & sounds good!!! I also own a Fender Squire Mini Electric Guitar with 10 watt amp!!!

[@davidcole8200]

You're not so good but way better than me. I started last night. I practiced tonight with some KZbin tutorials. My fingers are sore so I know I made at least some progress. Couldn't take any more so I'm now playing my drums. I've been playing drums on and off since 6th grade. They have always interrupted me from other instruments. I got good enough at keyboard where people act like I'm just so very good. I'm not as good as they think. I fake it real well with strong drummer hands and arms and a great interest in music and years of doing it. With all that said heres how it works. Unless you are just that super overly gifted virtuoso person which most of us are not than it's going to take lots of practice time. Even the best need to develop whatever they are gifted with. Figure at least a half hour a day or more if you want to get good. If you want to become professional work at it more than an hour a day. For most of us it's not so easy and it takes a lot of dedication and time. When I was a kid I put on headphones and played along with the radio and my sisters albums. Fortunately she had Hendrix, The Who, The Beatles, etc. I hammered them out over and over when I couldn't even finish some. Gradually I got better and stronger, like Steve Austin, and began playing rush. I couldn't even finish 2112. Eventually I could finish side one and then side two. But it took months. But I did it and I did it well. So stick with whatever you are trying to accomplish. For most of us it doesn't come easy.

[@basthejokester]

I would have guessed you were in your 40s without the title. You're aging gracefully

[@learnguitarat6043]

Thank you..! I'm 66 now and I'm considering making a video of my daily workouts. The trick would be to keep it concise enough to be 'watch-able'.

[@murrayreid2644]

Good for you. Starting at 63 lol.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Great to hear! Happy Holidays!

[@adriancoppin977]

Hey young ‘un, I’m 67 and just started learning. In October 2020 I ordered a left handed Gibson 57’ reissue Black Beauty Les Paul Custom, triple HBs, Bigsby, etc, etc, and I ain’t getting it before May 2022. So I’m using an Antoria SG copy. I’m determined to play Don’t Fear The Reaper before Xmas, along with BIGLY (it’s the initialisation of a Led Zep song) and John Barleycorn Must Die. How you progressing? Good I hope.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Best of luck!

[@adriancoppin977]

@@learnguitarat6043 cheers. I love playing and have lessons every week. Something I should have done 50 years ago, but I was skint then!

[@George199144]

Much respect, sir!

[@learnguitarat6043]

Much appreciated! Thank you for watching.

[@yudipitre5720]

You did great, I wish I could that. Beginner not easy learning from utube. What a headache.

[@learnguitarat6043]

I agree about learning from KZbin - not easy!

[@Trehugindrtlvr1]

Keep shredding, man! Would love an update...

[@aureliomartinez2633]

Looks like everyone commenting are golden people I'm 60 I started 2 years ago super hard to learn because my mind is thinking in two lenguages and play and sing though But always looking forward

[@learnguitarat6043]

Best of luck in your quest!

[@richardbrucemusic]

Wow - you sure didn't go for a beginner's rig! I have an old Yamaha SA800 and they are indeed very well-crafted instruments. Good start for only a month. Would love to know where you're at now and if you feel lessons are important or helpful. BTW, the effects were a little overboard but it kinda sounded like a banjo. Was that your intent?

[@theariesexperiment4642]

Damn brother!!! You DO NOT LOOK 60. So I've been playing for 27 years now. I took lessons for 3 years early on. I never learned theory or how to read music. I can read tab of course. But I just wanted to tell you that lessons are great,....but you will get much further, much quicker, if you can find some who has been playing for at least 8 to 10 years and is into the music you like. At this early stage in your journey,.. it's much more beneficial to play along with someone and have them show you those LITTLE THINGS that the book your studying simply wont. Hand on is the best way. Theory is like school,....its important to a degree. But you'll use very little of it in real world playing situations. Just being honest here. Beautiful guitar by the way. I just started a channel and have one video up. Give check it out and let me know what you think. Keep it up. Your on your way.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Thank you for the comments! I'll have to visit your channel as well :-)

[@bobbab5759]

Did you keep up with it? That's an awesome guitar, btw. Yamaha is great.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Hi Bob. I didn't keep up with it but I'm retired now and may go back. The Yamaha is a great guitar..!

[@golf4ubacknine768]

I love Yamaha guitars . Was wondering how your making out with guitar almost six years later ?

[@domhunt6488]

Bro is out here at age 60 looking 35 instead

[@drumstick894]

No shit right?

[@robertwatson5104]

I learning at 60 too

[@robertmessier2005]

Have fun bud

[@ginopini8503]

Learning from a book might slow you down unless you want to learn how to read music however you don't need to be able to read music to play. I hope you stuck with it whatever method you choose it comes down to practice practice practice

[@Josmart53]

✌👍

[@learnguitarat6043]

Thank you!

[@justinkrann7406]

JUST LEARN BLUES SHUFFLE AND MINOR PENATONIC SCALE. Mix them with power chords and your ready for a band! Good luck tho sir it looks good on you!

[@123xconnieb]

I started with that book too and I hated it!

[@rayward3835]

Would like to know how you are playing years later. I'm 67 and in my fourth month on learning.

[@learnguitarat6043]

For monster is fantastic. I’m also 67 now. Hi have stepped away from the guitar and I’m playing piano now. I love guitar and would like to get back to it give him the time. Right now I’m focusing on the piano. Thanks and best of luck with everything.

[@rixpix2957]

Damn brother. You're 60? You look 40 tops. What's ur secret? Lol. Good video.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Hi Rex - workout nearly every day. Thanks for the kind comments!

[@rixpix2957]

Learn Guitar at 60! You bet. Just turned 60 and have been working out for a while. Not going to let my wife see this video until my results are better. 😁 Been drumming 40 years and just picked up guitar. Really inspired by your video brother. Thanks!

[@markjohnston3790]

I can put you onto a guitar teaching site which is cool if your interested I can give you more information?! Mark UK

[@goffdroid]

🤘🤘 dig it you still playing ? Update

[@learnguitarat6043]

No unfortunately but I may start up again. I'm retired now!

[@mbriggs4627]

So you are 67 now ? I'm 64 and just bought my first guitar in over 50 years, trying not to get on my wife's nerves practicing too much.

[@learnguitarat6043]

That’s awesome! Great for you I wish you the best.

[@josephreynolds4899]

Better late than never

[@nerad1994]

Damn 60? I would’ve guessed like 50s

[@randysimmons9838]

Just learn some blues man...blues shuffle and some licks

[@markjohnston3790]

Hey Greg did you quit playing the guitar?! Mark UK

[@learnguitarat6043]

Hi Mark - sorry I never get on here... Yes - for now - I've stopped playing the guitar and I'm taking piano lessons. The key IMO is the teacher. I will pick up the guitar again but for now - piano!

[@learnguitarat6043]

Hi Mark - I took up piano!

[@josedcascais1050]

maybe you will need more tha 60 eyears to finish OH ZUzana

[@italianbaboon9970]

are you still playing ?

[@learnguitarat6043]

I hit the pause button but will get back to it.

[@learnguitarat6043]

Not at this time. I hope to get back to it!

[@graceandtruthfellowship4347]

Do you do not look 60! I'm 38 and thought you were my age 🤣

[@learnguitarat6043]

Thank you - I really appreciate it :-)

[@prateekbhardwaj9943]

ypu look like 38 year old not 60