Pianist Learns Guitar in 30 Days

[@marco_rigoni_]

Having Yvette Young as your first guitar teacher isn't half bad

[@DovidM]

Depends. Not every guitarist has sat down with someone just picking up the instrument, and given them pointers on, for example, how to position your left hand to avoid a repetitive stress injury. The best guitarists are not always the best teachers.

[@spiritdetectived6006]

I think she was also a pianist to begin with so its kinda perfect

[@Fletcer]

and having your first guitar being sent to you by fender isnt half bad either

[@marco_rigoni_]

@@Fletcer so true, let's throw in a free amp as well

[@SpaceCattttt]

Never heard of her.

[@N0THANKY0U]

as someone who's been playing guitar for 20 years ish, this is insanely impressive you learned super fast.

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

the hardest part of learning an instrument is not the instrument. It is the music. She is already a talented musician so the music she does not need to learn, just the mechanics. I have been playing guitar and teaching for 35 years, I started learning the piano at the same time as my 17 year old son and it was way easier for me, because I already have a strong handle on music as a language and he has nothing.

[@00CooG00]

@@TheCompleteGuitarist This. I think multi instrumentalism is a bit overhyped. Don't get me wrong it's impressive when someone has put in the time to get mechanics down of playing the different instruments. But ALOT transfers between. Rhythm, Timing, Feel, and the theory and the notes are the same. It's like computer games. If you are awesome at Couterstrike, you'll have a pretty good starting point with Something like Valorant.

[@midiman5045]

Agreed I have been playing for over 40 years, But you have to remember by her playing the piano ( I mean very well ) she had finger coordination under control where as when I started it was all new. So I was starting from scratch . Nice that fender sent her an amp and guitar. I think she should learned on a acoustic first, becasue Nahre unless you are paying a 3 or 4 k guitar and you think and electric hurts your fingers the acoustic will hurt even more. Nice work on your song at the end and yes the input was helpful added to your piece.

[@martinjohnson2549]

As a purist, I'd say that She should practice form and build correct structures for several months before actually playing anything.

[@TheCompleteGuitarist]

@@martinjohnson2549 music first technique when necessary

[@secretpianojournal]

Appreciate you showing up on day 12.

[@NahreSol]

Thank you 🥹

[@LordBokito]

haha this was very relatable as well. As a kid I didn't have proper discipline but with my current piano learning I force myself to practice every day even if it's 1 minute when I don't feel like it at all (but it will probably turn out to be more anyway anyway 😅)

[@jonathandraper7065]

⁠​⁠Showing up is crucial - it’s kinda the spine of discipline. I play guitar in addition to other instruments. I just tell myself I have a choice each day - play or don’t. So I play.

[@danielcillie1856]

​@@NahreSolas a non-professionally trained casual guitarist, I feel like you maybe jumped into the deep end with trying to start with scales and single note plucking. Though it might serve you better in the future because you get to know the fretboard better, so it has its merit. Maybe reverse a little bit to just strumming chords and feeling out the percussive element of the guitar next, it will be easy for you to pickup on and feel more rewarding quicker. I think it will keep you coming back for more, achieving step one of learning (showing up). It will also help a lot learning the shapes of the caged system. But maybe that's just me.

[@RebecaGarces-mb4yn]

Dios les llama al arrepentimiento. Nosotros pecadores merecemos el infierno por haber roto la Ley de Dios; nuestra propia conciencia nos condena. Por eso, Jesucristo (Dios en la carne) murió en la cruz. La Ley fue violada, pero Cristo pagó la multa. Él sufrió en cambio, como Sustituto, y resucitó después de tres días y vencio a la muerte. Ahora está sentado a la diestra del Padre. Arrepiéntase y ponga su fe en la Persona y obra de Cristo, y entonces así será salvo de la ira de Dios. “Porque por gracia sois salvos por medio de la fe; y esto no de vosotros, pues es don de Dios; no por obras, para que nadie se gloríe.” (Efesios 2:8-9)

[@thefieldbeast]

As a guitarist of 16 years, it's super impressive how quick you were able to pick this up! Very well done, and i hope you continue your guitar playing journey!

[@ermonski]

Transitioning to a different instrument is somewhat easy. A lot of skills are transferrable like rhythm, pitch recognition, chords. The main challenge will be the mechanical part of the instrument as different instruments obviously play different. That being said she played awesome for someone who only learned in 30 days than most people do in 2 years

[@occamseraser]

Just amazing to watch. I often tell my guitar students that you aren’t really in control of one instrument, you’re in control of six tiny instruments. The interplay between the six strings just manifests in so many different ways (vertical, horizontal, CAGED, 3NPS etc) and it’s up to them to find their own language for navigating it. Most of us guitarists are collectors of shapes (scale forms, chord forms, intervals) and as such, most pro guitarists have boss relative pitch abilities, and understand intervals really well - it was the first few days of your video that showed me how much of a true musician you are. Absolute speed run at learning, please keep going!

[@AlexBasaCo]

As a guitarist that's been following Nahre Sol for years, this is the video I've been hoping for and anticipating the longest, lol

[@ericharrison742]

right with you. i've selfishly harbored a hope that she'd ditch piano so she'd apply her perspective to guitar so i could learn even more from her.

[@Naomi_davis]

Yes

[@JulianCastelle23]

Same! Haven't picked up the piano in years and have been mostly using stringed instruments but Nahre Sol's perspective in music applies very well to all kinds of instruments, genres, and just the general philosophy of studying music

[@cisium1184]

Wait until she discovers alternate tunings.

[@jj53368]

Just want to mention how the vulnerable moments in this video really resonated. Whether it’s Day 12 or the “ok, I really give up for today” on 15. I appreciate you showing those real moments!

[@carAddd]

13:03 yvette is so cool man i know she was thinking about the hum and how the mic was picking it up as well as a natural instinct as a guitarist

[@NahreSol]

She’s the best!!

[@Marta1Buck]

​@@NahreSolliterally one of the best

[@Vendetta093]

I've been playing guitar for almost 14 years, and you learned in only 30 days? It took me much longer than 30 days to learn everything you've learned, and I'm still learning so much more. Kudos to you for learning so fast.

[@squidcap5059]

Learning a second instrument is MUCH faster than your first one. It seriously cuts from years to months and weeks. And the more instruments you learn, the easier it gets, to a point. Mastering them take a long time but for a concert pianist learning this much guitar, is good for sure, that is fast but.. not that surprising. Finger dexterity and learning to command each finger separately, that is the biggest thing, and then learning musical theory. Those two alone are tremendously difficult to learn the first time as you are teaching your brain to have new connections. Learning a second instrument is basically just mapping those learned things again, you are not "inventing" things but implementing what you already know.

[@adampezzuolo5618]

i'm doing the exact opposite! i started playing the piano after 20 years of training on the guitar, this video was very very interesting

[@zergnub7426]

How are you getting on?

[@mattelder9147]

Also just started piano. Finding it fairly intuitive. Having independent control of my hands has been a great jumping point.

[@michaelburns4020]

@@mattelder9147 there's yet another major jumping point, when you join the two. Hard to explain what I mean, but watch several videos of Charles Berthoud on the Bass, and you'll soon understand what I mean. He can tap that thing with both hands, just like playing a piano, and on rare occasion, I believe he's done the same on a guitar as well. It's mind blowing...

[@squidcap5059]

Remember correct posture. She said that learning piano didn't hurt. She had a teacher who made sure she sat in the correct posture and height. It is essential for your hands to move right and for you to not hurt yourself.

[@wnxickwaafrlw]

Seeing a proficient musician explore a new world of music and technique is always so cool to watch

[@zoolxp]

The speed of learning is next level with you. What a legend.

[@bradspitt3896]

By the way y'all are talking i thought she was about to play eruption 😂. Was still impressive tho

[@elliotttadanier5971]

Regarding your comment about the electric guitar being pleasant to play unplugged - I agree. You can’t hear all the same nuance in each note, but it makes it easy to work out ideas without feeling like other people are listening. In college I used to go sit at the bottom of my dorm’s stairwell with my unplugged electric guitar to practice late at night.

[@NahreSol]

I loved it so much 😅 it’s nice to hear your perspective on it!

[@elliotttadanier5971]

@@NahreSol Also one small pointer - try to be aware how hard you're gripping down with your left hand, I heard a couple places where it sounded like you were pulling a few notes a bit sharp (its especially easy with lighter gauge strings, which are generally what most electric guitars ship with from the factory). Awesome progress for 30 days though. I would be interested to know your perspective on how reading sheet music compares on guitar vs. piano; I have always found reading on guitar to be hard because there are usually several possible fingerings for a chord or melodic phrase, and the information on the page in standard classical notation often doesn't tell you which fingering of a certain voicing will set you up nicely for the next chord change, so I would often need to work through my jazz band charts ahead of rehearsal and add my own notes where specific fingerings worked best, or where using open strings is necessary to play certain voicings (tight clusters of stacked 2nds like C, D, Eb, F are realllly hard to play on guitar without using open strings).

[@StevenBornfeld]

@@elliotttadanier5971 Specifically--what my (classical) teacher frequently points out to me is that there needs to be very little thumb pressure on the fretting hand--why I easily fatigue.

[@the.Aruarian]

Agreed! My first guitar after picking the hobby back up was a thinline Tele, and it's just so nice to have the little bit of extra resonance it offers.

[@luisbenites4825]

@@NahreSol One reason you may be liking this unplugged sound is that the Princeton Reverb you are using is not an amp that plays clean, and saturates at very low volume. Experiment with other amps that have a "clean channel" and a "dirty channel" so you get access to both sounds. Or get one with a clean sound and get an overdrive pedal. Other have pointed this, but again just in case: sit in the classical guitar position to ease the strain on the wrist and fingers. Amazing what having an understanding of music can do for learning an instrument. It can take a person years to get to where you got in 30 days. Beautiful music, and great playing

[@leaharrington4472]

Go, girl! ❤ I taught myself guitar as a bored teenager, and learned music along with that... knowing intervals and scales and chords has made teaching myself piano in middle age a lot easier, but it has taken a lot longer than thirty days. You're awesome.

[@heysha1317]

It’s so refreshing to see a professional be confident and humble enough to allow themselves to be a beginner again! Some of the perspectives you brought over from piano really resonated with me too!

[@DrKevGuitar]

Guitar teacher here just to say WELL DONE! And your piece at the end (with hammer-on!) was beautiful! Bravo! BTW, if it's your guitar and not a loaner, you are allowed to take the sticker and any protective plastic layers off the pickguard. if it's yours, set it free!

[@loganressler9173]

I feel like every guitarist watching was thinking the same about the sticker!

[@0509brook]

@@loganressler9173 I certainly was!

[@lepistanuda]

it'll be product placement, no?

[@JetteIsHollow]

Lmaooo it tooks me years to take the plastic off of my guitar, and then my new guitar it took me a few weeks because the plastic started having fingerprints and crap on the pickguard, noticed while i was making modifications. there's some plastic stuck sorta under the damn knob (it's a cheap guitar, my second, but i love it!)

[@DrKevGuitar]

@ bits of plastic always stick under knobs. Pull the knob off to get at the last little plastic bits.

[@97GibsonsgOhyeah]

The wonderful thing about all instruments is, they can suprise you with nearly accidental nuance that can be otherworldly inspiring! I'm a student of the guitar for 52yrs, and piano for a couple more. Thank-you for sharing your guitar journey!

[@nymbusDeveloper86]

At 13:10 when Yvette turns down the knob to help Nahre get rid of the feedback noise was so wholesome to watch. A very gentle, caring and respectful way to help your friend without being condescending or making a big deal out of it. Awesome!

[@orpheos9]

Exactly. She looks so caring when she does it. Big sister energy.

[@cactustactics]

I liked how when Nahre was first playing, you could tell Yvette was really focusing on everything so she could give good critique and advice too

[@Schplook]

Yes, it was nicely done. But I wouldn't say that was feedback. It's just the typical noise of the Strat's single coil pickups. They all do that when you're not playing, so you need a noise gate (automatic volume reduction), or to just turn it down. Feedback, on the other hand, is an intense and loud howling or shrieking sound. It has a pitch (usually very high), not the buzzing hum you hear in this video. And it generally only happens on the electric guitar when using high gain (distortion) and high volume. Sorry if I seem like a know-it-all. Just thought maybe this might clarify the terminology, if you didn't already know. :)

[@commodoor6549]

I'm not sure why you came to this conclusion. At no time in the video was there detectable feedback. Also the first knob she reaches for is a tone knob. And the weird thing is that she went to adjust the bottom tone knob, which is for the bridge pickup, while the pickup toggle is set for the neck pickup. Seems more to me that Yvette has a setting she likes and that's what she was doing instinctively rather than some wholesome act of guiding a musician.

[@cactustactics]

@@commodoor6549 or y'know, because she got the wrong knob and then found the right one to stop the noise

[@mmessi72]

The conversations around your learning were some of my favorite moments of this video

[@Ryan_Wiseman]

This took me back to my own journey learning guitar, so this was a very nostalgic video to watch. It's such a fun instrument with an amp alone, or if you get into the world of effects (although, note, if you pick up this financial habit, you will learn the maximum amount of pedals you need is n + 1). It feels like there are infinite possibilities of how guitar can sound, and that is what always continues to bring me back to the instrument: it's a Pandora's box of tool combinations.

[@DaMonster]

I wanted to say that, as a jazz guitarist, learning all the notes was a total game changer for me. I had teachers before who didn’t play jazz and didn’t even think you could learn every note, but once I studied with a jazz guitarist I realized that it is necessary to know them all to effectively sightread, and for me totally opened up the fretboard.

[@Magicalfluidprocess]

That’s good advice

[@michellegault4122]

My current teacher is currently pointing out the importance of knowing the instrument fretboard thoroughly. I’m now naming every note in my head as I play

[@alexojideagu]

It's definitely very useful. But because you play everything on the guitar the same way in every key with the same shapes and intervals, it's never been NECESSARY like other instruments, to know where every single note on the neck is. But it's definitely something every guitarist should aim to learn.

[@anju8376]

my mind was blown the day i met a jazz guitarist who could instantly tell me any note i pointed to on the fretboard. i was like ohhhh so you know all of those

[@alexojideagu]

@@anju8376 There are 288 individual notes on a 24 fret guitar. So it's no wonder most don't know where every single note is instantly without thinking.

[@IAMSEYMOURMUSIC]

Nahre is such a boss she's doing better on day one than many of us after weeks

[@CUBOSH]

im a lifelong piano player who picked up guitar some years ago - so i went on the same journey as you -- and i want to say, the guitar has helped my piano playing because it breaks ruts. the two instruments are palette cleansers for each other. the more you switch the less you are stuck in a rut

[@SO-ym3zs]

Switching back and forth between instruments is a godsend: I move between different stringed instruments and then between different wind instruments. Those two classes are so different in so many ways, with each letting you approach different native repertoire and getting different ideas for your own music.

[@BestTrader-hp2sd]

Please talk more about this topic, is your guitar electric?

[@rjdestefano2417]

Palette cleanser....as a piano player who is a total hack at the guitar, that is perhaps the most accurate analogy on planet Earth!

[@squidcap5059]

They complement each other in songwriting so beautifully. And i agree about ruts, they are just so wonderfully different that once you hit a wall on one of them, switch to the other and things are fun again.

[@nephewsouledout]

I loved this. Keep it going. Create a series please 😁. I recently decided to do the same thing as someone who is ok at the piano

[@ManimaL.75]

This just proves how much theory matters on guitar. She’s definitely gifted and works hard to be this accomplished with her music.

[@paulrhodesquinn]

This is wonderful! I'm a Jazz pianist and University Lecturer at Winchester Uni in the UK who started learning guitar a year ago. I found that with so many of my composition students being guitar players, I wanted to relate to them in a better way. I found the biggest frustrations for me were not being able to visualise the chords the way I can see them on the piano keyboard, so I spent 3 months learning all the note names, just working on 1 a week, then all the triads and inversions. Now I'm starting to see the patterns emerge on the fretboard. What I really love about the guitar that I can't get from piano is the wonderful varied phrasing and aftertouch options like bends, micro-bends, vibrato etc. Creating the note yourself with your fingers feels wonderful when you get the tone you're after too. I wish i'd started years ago! You're going to be a wonderful guitarist for sure with your musical knowledge and attitude!

[@superblondeDotOrg]

You wasted three months on the near useless skill of knowing the notenames on the neck whereas pattern playing is far superior for results, just as Nadre Sol points out in point #2 of this video.

[@GS44691]

@@superblondeDotOrg There's always one. Actually, if your lucky there's only one.

[@Lorelays]

@@superblondeDotOrgI believe it’s not very nice nor helpful if you just come here and say that after he’s already practiced it. Everyone has different experiences, even though the method wasn’t the most efficient he got where he wanted to, it wasn’t a waste of time if he learned something from it.

[@El-Gato-42]

@@superblondeDotOrg No it's not. Patterns will only get you so far and then you will be blocked one way or another. Mastering the fretboard i.e. identifying/finding any notes instantly and knowing the triads brings you much much further in the long run, even in the medium run. It's only useless if you don't know any music theory.

[@kwonza-gamingandanime5727]

@@superblondeDotOrg Knowing the notes on the fretboard is far from a useless skill. It helps immensely with anything that requires reading actual music notation. The guitar is naturally geared towards being a pattern-based instrument because the majority of players don't do any playing that requires reading.

[@skane3109]

If there is one especially important takeaway for me - it’s your commitment to just “Show Up”, even when you’re not feeling it. Priceless tip Not just as a guitarist but as a human being, this video lifted me up and put a smile on my face. That’s why I subscribed to your channel several years ago. Thank you Nahre❤

[@SalimSivaad]

You’ve got all the right instincts, Nahre! Learning intervals is the best way to learn the fretboard. Coming from your extensive music theory background you know how chords and their inversions are constructed on an interval basis; once you know all your intervals, you can play chords you’ve never seen before on guitar just by applying your old music theory knowledge to your new knowledge of how those intervals look on the guitar. Start with the basics: major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads and their inversions on strings 1-3, 2-4, 3-5, and 4-6. (3-5 and 4-6 shapes are exactly the same, so really only 36 unique shapes to complete mastery)

[@ScottSilverstone]

Amazing video. I appreciate how you tried to do this on your own terms, using music theory to figure out how the instrument works. Too many people follow cookie cutter lessons and end up with basic skills at best, and lack that organic learning which leads to their own unique style. I'm looking forward to seeing where this journey takes you.

[@dalebuck7168]

Your musical knowledge and piano expertise really shows. I've played guitar for over 50 years and considered myself somewhat proficient, and I've taught, but I've never seen anyone progress this fast. Amazing job young lady...I am seriously impressed.

[@manu-singh]

your perspective is so nice to hear for me as a amateur guitar and piano player

[@NahreSol]

Thank you for your comments!!

[@ezequielgerstelbodoha9492]

@@bryantherocker It's not wrong though, is just a different approach. Actually a lot of guitarists struggle with phrases because they become so used to strumming. But yeah, once she starts with that she'll unlock some gimmicks only guitar allows.

[@angellovesjazz]

@@bryantherocker It's only been 30 days relax 😄

[@cactustactics]

@@bryantherocker it's more "raw and free" but you're telling her she's wrong to explore and write music that doesn't involve the "correct, standard" stuff you want? There's no right and wrong way to play a guitar, there are lots of different styles and not everyone needs to start out strumming cowboy chords (in fact that kind of thing turns a lot of people off the instrument). And even if she was noodling around it wouldn't matter, but she's already gravitating towards a classical style and started working out some jazz chord progressions just in this video. Just a bizarre take honestly

[@bryantherocker]

@@cactustactics strumming cowboy chords (in fact that kind of thing turns a lot of people off the instrument) - I lot more people play guitar and get into guitar because of the cowboy chords. ...////// more "raw and free" - I guess you don't understand the context of my statement, I mean by raw and free is like shooting from the hips, less machine like, more emotions. I guess you don't notice the time and number of notes between her chord changes are approx. equal. This is constructive criticism to make her a lot better given the time period, If you understand that, no use talking to you. bye

[@dennisrohm6372]

I'm 70 yrs old. I started a few years ago, with very little musical training. I got frustrated with chords and started learning scales. This has allowed me with lots of practice to get better at lead, than I ever imagined!

[@TorrenceWelshans]

I've been playing on and off for 20 years. Had multiple guitar teachers for jazz, rock, and classical.This video is one of the greatest educational pieces I've ever watched. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@derwolf9670]

I have been playing the guitar for about 30 years now. Your 5th point about different compostion ideas was especially interesting. I think I need to pick up playing the piano now. Thanks 🙂

[@MajogisMusicProject-c4n]

I have been playing half my life and you in 30 days are a better guitar player than I could ever strive to become. I subscribed I can't wait to watch you grow and improve, I think you will end up finding a voice that is equally expressive and provides a different level of musical freedom for you. Day 12 and point 4 really are valuable lessons. It was so amazing to watch you translate musicality from one instrument to another and achieve so much in such a short time. Choosing to finger pick rather than flat pick was another great choice. Thank you for this great video!

[@psychlos21]

A true testament to your musicianship. Very very impressive. Guitar is not easy to learn in 30 days. Many years ago as a guitar player, I taught myself piano in a somewhat similar way. Finding the intervals, building chord structures/voicings and learning scales etc.. The way I learned piano was through picking out songs that I loved and working out the progressions by ear. Great inspiring video for those who want to learn an instrument. Thanks Nahre.

[@TaboraMusic]

I think you’ve gone about learning in a really good way, with fingerpicking you went right to the heart of what makes the guitar special. A lot of people don’t even try this until much later in the journey. Well done!

[@pandarojo2432]

it's so cool to see how different is the approach to the piano and the guitar. i mean, on the piano you're looking at the scales from a left to right perspective, while the guitar shows you a up to down perspective with some tricky parts that feels like playing tetris

[@_spiritual_music_]

First of all, amazing evolution in just a month! But second, I'm also glad that you got to dive in to a different state of mind. I think guitar forces us to confront how much tone can affect our ideas, as you noted. You can easily re-tune it to get different open chords and drones; pick up or down; mute the strings with your palm; tap harmonics; decide whether to play with a flat pick, any combination of finger picks and bare digits, just fingers, or even a flat pick AND fingers. You can play with or without a metal or glass slide. You can scallop the fret board. You can use a B-bender or different tremolo bars. You can drum on the body and be your own beat box while still playing notes. You have near-total control over the sound, and there are just so many options. And that's just your hands, without talking amps, effects pedals and blah blah! Of course people can flow and improvise on piano, too, but I do feel like one can get swept away and lose oneself more intuitively on the guitar -- a fun ride whether folks agree or not. You are blessed to be able to soak up the sounds, ideas and company of Yvette, Mateus and other such wonderful people. I agree that fretting underhand from below the neck feels unnatural. There are Dobros, lap steels and pedal steel guitars where one plays overhand with the strings facing up, as nature intended ( Herman Li from DragonForce also does it as a gimmick and to get a wider stretch ). And yes, playing an unplugged electric is a refreshing break for the ears 🙂 Enjoy!

[@PaulJonesy]

I’ve been playing for 42 years and you’ve made connections in a few days that took me years, impressive. You’ve identified the pros and cons of guitar vs piano. Hope you keep playing, guitar is a fascinating instrument.

[@Brkmp_]

I‘d love to see more guitar videos. The playing at the end was beautiful

[@NahreSol]

Thank you!!

[@MattMeskill]

100% agree

[@SyncrisisVideos]

This woman is incredible!

[@NahreSol]

I appreciate it! Thank you

[@frankgradus9474]

amazingly incredible

[@whaitmanMusic]

Incredibly amazing)​@@frankgradus9474

[@jpdj2715]

To me she's totally credible.

[@sbingham1979]

Nahre, the Prelude you wrote and played was just lovely. I am impressed by your 30-day guitar voyage, and it was heartening to see that so much of your musical knowledge translated from instrument to instrument.

[@tunenick5795]

Don’t stop. Makes me want to practice more if that’s what you were able to do in 30 days. Amazing!

[@deeliciousplum]

Yvette is a gem! I love how good people find one another and I love when they help to inspire others. Nahre and Yvette are those aforementioned inspiring category of people. 🌸

[@pianomasters2238]

As a pianist myself, I really enjoyed the video. I tried learning guitar in the past and didn’t realize others go thru the same struggles. I thought I was the only one. Lol. You do learn quick and sound so good in just 30 days. Amazing. Maybe I’ll go back to trying guitar again. It has been like 30 years ago.

[@Kaffeslaberas]

I am going that route now. I played a little bit guitar and learned the basic chords almost 50 years ago, but then the piano took the place instead, but picked up the guitar again a couple years ago. Understanding a little bit of theory, and know the tones and intervals in a chord is a big help. But it is not so easy to “just” transfer the tones from the piano over to the guitar. But I love the journey, and the different sound and nuances from the guitar strings.

[@Suraj-f2r]

Do you know about online guitar class from start

[@sTVG2]

Just imagine how much harder it would have been if you had zero musical understanding, a super cheap guitar with lots of issues, and you couldn’t even tune it properly. It is crazy how so many people can succeed despite all the challenges... You are doing amazing and watching this brings back childhood memories! Thank you

[@andresjavier3970]

Nahre this is actually really cool what you're doing. Someone who's at mastery level on one instrument and challenging yourself by going straight beginner on a different one for us to see is very humble of you. For you to be so vulnerable showing progress/mistakes when you're used to wowing us with piano garners so much respect from me. Love this!

[@rolandarostegui1827]

You are such a natural, of course, with the knowledge of being a pianist. I love what you created in 30 days... very inspiring as a guitar player myself. I'm the opposite... I ventured into piano playing afterward, having been playing 🎸. I believe you will excel in your endeavor with guitar playing. Well done 👏

[@seangarland]

I'm a self-taught guitarist, and have been playing for over 30 years. But watching your first prelude was inspirational for me, because of your approach to writing and playing. It is much different than how I would normally play, so it has me now thinking about finding different ways to play. There is always room to learn and grow on guitar, so thanks for the new approach!

[@bodnarn]

That was super impressive! The playing at the end was something I would have expected from someone who regularly practices for a couple of YEARS. Wow, just wow!

[@Brkmp_]

Hell yeah I‘ve been waiting for this 😍

[@NahreSol]

😁😁😁

[@heavyhands1383]

Love this. Advice from a guitarist of 20 years (who just started learning piano): there are two things you can do to ease the strain on your wrist. 1) rest the guitar on your left knee and angle the neck up towards your face--like a classical guitarist. You can also see Yvette angling her guitar like this when she plays standing up with the strap. This allows you to keep a straight wrist when you're playing with your thumb on the back of the neck. With some chords you simply have to bend your wrist, but it's best to keep it straight whenever you can 2) you can also wrap your thumb over the neck at times. This is more of a pinch grip that limits your reach up and down the frets but makes it much, much easier to bend the strings. And like Yvette said, if you're not taking advantage of bends and vibrato, you're not using the guitar to its full potential! Keep it up!

[@edo.1648]

This part about keeping your wrist straight as much as possible is important. Look up classical guitar posture diagrams (they knew a thing or 2). It is unfortunately easy to give your self a repetitive stress injury by bending your wrist all the time.Try and keep that wrist straight. Also for bar chords try lining up your thumb your middle finger instead of lining it up with your index finger. That may help.

[@cactustactics]

I feel like keeping her thumb on the back is a good idea for now, just because learning to shift properly and support the hand is important when you're starting out! Thumb-over (especially if you've got smaller hands) can encourage you to start dragging and develop a baseball bat grip, which can be a hard habit to drop. When good technique comes naturally I think it's totally fine though But yeah, straight wrists are important - well it's more of a gentle curve really, trying to keep them completely straight will probably cause issues! Definitely a good idea to watch some pros and pay attention to how much bend is in the wrist, if you can't find someone to check your posture in person. It's also something you have to keep an eye on, like anything else as you practice and put in the work your form can start to suffer a bit, so just keep checking it

[@markshieldsmusic7697]

I have thought a few people how to play from scratch but I think the musical knowledge you already held help a lot and has given me a second inspiration to give piano another go.

[@KipCount]

As a guitarist of decades and just now learning piano, I really appreciated this video, watching the process in reverse order! And you're not alone in GAGED. I've been playing a pretty long time and for me, CAGED is more of an educational tool rather than a fully practical one, but I have used some things from it. Your reaction to that first barred "C" shape was exactly what I said... like... "what?!!".. lol. Seriously impressed with how well you progressed over 30 days and even incorporated Yvette's suggestions for slides into the final performance. The piece you wrote is fantastic. Here's hoping I can get anywhere near as good on piano in 30 days as you got on guitar! I have subscribed to your channel because this video was delightful. Cheers!

[@yashkapoor0]

Great video, very fun to watch as a guitarist! For the CAGED system, it is best to use it as a tool to know on which string the root note of the chord is and what notes around it you can play. And don't worry about that G shape bar chord, because no guitarist plays that shape either :D we all just play fragments of it. Taking a C major chord as an example (875558), you can play just the thinnest 4 strings if you want some melody (XX5558), or you can play the middle 4 strings (X7555X). Sometimes people will play strings 6,4,3,2 if they want a lower bass note but that's not as common (8X555X). Either way, you did an amazing job in just 30 days Nahre!

[@frankgradus9474]

without a niggle of doubt you should continue this journey with the guitar, for your own good and for the good of all of us, your fans you are the music, you are poetry, you are an inspiration to us all

[@mr.funnyman9765]

Wtf did you just call me?

[@Sypider_4834]

that is not a word 😭

[@Motownisyourtown]

​@@Sypider_4834of course it is.

[@pygmalion5361]

16:36 that little tap at the end was very cute

[@NahreSol]

😂 almost missed it completely!

[@BangIsMe]

​@NahreSol that was the trickiest part of covering first prelude

[@froobly]

I interpreted it as a nod to Yvette. Can't really imagine a Covet song without tapping

[@dtrule1228]

the pianist touch!

[@junebeethree]

This was a fascinating and beautiful video. Watching you learn the instrument, picking up on things that after so many years I take for granted, it reminded me of how much this instrument means to me and why I stuck to it for so many years. So much of my own playing is “embracing that guitar quality” and often I don’t even realize it. So cool to see you have such amazing takeaways after just 30 days and that full piece at the end was lovely.

[@قناةجنج]

I am guitarist player who had been play over 20 years. I play song like Metallica Megadeth. I love your piano content. Really help full as a beginner. Since you are asking where did we think you can take your guitar journey. So, for me you already learn a lot about music theory better than me and you really don't need that map road to learn guitar. In fact as a guitarist, I learn some of music theory with your piano tutorial and apply it to guitar hahaha.

[@evanlee93]

This is an awesome video! I will say that posture is definitely an important part of playing guitar and avoiding cramping and wrist pain. Putting the guitar on your leg opposite of your fretting hand will create some tension in your fretting arm because of the way the guitar is positioned. Ideally, you want the inner curve of the guitar's body to rest on your leg same side as your fretting hand. This give you more leverage to have the fretboard up and in a more natural place to grab with your fretting hand. A guitar strap or a foot stand will help with this a lot as well. This kind of posture will make playing guitar feel more natural and give you a lot less strain. Hope this comment helps you on your guitar journey!

[@sjbechet1111]

There's more crossover than people realise - I played organ for about 7 years before guitar, I'm now learning piano - some great lessons were transposing my favourite guitar pieces for piano. Some of the best popular music was written on guitar and played on piano. You should definitely get a classical acoustic before moving onto steel strung acoustic - the ultimate in finger torture! I love your effort - great work.

[@LearnThaiRapidMethod]

I thought the same, not knowing there were two different types of guitar. So I tried to restring the steel guitar I had with nylon strings - but the tension is different. I then bought a nylon guitar but actually prefer the feel and sound of the steel strings. I’m not sure it’s that much different to play, or more difficult. I’m either not playing properly or I’m doing something right without knowing what. 😅

[@IbnuOfficial626]

I've been playing guitar for years, but man... i learn a whole lot of new perspective from this video, thanks a lot for documenting this! You learned crazy fast by the way LOL, great job! 👏👏👏

[@soulriffmusic]

There is so much class in this video and your style of production. As a fellow musician I can clearly hear your piano background in your guitar playing and it sounds very refreshing. I hope you keep on playing guitar as well :)

[@richardhancockjava]

Well done, a very good project... not just learning the guitar but understanding the dynamics of what it creates. The first instrument is the hardest, all thumbs and toes, stumbles and falls. When the practice becomes instinct, music changes from something you hear to become your sight and soul,, you see the and feel the music. This project did not just demonstrate learning the guitar but rather a new instrument to express yourself.

[@FizzyK-45]

That song is really great for someone who just started learning guitar! I'd really love to see you tackle classical/nylon guitar next instead of electric guitar, I feel like you'd love the sounds of it. Oh, and I'd love to see you learn it from Brandon Acker for the proper technique and all that. 😁

[@SleepingLionsProductions]

2:59 YES THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!!!! As a pianist who moved to guitar, learning your intervals on guitar is a cakewalk. On piano, all scales look different, but on guitar, you can learn one scale mode and shift up a fret and you'll have a different key.

[@clouds5]

This is the thing I LOVE about guitar. Oh we jam in Ab today? Yeah easy.

[@RuiSousa46]

On that note, most keyboards have transpose xD Ahahah But, yeah.. transposing on the fly on a Guitar is kinda easy oposing to a Piano. On the other hand, in a guitar some phrases are not easy to transpose because of open strings. That being said, a OK pianist is a better musician than an OK Guitarist, and and OK pianist will learn almost any instrument easily.

[@clouds5]

@RuiSousa46 definitely. Guitar and piano are both very different and have different strength and weaknesses. It's easy for example to do a complicated funky rhythm on guitar compared to piano but play big arpeggios where all the notes ring out is veery hard and that's easy on the piano. So they can do the same thing but how you get there and how much you have to work is very different :) Personally I just love improvising on a guitar. It's so intuitive and flowing, so many techniques to make it sound unique. You rarely ever have to think about theory while doing it and you can focus on building and feeling. But then I always get jealous because the pianist can accompany themselves while playing...

[@tomoyulias7350]

Having a fender stratocaster as your first guitar, wow 😮

[@GetUnwoke]

I got a $800 fender telecaster as my first guitar and while I love it, I also regret it because I could have just gotten a squire classic vibe tele for a fraction of that price. 😭

[@antonystark2290]

@@GetUnwoke I think the cheaper guitars are getting so much better right now , so it's just a matter of whether you want to cash out so much or not i think , and i think pro guitarists/artists would appreciate the premium(ness) of these 1000+ USD guitars , on the contrary for most people the 300-500 USD ones will do the trick.

[@GetUnwoke]

@@antonystark2290 yeah I agree, there's really no reason to get expensive guitars unless you're really going for something specific or you're a collector of sorts. And even the pros leave the expensive ones at home and gig and do everything else with their cheaper modded guitars. If I could go back I'd just buy two $400 guitars for alternate tuning.

[@ronalansing8205]

yeah, all I got was a $35 guitar and I have not progressed. Maybe fender needs to send me a guitar too.

[@captainmorgan5449]

I am an older beginner. I picked up a Squire Classic Vibe 70's HSS strat new from the Fender website. Money was no objective...could have gotten the Mexican Fender strat for about $300 more but chose the Squire.

[@cmfrtblynmb02]

you are so on point about richness of sound on guitar. That's why simple chords sound so good on guitar but then sounds like a childs play on piano.

[@xjjfjfdjdh9993bbhhhh5hjjjjd]

This video is great! As a person who has basic experience with piano, I had the same experience when trying to learn guitar! I noticed you use more than just your thumb to strum, and that's something new that I wasn't taught in basic guitar class, but might be easier for me having a piano background. I gave up back then, but you are inspiring me to try again.

[@8ritorneloz]

The muscles that a pianist works and a guitar needs are so different

[@NahreSol]

So true!!

[@morbidmanmusic]

Not so much, speaking as both. Both experiences answer mileage will very.

[@brooktu4249]

30 Days?!?! If you listen carefully you can hear the sound of a couple of thousand amateur guitarists throwing their instruments out the window 😂

[@BreadGood_21]

Almost made me quit bro It took me 4 years to get where she got in 30 days. I then realized she has an extensive musical background while I literally just picked it up, so she had an impossible to compete with head start if we’re comparing progress. Still it’s impressive how fast she learnt

[@verycrispyashes]

She already has great musical skills, well worth looking into

[@ViperoK]

@@BreadGood_21 I think you're selling yourself a little short.

[@hadifelani]

@@BreadGood_21 Don't quit, bro. Keep it up. Don't let this discourage you from continuing. I'm sure once you're learned it fully, you'll have easier time when you decided to learn another tone-based instruments because you've already memorized the basics. Let this be your motivation instead. 😁 I was like this too back then when I started to learn guitars and bass, I struggled with the tonal side (learning the music theory in general), but breeze through quite easily on the rhythmic side (like when practicing with a metronome) because I already have the foundation as a drummer. You need to remember that she already had the solid foundation of being a good pianist, that alone helps a lot in quickening her learning process of learning a different tone-based instrument. So for her it's more of a process of physical adaptation in converting everything what she already knew from playing the piano into the guitar. Just like the other person on another comment thread has said, it's like computer games with similar genre. If you're previously good at Counter Strike, you'd have a good starting point when you played another shooter games like Call Of Duty, Valorant, or Strinova because you already have developed the reflex and whatnot to shoot the enemies. You just need to adapt to the specific mechanics that's unique to those games. Or if you're good at DOTA and Leagues of Legends, you'd be in the higher ranks in no time when playing mobile MOBAs like Mobile Legends, Vainglory, Arena Of Valor, or Wild Rift because mobile games are often the toned-down/simplified version of the PC games with the same genre. But they still have the same basics and goals. Even when you haven't been playing it for quite a long time, the muscle memory still remains.

[@BreadGood_21]

@@hadifelani thanks bro

[@vitorduque5471]

The way she learned it, finding the roots, intervals and octaves; not memorizing shapes and truly understanding the guitar neck... you nailed it Nahre, omg

[@havenless3551]

I mean to be fair, the CAGED system is exactly that... it's a way of learning the shapes of triads and triad inversions without the theory

[@documentalist-NL]

It is so cool to see your journey, into playing the guitar, captured in such a great way. How cool is it to have Yvette Young to show you some of the cool tips and tricks, I can't even begin to imagine. Anyway, you made really great progress in a relatively short amount of time, I can't wait to see what you will do next. That first prelude is a great start of a new musical carreer! Keep playing the guitar and have fun!

[@TheCommentator353]

Loved the piece you wrote with it! Keep at it! Very quick progress. Admittedly the guitar doesn't come very naturally but it's undoubtedly one of the coolest instruments around and still has endless untapped musical potential.

[@GilanaHealer]

I think you can try playing a classical guitar -- it could be much easier for you as a beginner... It has a wider neck, but the nylon strings are less painful for sensitive fingertips, especially when sliding, and the sound is very beautiful and has that softer quality you liked while still being more resonant than an unplugged electric.

[@CALUMFUSCO]

Having a fender Strat and a Princeton reverb as your first rig is insane! Bro made it in life

[@prism223]

13:08 FYI in the guitar world that volume knob is now worth 100x because Yvette turned it off

[@Dakhaos-ou812]

You have a remarkable sharp eye for detail.

[@MrAntisound]

@@Dakhaos-ou812 and Yvette for single coil hum.

[@SanderAnderon]

incredible ! Starting at 12 (sans lessons or teachers) I didn't even begin to "brave" the world of fingerpicking till 19. Bravo Nahre!

[@jnt6239]

Fingerpicking is day one in classical guitar. Based on how NS is trying to play, she'd have been better off taking a couple of lessons with a traditional classical-guitar teacher.

[@el0blaino]

How fun! CAGED help me because you include a note from the previous shape in your next shape, and in that way you can move up and down the neck, finding chords, and then finding notes within the chord (here's the root, here's the third, here's the fifth). If you can play a chord in all those locations, you don't have to work your fretting hand so much jumping around - you can hang out in a certain fret neighborhood. Before CAGED I was playing what are called open chords and then sliding the E and A shape up and down. Love that you set yourself this challenge. P.S. I'd kill to have your finger picking skills!

[@MidtownSkyport]

4:28 As someone who learned bass before picking up a guitar the fact one of the strings is tuned a major third when all the rest are 4ths really throws me off too :D (and it's been 20 years!)

[@legoobi-wankenobi3080]

Starting out with an electric is wild. Especially with finger picking.

[@sodiumlights]

Bagpipes next Nahre;)

[@NahreSol]

Ohhh yess

[@sodiumlights]

@@NahreSol 🤣

[@saoirsecameron]

Would love to get a classical perspective on Piobaireach

[@BestTrader-hp2sd]

​​@@NahreSol bagpipes might be too difficult, saxophone is easier. But I want to see your guitar skills after one and a half years. Yes I want to see you shred and I know you can fit it in your daily schedule. After that I want to be taught by you. See you really need to consider this because guitar is new to you so it gives you the chance to IMPROVISE!!!! take it.

[@davidhession4753]

Your doing great! I've playing for more than 40yrs and what you have acumplished in such a short time is truly amazing, congratulations! 🎉Please keep it up, with your knowledge of piano thing could get realy interesting, well done!

[@D4Shahda]

This was really interesting! I'm new also, about 7months. Your path into guitar is so vastly different from mine it's crazy. Good work on your first song!

[@FranciscoGarcia-yt2jm]

If your fingers hurt, some players opt for thinner strings, it is also super important to take your guitar to a shop to set it up and make it easy to play, if you buy a guitar brand new and you try to play it right away, there's a chance the action (the distance between the strings and the frets) it's too high, making it harder to play than it's supposed to be.

[@NahreSol]

Will keep it in mind!

[@miedzystrunami]

That; also, you could consider classical guitar with nylon strings, they're definitely more approachable than an electric/acoustic with full metals, but then the intonation is completely different, the neck is a bit wider, and it sometimes feels like an entirely different instrument altogether (think: piano vs organ or clavichord).

[@SelcraigClimbs]

@@miedzystrunami you get slim bodied "classical" hybrids like the ibanez tod10n and frh10n which are optimal comfort, though they sacrifice the resonance of a full bodied classical and their sound holes. But the trade off is absolutely worth it imo

[@aisle_of_view]

15:35 - you sound like you've been playing for a year!

[@haitham9559]

Thats too much . A normal person can achieve this in 1 to 10 days . Except the composing part it takes much more concepts and time, but even the composition wasnt that complicated

[@JohnSmith-fp8il]

She probably has.

[@indranilchatterjee4492]

Yes . This is not 30 days

[@mranonymous6821]

She has very flexible hands due to the arpeggios on piano

[@LucaNewmanPiano]

Amazing!

[@NahreSol]

Thank you!

[@myauramusic]

So true what Yvette mentioned about being a pianist and that evolving your style of guitar playing as a beginner. Your musical theory + practice really helped you speed up the learning process

[@John-pp8qv]

I know you have had over 2000 comments so far and probably will never see this but... as a player of over 35 years, wow! You are not just a pianist or a guitar player... but a musician, and that is a very different thing. Bravo!

[@GrilledFishJones]

re: "wrist pain" - apologies if you've already heard or considered this - your left hand posture is like that of a classical guitarist with a bent wrist and your thumb on the middle of the back of the neck, but the guitar's neck is more or less parallel to the floor and not angled up like a classical guitarist would have it (frequently with a stool to raise a supporting knee), which would make the angle of your hand less extreme compared to your arm. Contrast this with Yvette's left hand at ~14:04 where her wrist is straight and her thumb is on the top of the neck.

[@sheldonkiu1683]

Yes, the wrist should for the most part be straight and natural. And for anyone feeling like they need to use that thumb to anchor on the back of the neck so your fingers get enough pressure on the strings, most of us are applying some pressure with our right arm on the body, which counter balances the guitar.

[@DyarContreras]

Nahre Sol walks into a bar. Yvette Young sees her, and then asks: “Want to become my guitar disciple?”

[@NahreSol]

😅

[@DyarContreras]

@@NahreSol I play both guitar and piano myself. Piano doesn’t make your fingers bleed. Guitar doesn’t sound static, though. Keep up the practice on guitar! It’s definitely a worthwhile endeavor. I’m a fan of both of y’all, btw… My joke was supposed to be a compliment, lol 😂

[@llRoBoBinHoll]

Over-bending your wrist is definitely an issue on guitar. Ideally, it should be as straight as possible. And it definitely shouldn’t hurt. Classical guitarists actually often have a more straining way of playing than modern electrical guitarists. Probably because the classical guitar has a wider neck, while an electric guitar has a thinner neck that allows for things like wrapping around the thumb on the low E string.

[@NahreSol]

Oh!! Thank you

[@Darm0k]

Classical guitarists play with the neck angled up near their head, so their wrist can be more straight. Electric players usually play standing, often with the guitar really low on the body, which causes the wrist to have to bend. Bending the wrist like that is the only way you'll get your thumb around the neck to fret the low E string.

[@isuckatguitar6252]

Very nice, great job in a month. I grew up playing piano and violin, started learning electric guitar at 45 during the pandemic & wow, it's the most versatile instrument I've ever tried. I spent the first year just learning basic techniques, timing etc, then moved on to muting & controlling the sound more, better timing etc & then I spent months learning & experimenting with pedals & amps and it's just a massive cavern of tools to shape ur guitar sound with! It's unbelievable, I'm addicted and decided to just stick to & mostly focus on one style of playing because there's just not enough years to learn everything.

[@andycampbell7302]

I loved how you took your knowledge of music theory & just broke it down then add logic to it. Fantastic effort, can’t wait to see the 12 months on video!

[@Lynx33PL]

1:35 I started playing guitar almost 20 years ago, and I still find this "rock and roll" position that you can see most guitar players using in a sitting position incredibly uncomfortable and simply unenjoyable. To the point that if I was forced to play only that way, I might not play at all. I prefer to always use a strap so that the guitar is placed on a diagonal, a bit more in front of the body (like when you play guitar standing up). It's a bit more similar to the classical position, and to me, it's a lot more ergonomic.

[@christophermsmith3]

So cool! I just bought my first instrument and it's nice to see your perspective -- someone learning, but who has also been through the struggles and you know what it takes to get good and implementing, carrying over, those habits. I'm inspired!

[@lasagnahog7695]

Really cool idea. As an aside it made me look up Yvette's piano playing and found her song "Yearn" and really love it.

[@JShea-de2rp]

Very few people can teach themselves to play guitar, entering with artistry at such a high level. Thank you for the inspiration. My best to you.

[@AJMjazz]

Excellent, Nahre! You have tapped into all of your classical training and successfully translating it to guitar. Here's a hint: when using the CAGED system, look at the fingerboard as "neighborhoods". Get to know the "blocks" and the "streets" to get around the neighborhood. Look "north" (higher pitches) and look "south" (lower pitches) to find the chords of a progression (e.g., 1,4,5,1) from the neighborhood you play your tonic chord. You applied this to your great composition at the end. Barre chords: start playing open position chords (E, A, C, D) with your index finger pressing the nut of the guitar, using the remaining fingers to fret the remaining notes of the chord shape. You are building new muscle strength and it won't be perfect. Move the entire shape of your fingers up P4 (5th fret) and play the same shape. Be sure all notes "speak" clearly. As the strength in your index finger and pinky builds, cycle through Open, 5th fret, down 1/2 step. As you build strength, descend progressively 1/2 step. This builds left hand strength at the various angles your hand will be in to form Barre chords. Neck angle: It's a good idea to always have your guitar supported on a shoulder strap and a neck angle about 45 degrees from a vertical line. This will help the leverage your left hand needs to play some chords. Observe classical guitarists for this. It's a good starting point to avoid future injuries. Vibrato: classical guitarists use a "rolling" technique, similar to violinists. Roll your finger between the frets. It's subtle, but it works. The string bending vibrato will appear as you build left hand strength. Your progress is excellent! Your composition was excellent! Welcome to the wonderful world of multi-instrumentalists!