As a teenager, I was teaching myself how to chord on the piano after 10 years of lessons in classical piano. I was pretty excited to be able to play the songs that were blaring on my radio after 10 years of only playing Bach and Chopin (although I did love Bach and Chopin).
However, I was a bit envious of a category of people: guitar players.
Guitar players were able to bring their instrument around the fire camp. They could transform any boring moment into a party by pulling out their guitar and playing a couple of chords or a really rad solo. They even looked cool just standing there with their guitar hanging off their shoulder. Try that with a piano. Nope. Doesn’t work.
Anyway, the point is: the guitar is such a versatile instrument. For a number of reasons too!
You can dive deep into the classical repertoire and play very complex pieces. You can go down the pop music road and be the life of the party by playing all the songs everybody loves to belt. Or you can commit to become the next metal head genius and make that guitar scream and smoke. And let’s not forget the world of blues and jazz, where improvising is the highest form of art.
Even the style and look of your guitar of choice can be so personalized. It says so much about you! Country music sounds awesome on a Telecaster. A 12 strings gives a lot of resonance to a folk song. And nobody will be mistaken about your musical interests if you show up with one of those radical flying V guitars!
The guitar is the instrument that democratized music across societies and cultures in the last 75 years. Have you been thinking about taking the leap yourself? We at Lupton Street Studios would be very happy to take this musical journey with you!
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