To play guitar well you have to learn notes and finger placement. To have fun playing guitar you've got to have a good strumming. Guitar instructors shouldn't focus much on the notes at first imo.
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Are you learning?
Just by myself for fun here and there. Started the ukulele a few years ago and I'm really not that good but I know I really started to have fun playing for myself when I found rhythm in my strumming hand.
positive vibes first, technique and theory second
Yeah so ive found similar. I've picked up and put down learning the guitar umpteen times in my life. It wasn't unil I figured out a few good strumming patterns before it got fun. The left hand builds the structure (the scale) while the actual musicality happens with the right.
Gotta want and love to do it before you can properly commit to the pow of learning to do it.
yes, learning is hard, so good vibes need to go hand in hand
There are obviously several levels of “well,” but I wouldn’t say that knowing notes is necessary for most of them.
Speaking of systems, I remember tabs used to be a handy thing for (mainly rock-oriented) guitar playing.
But I agree, instructors should start with 2–3 easy and cool-sounding songs to get the beginner going and build from there. :)
The only important thing a guitar teacher ever told me was "yeah, just feel the groove."
And it was a substitute filling in for my regular teacher.
You're not playing notes, you're playing music. But because I grew up playing notes, I never enjoyed it.
My music teacher told me: "OK, now you know the notes, forget everything and go crazy!"