Stuff I wish I had realized when I started playing guitar.
1) The first approximately 10 chords are easy, then the learning curve becomes vertical. It's not you.
2) Chords are not hand positions but relationships between tones.
3) So much depends on manual agility so if that's not your thing […]
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