By Maurice Richard
Learning to play the guitar is probably one of the most desired things in the
world.
Let’s face it, we view people who can play the guitar as pretty cool people in
general.
Aside from the coolness factor though, there are other benefits to learning
to play the guitar if you are an adult which should give you extra motivation
to want to learn to play.
Here are 5 reasons why you should invest the time, money and energy to
learn how to play the guitar no matter how old you are as an adult.
1. Learning To Play The Guitar Keeps Your Mind Active
There are many things in life that we consider a left brain or right brain
activity. Math is left brain and art is right brain for example. Most of us
learned this is school.
However, one thing we never learned in school is that learning to play an
instrument, and guitar specifically, uses both the left and the right side of
the brain simultaneously. There are not many activities that can claim this.
As a matter of fact, studies have shown the entire brain tends to be active
while playing the guitar. This is amazing and it is great news for you if you
are learning how to play the guitar!
Because of this learning how to play the guitar helps keep your mind alert
and remain active and can help sharpen memory as well as help you be
more creative.
2. Learning Guitar Relieves Stress And Improves Your Health
People these days are busy. In a typical family both partners have jobs, and
the kids have activities they participate in, and so on.
All of this busyness comes with stress and with stress comes negative
consequences to your mental, emotional and physical health.
Learning how to play the guitar is a great way to relieve this stress. It fully
engages your mind so you have to focus on what you are doing at all times
and allows your brain time to breathe.
This is assuming you go about learning to play the guitar the right way. If
you try to teach yourself or get a buddy to help teach you or even just pick
the cheapest or any random online or local guitar teacher, you may end up
with more stress instead.
The key to learning to play the guitar in a stress-free way is to find a
professionally trained and qualified teacher who has proof that they have
helped others just like you.
3. Learning How To Play The Guitar Creates Discipline
You would think that this would be a requirement to learn to play the guitar.
And in many ways, it is.
If you find the right teacher, they can help you learn how to play the guitar
and at the same time teach you how and motivate you to have more
discipline.
Even if you are a disciplined person already, you can learn to be better at it.
This is crucial because learning to play the guitar is not the easiest thing in
the world. Especially at the beginning. This requires you to be consistent
and disciplined in order to be successful.
The coolest thing is that when you apply yourself and increase the discipline
when learning to play the guitar, it creeps into other areas of your life and
moves beyond just helping you with the guitar.
4. Learning To Play The Guitar Gives You A Sense Of Achievement
There may be people out there who claim they do not like to achieve things.
However, if you want to learn to play the guitar then you do not belong to
that group of people.
This is one of the best parts of learning to play the guitar if you do it the
right way.
If you are learning to play with a really good teacher they will have created
a plan for you that will build from success to success. As you work through
the plan you will continuously achieve new things.
Actually, when taught right your achievements will occur a lot more often at
the start because you will be learning all the skills you require to lay the
foundation for the future.
Each new achievement is fuel to help propel you forward. This feels good
and will help you feel accomplished in your playing often and consistently.
The cool thing is this is also something that creeps into your life. You may
not notice it but you will gain more confidence and your general mood will
be better throughout your life.
5. Learning How To Play The Guitar Is Fun
Learning how to play the guitar is something most people have always
wanted to do. It’s something they see as cool and as fun.
Once again, that’s only if you do it the right way. There are many paths to
learning to play the guitar, but most are not fun.
That’s because learning how to play the guitar is most difficult at the
beginning. This is where you need to create new skills you do not yet have.
If you do not know what to do you will run into frustrations and get stuck. This is far from fun.
Success is fun and when it comes to learning how to play the guitar is the
one of the most important keys to reaching your goal.
The best way to learn to play the guitar and enjoy the process at the same time is to find a qualified teacher who is trained to teach you the right things that you need to learn.
That will give you a better chance at success and fun along the way!
No Matter How Old You Are You Can Benefit From Learning To Play
The Guitar
Those are only a few the benefits that learning how to play the guitar can
give you as an adult. There are more.
You may think you are too old to get any benefits from learning to play the
guitar but that is totally false.
Although not conclusive there is evidence emerging in studies that learning
how to play the guitar can help stave off problems later in life like dementia
and cognitive impairment.
In order to get any of those benefits though you have to get started! Go out
and learn to play the guitar and have fun doing so!
About The Author:
Maurice Richard is a professional guitar teacher that operates out of the city
of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He has been a member of an elite guitar
teaching mentorship program since 2007 and has taught many people how
to learn to play the guitar. Go to his website to learn how to play the guitar
and have fun.