For Guitar, Is It True That Only Very Few Quit After Taking Private Lessons for 1 Year?
Posted in guitar lessons on 13. Feb, 2011
Well here’s a question I just had to answering straight away:
Am I less likely to quit as time goes on or is it the opposite?
I do not have any statistical data, but my own observation is that people who take lessons for more than a month or two are not likely to quit. The biggest number of folks who quit are those who try to learn on their own. Among those who take lessons, after you have been at it for a couple months you know enough about playing that you have all ready decided whether playing the guitar is for you or not.
Of course as life goes own there are other reasons people quit. They get older and stop playing in the bands they played in while in school. Some teens quit when they go to college because they acquire new interests and friends there. Some folks quit after they get married and have children. Working a job and taking care of their house tends to eat up all their spare time.
However, some folks never quit, at least completely. They may have periods of time when they do not play and then start up again years later.
Later,
sure.
If you enjoy learning and playing, then why would you quit? I’ve been playing over 15 years now. I still play just about every day…. BUT, instead of playing 5 hours a day, it’s down to more like 30-60 minutes… unless I jam with friends.