how to teach yourself musical instruments in Covid -19 Period?

Y'all have heard of the saying "there's many ways to skin a cat." well, ther'es tones of ways to teach yourself stuff. me being a musician will tell you how to teach yourself musical instruments. again the essence of the proverbs "many ways to skin a cat" is that there's no one way cut-in-stone that you have to do things. you can always find your own way to do stuff. you should always find your own way to do stuff. these are just tips to help you cut your own path. I taught myself guitar, drums and keys but my biggest success was with the guitar. the drums were kinda a given because we african's are very rhythmical people and that kinda comes naturally. i never got good at keys because its that one instrument that appeared too easy to learn and without any genuine challenge. i didn't gain an interest in playing the piano until later in my life when i saw some really impressive players do their thing. i still play but its not nearly as good as my guitar playing. note: being self taught, i still do not consider myself a guitarist though i've been called that on multiple occasions. lets get to it. Number 1: have a personal instrument. if you are interested in learning how to play the gutitar, buy a guitar or borrow one. and USE IT!!! every second you spend with your instrument, i promise you you'll learn something from it. its a whole world of discovery in there. every minute you can spare, consider it an investment. its all about how badly you want to learn. the time you put in should be proportional to how bad you wanna learn. Number 2. hang around people who know how. when i was learning the guitar, my dad taught me my first basic chords and how to play my first song. i kept going back to try to learn more but he told me there wasn't anything else he could teach me and he sent me to my big bro. now i was too proud to ask him to teach me so i just sat down by him and watched him play and when he put down the guitar, i'd grab it and play what he was playing. my guitar playing just suddenly shot up, from playing one basic song to playing a whole list of my brothers songs. watch people who play and learn something new. then go back and practice. Number 3: get extra material. read books, watch you tube videos. there are so many resources out there and again, its about how badly you want it. the next level of my playing came from reading and watching videos, particularly Andy Mckee, as soon as i started trying to learn how to play Mckee's stuff, my guitar picking went up several levels to the point that people thought i was a pro just from the way i handled m guitar n played. Number 4: be humble. learniNg never ends! i've talked to very many proffessional's and they keep telling me i'm still learning, i do'nt have it all down, it never end. be willing to learn from even those you know for sure your'e better than... lastly, how much do you want it... that's yours to answer.... none can answer that for you. there,s two kinds of people in the music industry, those who are musical and those who aren't.... that,s a story for another day, log in again sometime and i'll tell you all about it....

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