My Guitar Experience

I started playing guitar in Year 3. I was inspired by my brother because he is really good at it and i want to be as good as him, or maybe better! At first I didn't know anything about playing guitar until I was bought a beginner's guitar book. I learned and mastered all of the major and minor chords. I wasn't really fast at changing chords until I got used to playing the guitar and I was able to do it. Then I realized that guitar isn't only about chords, but also about picking. So I started learning classical guitar in Year 4 or 5. 

I went pretty far with it but I stopped because I don't want to play classical but electric because i enjoy electric more. In year 5 I was chosen to be the lead guitarist during the class band concert at school. That time I started to enjoy electric and I had to play Some Nights by Fun. After that school concert, I became more focused on electric so I stopped my classical guitar lesson. 

I looked up videos of electric guitar lessons and how to play it. Luckily I went pretty far with it and I was able to afford an electric guitar for my 12th Birthday. I was in year 6 at that time. In year 6 I was chosen to be the lead guitar to play for the Exhibition song. I was really proud. The song wasn't really challenging and I was able to do it. 

The real challenge begins when I was chosen again during the Art Fest. We were going to be playing Sweet Child' o Mine, which is a song that has picking in it. It was my first ever song that had melodic play in it. I was really pumped to do it. At first I can't do anything, but I kept practicing and practicing and I able to do it, although not the full song. During the Art Fest I was really nervous but at the end I was able to do it. 

After I played Sweet Child' o Mine, I learned more melodic songs, electric and acoustic. Now I am able to play more that 27 songs, picking and strumming. One of my proudest ones are Sempurna, an Indonesian song and now I am in the middle of learing Canon Rock, a reall challenging song to play.

What I really like about playing my guitar is that I can play it any time. When I am stressful, playing the guitar will release it. I can also play with my friends and enjoy it and play songs with other instruments like the drum and the bass. What I really like the most is that I attract people with my guitar skills. It is really fun to play the guitar!

Canon rock: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cm8Ic2TwGjk&autoplay=1