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Questions and Answers
For Beginning Guitar Players
by Dan Emery

Do I Have the Necessary Talent to Learn to Play Guitar?
What is the Fundamental Secret of Playing Guitar Successfully?
How Much do I Need to Practice?
How Many Chords do I Need to Learn?
Do I Need to Learn to Read Music?
What Type of Guitar Should I Play?

Do I Have the Necessary Talent
to Learn to Play Guitar?

Over years of teaching people how to play guitar, I have become convinced that anyone who wants to play, can play. The most important musical talent is not a good ear, or a good sense of rhythm, although these gifts are important and should be developed. No, the most important talent is that of desire. If you enjoy music enough to want to play the guitar, then you are musical enough to learn to play guitar. With the aid of gifted teachers and a well thought out curriculum, success is even more certain!

At Brooklyn Guitar School, if you want to play the guitar, we will help you to do so! We will nourish your desire and we will build your motivation through great teachers and great strategies for your success. Yes, perhaps to be one of the few greatest musicians of the world a person must have a natural aptitude for music, but even a prodigy must also possess desire. Probably your goal is not to be a world renowned player, but simply to enjoy music in your life. If you want that, I am sure that you will be successful!