A Beginner/intermediate player after 23 years. I don’t event know where to start.
I got my first guitar at 7 and I am 30 now. I have played consistently. No breaks except for my time deployed.
The problem is I was never really taught anything about the guitar. My grandpa taught me to memorize finger placements for the songs he wanted to teach me. He didn’t explain chords or keys or strum patterns.
Just “do this”.
Then I found YouTube videos with Tab and that was more of the same.
Eventually I learned cowboy chords and some bar chords through repetition.
I can pick up my guitar and play and sing a lot of songs on the spot by just looking them up on ultimate guitar tabs.
But I want to get over this decade long plateau. I want to be able to jam with people. I want to be able to play lead.
I keep looking into things in the internet but the more I find out the more I get lost. There is a lot I didn’t know I didn’t know.
I just don’t know where to begin to get moving foreword.
For example, yes I learned a pentatonic shape. But what do I do with it? Can I just play it anywhere? What’s it supposed to be building on?