I play guitar every now and then. Just recently I picked it up to learn some French love songs for Valentines day. Am I extremely good at guitar? Absolutely not! Why did I first learn guitar? Because my girlfriend at the time thought guitar was hot, and my brother had one, so I figured "hey, why not try it!" So my brother showed me a few chords. So yes, I first learned guitar to impress a girl, but I figured "hey, it's just another motivation for learning another instrument!" I really enjoy playing guitar and bass. My brothers and I jam all of the time, either me doing rhythm guitar or laying down a smooth bass groove. Stating the guitar is nothing more than a plebian instrument is incredibly ignorant. A guy I go to church with has his Master's in Classical Guitar, and he makes his instrument sing. He can play the most beautiful songs on it, and things that make many Bach Inventions look like Twinkle Twinkle. Can I? No, but I know enough to play along to favorite songs, and to satisfy myself. Who cares what the "alterior motive" behind playing an instrument is. I wouldn't have started singing seriously, but I really wanted to beat this stuck up arrogant prick in a singing competition, so I started taking lessons, learned I really like it, and it is now probably going to become my profession. As long as someone is learning an instrument, even if they only learn G-C-D and they can only play Luey Luey, then that's fine. I go with what was said earlier as well. See, I love playing piano, and bassoon, and sax, etc. etc. But you can't take a piano with you to the beach or camping. You aren't likely to lug a twenty pound bassoon case with you and expose such a precious instrument to the freezing cold. But when I'm a counselor for this camp where little fifth graders go all week, I can always carry my 5 pound guitar on my back and they absolutely LOVE it when I play for them and show them how to play. The guitar is an amazing instrument. If you aren't partial to it, then fine, but I guarantee there are people that can play more difficult things on guitar, than you could ever play on piano.
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