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Originally posted by Sweetsound: ↑

guitar, well played is such an amazing instrument - even just for chords for folk music - it seems easy to learn Jut bear in mind - looks can be deceptive and everything can look easy until one tries and suddenly it may not be so - but it also depends on what level one wants to achieve. The following sheds a little light on the complexity of guitar chords:

https://acousticbridge.com/how-many-guitar-chords-are-there/

Excerpt:

Possible chord variations within one octave – 4083

If we exclude power chords (2 notes) from there – 4017

The playable chords out of these – 2341

Now it’s important to note that this is all in ONE octave. A guitar typically has four octaves...There are chords playable on the guitar with an 'assumed root note' just to add a little more complexity though not sure whether these are included above. Easy as??

I taught a doctor for a while years ago - not long after starting, he commented that he was glad he was a gp as he thought he would starve with his family if he had to rely on guitar playing for his income. In some schools music is seen as a 'soft' option - not sure whether most musicians that choose to be an instrument player as a career would concur.

Just a tip - if you intend to learn a bit make sure you buy a reasonable quality instrument - better sound and easier on the fingers.

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@Sweetsound - I do know about the complexity of playing an instrument well. Those guys in the mountain huts of Austria, where there is/ maybe 'was'? always a guitar hanging on a wall - probably just knew a few basic chords and made up with 'personality' what they lacked in skill, I know my husband did just that. Years later, after he had tried his hand at many workman's skills (and his day job was behind a desk, supervising and solving the technical problems of a large wheat-handling organisation)- I bought him a guitar, because the first one had disappeared (kids!) - he tried a few chords and gave up, he no longer remembered or lacked the enthusiasm, I then, also tried to learn a few chords and decided 'piano' was so much easier and logical!
So: not for me - maybe for now: a bit of singing along to my new toy; a 'keytar' - but have office work to occupy me for at least as month, right now.
I recently met a formerly religious couple where both husband and wife often played and sang together - lady had a sweet voice, but the husband's chords still weren't always right, despite, what I must assume, were years of practice, everyone in the smasll audience was still encouraging, of course. Music, making music is a wonderful thing, never mind achieving perfection.
Taurisk