should i quit guitar lessons?

Question

i've been taking lessons once a week from this guy since february of my freshman year. i'm going to be a senior this year. i have learned a lot, and i have practiced a lot. and i still do. i really love playing. the thing is, i get this really bad anxiety before every lesson. i DREAD my lessons. because i don't always have as much time to practice as i would like to. but i really hate my lessons. they're never as bad as i think they'll be, and since it's summer i have more practice time, but still. my mom loves that i take lessons and pays $40 a pop, and i feel horrible that i hate it so much. but next year is my senior year, and i will be so busy with my college prep stuff, and the 4 ap classes that i'm taking. i am not saying that i want to give up guitar, because i could never do that, but maybe it's time for me to quit my lessons? and if i do quit, how can i keep myself from losing focus and keep improving on my own?

Answer 1

I totally understand what you're saying. Playing should be fun, so take a break from lessons for a while. I'm sure there are many things your instructor has shown you that you still need to perfect and also some things you'd like to work on. If you want to go back later and take more lessons that's always an option. You may even want to try a different instructor.

Answer 2

go to http://guitarmanual.typepad.com and download the ebook and it goes along w/ the videos on the site, 93 pages and 8 chapters covering in great step by step detail, open chords, barre chords, power chords, single notes, chord inversions, chord construction, major minor and pentatonic scales and their modes/positions, keys, music theory specific to guitar , it will get you to an advanced level very quickly. good luck

Answer 3

if you dont like taking your lessons and you dont think that youll have time then quit but if you like to play your guitar then you shouldnt quit playing it