Just curious about the time investment needed to tackle Van Halen's Eruption as a beginner guitarist. Any insights?

I've learned the shapes of the Major Scale and can play them anywhere, but I'm unsure how to practice effectively beyond just running through them. I feel like I'm just getting faster, not more musical. Any tips on how to use these scales creatively?

So I started learning how to play guitar on a 6 string acoustic guitar about 3 days ago. I don’t feel forced to practice but I’ve grown so passionate of the guitar the last few days that I find myself unable to stop from practicing and playing. I’ve seen I need to wait for my fingertips to harden up ...

That's good to hear all your points - thank you! I will keep at it

I have been playing my acoustic for a little over a 2months. I’m at a very frustrating point in my journey. I feel like I have already peaked. I can’t seem to change chords any faster (slow as hell). It feels like I have spent the last couple of weeks in purgatory. I cannot seem to improve in ...

I always thought Beatles songs would be easy to play on guitar, the typical four-chord stuff, until I actually started trying to play them. Has this happened to anyone else? Any tips on how to improve?

I've been learning guitar for a year now and I'm trying to get in soloing and all that but are there effective ways to get there? To be honest I just spam the solos I want to learn and try to make them listenable but it isn't really a good strategy from what I've learnt.

Are there any theories like ...

I started learning guitar a few days ago (mainly just A and D chords 15 mins a day until I start to get comfortable) and I'm noticing that I just cannot mesh with how acoustics are generally held; on the right thigh. I play right handed and I have my guitar on my left thigh and I generally lift my ...

So i recently got my guitar few days back. But i am having insane finger pain on the skin where i pressed the fret it hurts a lot but at the same time i want to practice more. I just practice one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening. Any tips to reduce the pain so that i can practice more?