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Learning an instrument requires commitment and a lot of practice. And more practice. And more practice. And a lifetime of learning.

How many people have the patience for that? Particularly in Generation Internet Points Right Now?

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Lots of them. There are tons and tons of pretty incredible guitarists, young and old, male and female, all over youtube. None of them are blowing up huge with original work, but they can cover well-known tunes impecably.

Search for guitar licks and chord sweeps, and follow a few different branches of linked playlists offered up in the sidebar.

"Impecably" comes from the latin root for sin. It must be the problem, goody two shoes ain't rock 'n' roll. It used to be about a rebellious nature. If it's right then it's all wrong, you know?

There's a whole subculture of bedroom producers making instrumental guitar driven music.

a few examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ipv_l7KoSI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18yiVSX7oQk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK5P94toDkI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBztSKccrDE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY63_QR6toA

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