Whyam I playingthis guitar? Why, after all those decades of not having theslightest want to make any sort of music, is the guitar now soimportant?
Guitar World magazineoffers10 reasonswhy people take up the guitar and I tried tosee where I fit in.
10.Mating:Attracting girls iscertainly a motivator for a teenager and I certainly couldhave used the guitar’s helpin my youth but, after 20 years of marriage, this is no longer afactor.
9.Irritate Your Parents:Toolate for that one, too.
8.An Alternative to the SportingLife:I was always comfortable with my lack ofathletic skill.
7.Improve YourVocabulary:Guitar World says it’scool to sling around the guitar lingo and, while I might kind to randomly throwout phrases like “replace the nut” and “lower the action,” I don’tthink it elevates my social standing.
6.Be the Life of the Party:No,it would take more than a guitar to make me interesting.
5.Form a Band and Join theCircus:But that would mean I would have to give upmy day job!
4.Head Start on a Psychology or ManagementDegree:You learn a lot about people by playingguitar in a band but I already know too much aboutpeople.
3.Versatility:Guitar World points out theguitar’s versatility by saying you cant play chords on a violin orslur notes on a piano or tucker out counterpoint harmonies on asax. Unfortunately, I can’t do those things ona guitar, either.
2.Slay Your Idols:That’s what Nietzsche said,meaning to surpass your mentors. Most of my
guitar idols are already dead, though.
1.Enlightenment:Ah, at last, here’s a reasonthat pertains to me. I started in order to give myself a challenge,todo something different and somethingcreative. To dosomething totally new and alien to me.Plus,the girls love it.
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