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Re:Introduction to Guitar by dbaupp on Saturday March 30, 2013 @02:46AM (#5464687)
Isn't this a similar argument to "people should learn to program with machine code/assembler/C because it's easy to move to other languages then"?
Re:Introduction to Guitar by geoka9 on Saturday March 30, 2013 @03:27AM (#5464756)
Yes, something like that. If you are proficient with the acoustic guitar, you'll probably be able to pick up an electric for the first time in your life and play.

On the other hand, if all you've ever played is an electric (with its low action and lighter strings), playing an acoustic will probably require some time getting used to.

I would compare electric to something like Python and acoustic to C :)

Re:Introduction to Guitar by AlecSchueler on Saturday March 30, 2013 @03:25AM (#5464748)
The difference isn't really as big as that. It'd be like starting with Perl and then moving onto Ruby or Python.
Re:Introduction to Guitar by austenallred on Saturday March 30, 2013 @09:58AM (#5465412)
I would say its like starting with Python and moving to JavaScript. It really isn't that much more difficult.