How good would you guess a kid who's ben playing guitar for 2 years would be

Question:- rank on a scale of 1-10 but if you really know what you talking about you can type a big long spcheal on blah blah blah blah..
any way I've practiced at least 15 minutes a day 5 times a week for the past two years and up to 3 hours a day 7 days a week.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: - rank on a scale of 1-10 but if you really know what you talking about you can type a big long spcheal on blah blah blah blah..
any way I've practiced at least 15 minutes a day 5 times a week for the past two years and up to 3 hours a day 7 days a week.

it depends...... I've had a lot of experience with music... I've been playing the violin for six years now, and the piano for three... while playing the violin I practiced about fifteen to thirty minutes five days a week for the first three years... by my second year I was probably in the top ten out of the forty or so in my class... probably about a 6 or 7... with the piano I practiced AT LEAST an hour every day... usually two or three... after I'd been playing for a year and a half I started learning Malaguena... which my teacher told me I'd never be able to learn as it was advanced music... it was about a 12th year level song... which usually took six months to learn by someone who had been playing that long... it took me six months to learn... last year she told me I should either get a much much much better teacher (and she was a REALLY good teacher...) or just continue my studies by teaching myself as she couldn't teach me any more because I'd become better than her... so... it all depends on how much you put into it... so... yeah... anywhere from a 5 to a 9... :)...

Well if he is consistent with it, he should do ok. I do not expect him to be professional but ok.

That is impossible to say ; practising for three hours per day ? Practising what : sight reading, open chords, bar chords, scales, left hand technique, right hand technique ?

And you did not say what style you play : rock, pop, jazz, classical, flamenco ?

We need more information. Can you post a video link to youtube ?

get some self confidance and some people to rock w

If I where to rank your efforts I would give them a "7." You can always practice more. Even professional players will never reach a 10 because they know that perfection is not to be obtained but sought after.

Practicing is only good if it is done correctly. There is an old saying that states "Practice makes perfect." Unfortunatley this saying is full of hog wash. You can practice all you want, but if you are practicing the wrong way you are actually pushing yourself further from perfection. The saying should read "Perfect practice makes perfect." Now, I don't know your skill level and have never heard you play. Your drive for practicing is good, continue on practicing that hard for sure. What I want to warn you about is the possibility that how you are practicing may harm you more than do good.
Here are some tips that will help your practice and push you towards positive gain and take your playing to the next level.

1. Slow it down - if you can't get through a passage of music cleanly at slower tempos you won't be able to get through them at faster tempos. Take your time and work each measure (or section) up to speed. It is a painfully slow process but well worth the effort.

2. Pay attention to note accuracy, intonation, fingering accuracy, rhythm accuracy, scalular accuracy, hammerdown \ pull-off accuracy and finally chord accuracy. Go through each measure of the music and focus on one of these aspects at a time; perferably in that order given above. Once you can play the section (or measure) up to speed with one aspect in tact, move on to the next aspect and work it up to speed. Once all these musical aspects are in tact and up to speed then move on to the next measure (or section) and keep chisseling away. Again this is a tireless process, but well worth the effort.
Make sure to mark up your sheet music (if you have any) with notes, warning marks ect..

3. Polish the work up. Work on phrasing, dynamics, articulations and stylistic aspect. Go through each seperatly just as you did in step 2. Begin to shape the music so it flows together like a well oiled machine.

4. After you have put all your tireless efforts into working on the piece and deem it worthy, play it in front of who ever will listen. The true test of a musicians talent lies on the ability to present their music to an audience. If you have stage fright, get the piece recorded and play it to others that way. Either way, you need to have people listening to your music in order for them to rank you.

5. HAVE FUN going through the process!! Otherwise what is the point??

6. Learn from others. I suggest that you also look into getting private instruction from a local guitar teacher. Look for someone who has experience in the style you want to play. Choose an instructor that has experience. If you have not heard them play don't choose them. You get what you pay for, whether good or bad. CHOOSE WISELY and don't let anyone pressure you into choosing them. Because guitar players are a dime a dozen, you need to be careful.

7. Don't forget to play with others as well. Solo work is fun, but the real challenge is trying to work with others, especially those who are at a lower level of playing than you are. In some cases you might be at a higher level then everyone else in the band. Remember to keep humble, be patient and be flexible even though at times it might drive you crazy. Anytime your about ready to blow your top remember step 5, you are there to HAVE FUN.

Keep up the hard work, dilligence is half the battle in music!!!