Time is no objective point of rating someones skills. Sometimes people ask me how long I play guitar...I tell them ...almost 20 years but I also add...If You want to have good skills as it goes for technique...You need only a few years of very intensive practising. But...those 20 years are not only what You can do with Your fingers...Years of playing can give something that even very talented person just can't get in only few years...and this is called expirience. You might wonder what I mean. Let's have a simple situation o jam with unknown people. When You expireinced (Are You expirienced...Jimi ha ha
You go on stage and You just know...
1. How to adjust the tone on the amp that is available..not the one You would like to have there. Everything according to the place and band You're playing with
2. You know what to play and when...not to play
3. You know how to make Your firends solo sound like solo and being heard like solo without any volume boost from his side
4. You know what to do when You're the only harmonic instrument in the band and the saxophonist plays solo
Those are only a few details that very often make those talented, playing for a few years kids with good technique poor on stage. Very often they just can't handle things that cannot be learned at home.
Another thing is that every player has various music interests through years. If You taste a bit of everything it affects Your playing and after going through different styles You combine them in Your playing...no matter if You play metal or country.
There is a ton of details...abd my only advice for young students is...respect everything...keep in mind some players play 3 notes per bar because they already played tons of notes and they choose other way. Don't judge too fast
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