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[–] TheBuddha 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

To add to the lovely reply from @cynicaloldfart, I will share a bit of a story.

By now, you probably have all heard that classical guitar was my first experience playing a guitar. That's what I started with and that's what my parents expected me to play. They were, after all, paying for my gear and lessons.

However, it was mostly at my father's behest. My mother was pretty awesome but my dad was pretty rigid and a giant Marine. So, this was what I learned.

My first learned rock song was this song, only it was the Jimi Hendrix version. You can hear it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1opcv9t5bI8

I came home from school (I went to a boarding school) and had the house to myself. I was upstairs and was playing this song, over and over again, and singing loudly. It was the only rock song I knew, actually. I've never had a great talent for playing by ear, but a friend had had the music for this song.

So, imagine my surprise when I finally noticed my bedroom door had been opened and my mother was giving me a very stern look. She laughed as I'm sure my eyes got the size of saucers and my jaw hit the floor. She told me that my dad would be home in about an hour and confided that she'd been dancing to my music out in the hallway.

That same summer, she took me to buy some sheet music (we had tab back then too) and she pretended to not notice as I slipped a few rock songs into the pile. The rest is, shall we say, history.