Comment by brudgers

I found very tedious, and ended up giving up

Technically, you paused and could restart this afternoon or next year or twenty years from now…

I've recently become interested

Unless you are guitar virtuosic, against adult standards non-beginner level Spanish guitar competence is years ahead of you. That doesn’t mean you can’t have fun (and you probably should). But doing things you don’t do well is the only way to learn. Good luck.