 The purpose of the teaching at GMC is to make you an original and open-minded guitarist, with your own style. Not a clone of someone else, or a conventional, mainstream guitar player. Of course that doesn't come without a cost. If we would introduce you to a pre-fixed programme, all GMC:ers would learn the exact same thing. Easy, but not very original...
Instead, GMC gives you the tools you need to shape your own unique learning. This is a little bit harder, but so much more fun!
When you are done with the Beginner Kick-off, you need to create your unique practice schedule. This is easy and fun!
1. First term - 3 weeks
Start by looking through all main videos of the Easier Lessons From the GMC Archive. You can also use the Lesson Planner on the main page to find beginner lessons of your favourite music style. Choose two favourite lessons (not more!). Don't forget to bookmark them.
Now, this is your practice schedule! If you practice one hour a day, you should give these lessons about three weeks. You don't need to practice them in isolation, mix the instructions as you want, and practice on the parts that you think are fun to play. When you got them down, move on to the parts you find more difficult.
If you follow this practice method, you will be surprised over your progress!
These first weeks of your GMC practice schedule must be seen as a trial period. Maybe you need more time to learn these lessons, maybe less. It depends on your daily practice hours, and your skill level when you started. When you know how to play your first two GMC lessons, you also know how much practice it took you. Now you can choose a new set of lessons and start practicing on your second term!
2. Second term
Now you have mastered the Beginner Kick-off course, and two beginner lessons from the GMC Archive. Well done!
For the second term, you can either choose to repeat the first term and choose two new beginner lessons. You can also take a look at the large GMC Archive of video lessons and pick one more advanced lesson of a style or technique you find particularly interesting. If you do, don't set out to learn the whole lesson. Choose the easier parts and practice only on them.
The key to notice progress is to limit your practice content and maximise you practice hours. The more you practice on a few things, the faster you will see progress in your playing. So don't go wild over all the exciting content at GMC and practice on two many lessons at the same time. As a beginner, you should not have more than three parallell lessons in you practice routine. Don't move on until you nailed your ongoing routine! |
