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Dec 17 2007, 08:39 PM |
Well hello again! Its been a while, the green clothes keep me busy. Now I got a short short vacation and a few hours to burn on guitar. I have at least 2-3 hours a day for almost two whole weeks! more than I have had in a long time. So anyhow, I picked up my guitar and I realised.. I suck. There's just no other way ti put it. Tried out a lot of the "beginner" stuff thats on here but couldnt pull it off. So after nearly trashing my guitar after failing to play "We wish you a merry christmas" I decided. I need a strict workout schedule. So now Im turning to you because Im dumb, help me with excercizes to get me going again. Point me in direction on this site with lessons with good excersizes. I have tried but I failed. So sum it up: help me divide my few hours a day into sections and help me fill them excersizes. I hope Im not bargaining for too much here. Cheers, A very dishearted guitarist. Sorry to hear your frustrated man. Don't get to down on yourself though, guitar takes lots and lots of practice and it will take time. It sounds like you were on the right track with the beginner stuff though. That's where I'd recommend starting. Kris lays out a pretty good schedule in this section actually. https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/beginner-...eo-lessons1.htm The beginner lessons are well worth the time and effort to work through. However it may be better if you don't spend your whole 2 hrs practicing just one thing. This can get boring and leave you unmotivated. Pick a couple of lessons and break your practice into smaller time intervals. By this I mean spend like 20 mins on warm up, 20 mins on scales, 20 mins on technique...however you chose to do it. This will give you some variety. Set small goals for yourself aswell each week to help with motivation. Whether it be to complete a lesson or maybe hit a metronome speed, just something little to strive for. I'd also recommend getting a metronome if you don't already have one. Very valuable for increasing your speed and improving your timing. Also look at Andrews theory lessons https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...?showtopic=3351 They are very useful and help you better understand exactly what your doing when your playing. The beginner scales lessons make so much more sense when you understand how the scales work. (I found that anyway) Something I do is keep a record of each practice in a log book. This is of great help when I feel I'm not getting anywhere. I just flip through to see how I've increased my metronome speeds, and what lessons I've completed. Helps keep me motivated. Kris has also added a new feature on the main page to help you create your own lesson plan https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ This is a great feature as it gives each lesson a rating of difficulty. Should help you pick lessons to go to after the beginner section. Your own routine is something you'll have to tinker with to get just right for you. But it sounds like your determined and focused so I'm sure you'll have no problems getting into your routine. Good luck man and I hope this helped a bit. Keep us posted as to how your doing. rok |
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Dec 17 2007, 08:44 PM |
Sorry to hear your frustrated man. Don't get to down on yourself though, guitar takes lots and lots of practice and it will take time. It sounds like you were on the right track with the beginner stuff though. That's where I'd recommend starting. Kris lays out a pretty good schedule in this section actually. https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/beginner-...eo-lessons1.htm The beginner lessons are well worth the time and effort to work through. However it may be better if you don't spend your whole 2 hrs practicing just one thing. This can get boring and leave you unmotivated. Pick a couple of lessons and break your practice into smaller time intervals. By this I mean spend like 20 mins on warm up, 20 mins on scales, 20 mins on technique...however you chose to do it. This will give you some variety. Set small goals for yourself aswell each week to help with motivation. Whether it be to complete a lesson or maybe hit a metronome speed, just something little to strive for. I'd also recommend getting a metronome if you don't already have one. Very valuable for increasing your speed and improving your timing. Also look at Andrews theory lessons https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...?showtopic=3351 They are very useful and help you better understand exactly what your doing when your playing. The beginner scales lessons make so much more sense when you understand how the scales work. (I found that anyway) Something I do is keep a record of each practice in a log book. This is of great help when I feel I'm not getting anywhere. I just flip through to see how I've increased my metronome speeds, and what lessons I've completed. Helps keep me motivated. Kris has also added a new feature on the main page to help you create your own lesson plan https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ This is a great feature as it gives each lesson a rating of difficulty. Should help you pick lessons to go to after the beginner section. Your own routine is something you'll have to tinker with to get just right for you. But it sounds like your determined and focused so I'm sure you'll have no problems getting into your routine. Good luck man and I hope this helped a bit. Keep us posted as to how your doing. rok Wow! You keep on giving fantastic advice like that, and you'll be one on our moderators. Rok on, my friend. |
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Dec 17 2007, 10:30 PM |
It is normal to play bad after a series of good practise routines. You should rest a day or two, and you will be right on track.
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Dec 18 2007, 03:22 PM |
Thanks for all the advice, and about the theory I was with andrew in the beginning writing a few lessons. Dont know where they went though Hey Steel, they are still on the theory board Pentatonic 101 Major Scales 101 How about some more if you have the time? -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Dec 18 2007, 04:09 PM
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Hey Steel, they are still on the theory board Pentatonic 101 Major Scales 101 How about some more if you have the time? There they are. Cheers! If i have the time sure but right now I just want to play some for myself, spend time with my girl and then eventually get back in the green clothes. But as soon as Im off the hook in the military I'll see if I cant find some wierd theory noone really needs and make a lesson on it Sorry to hear you're feeling disheartened, hopefully I can give you some advice on that. Personally I think sitting for hours and doing exercises is great but ONLY if you are feeling very motivated and wanting to improve your technique. If you feel you are lacking in motivation I would strongly advise you seek some inspiration that will make you want to push yourself further. I would therefore advise you to get yourself out to gigs of musicians you enjoy, watch videos of their performances and try to learn some of their songs and techniques. When I was first learning, for me this was the most rewarding aspect of playing. Then when I felt extremely positive about guitar, thats when I started to sit for hours on end playing to a metronome. So my point is, don't think that the only way to learn guitar is through exercises and strict practice regimes! Learning an instrument should be fun and rewarding, as well as productive. Don't get me wrong, I am certainly not trying to discourage you from playing exercises, but make sure you get a balance between exercises and jamming, improvising, learning songs etc. Because lessons on their own can get boring, and if we only played exercises we wouldn't be musicians, just mechanics! Hope that helps David Thanks David you're absolutely correct. I will try and get some inspiratuion somewhere but my problem is that I get so exalted and really want to play some stuff I just heard that I get frustrated when I cant manage it myself. That's why i want to improve my technique a great deal first so I then can start getting some songs under my fingers. I do like to watch performances to get inspiration, even the dumbass movie School of Rock gets me into playing mode haha. Anyway it feels good to get respones from GMCers, always the best encouragement for me. and now its time to plug in and put some random backing track on and jam in what probably will be the wrong key for a few minutes then its time to get serious Btw, off-topic, why is the chat room never populated? |
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