I've Hit My First Wall, Trying to get back into practice mode after an injury |
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Dec 30 2007, 07:25 AM
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Hmm... Go to youtube and listen to Steve Vai or Paul Gilbert. Worked for me
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Dec 30 2007, 11:49 AM
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Man, you really don't have to push yourself with a couple of hours of practice in that stadium. Just take it easy, try not to "burn out" your desire to play so early. Play like 15m per day in the first week, and then move on on some more intensive schedule - like an hour per day and keep that schedule every day, and you'll be advancing very quickly trust me.
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Dec 30 2007, 12:56 PM
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QUOTE (Milenkovic Ivan @ Dec 30 2007, 11:49 AM)  Man, you really don't have to push yourself with a couple of hours of practice in that stadium. Just take it easy, try not to "burn out" your desire to play so early. Play like 15m per day in the first week, and then move on on some more intensive schedule - like an hour per day and keep that schedule every day, and you'll be advancing very quickly trust me. +1 I agree completely. Sound to me you made a "job" out of guitar playing. Remeber it's supposed to be fun. Maybe you're rushing it since you feel you started late? Don't, you may lose it completely if it becomes a large burden to you. Instead, have fun!!! If that means dropping the lessons for a few weeks and just play and use what you've learned so far or just play Hotel California 24/7, whatever is fun, then so be it.fun fun fun fun 
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Dec 30 2007, 04:53 PM
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QUOTE (RobM @ Dec 30 2007, 02:22 AM) Anyone who has read anything about me knows that after a life long ambition to play the guitar I started learning how to play this past June. I started weekly lessons and after a few weeks found GMC and started in on some of the easier lessons here as well. I was very determined to become a good if not great guitarist, I would practice 2 - 4 hours a day, every day of the week and enjoy it. Then about 2 months ago I gurt my neck and had to stop playing and did not play for like 6 weeks. During that time I wanted to play pretty badly but I've noticed that since I've been able to play again I really have not been into it. I've picked up the guitar a few times and tried to practice but I just didn't have that same feeling as I did before. I've forgotten some of the chords I knew , some of the practicing patterns I did before I've forgotten and those that I do remember I'm terrible at. Not to mention all of the callouses have worn off(not that big of a deal). I dunno why I feel this way because I still want to become a good guitar player, but I don't get the feeling I did before when I picked up the guitar and started to play? Maybe if I just get back to it and give it some time (a few couple of hour a day practices, it will come back to me? Or I'm thinking, once I get back with my teacher it will be good again because he's pretty tough on me if I've been slacking off. What do you think? What have you done in the same situation as me? Thanks Hey Rob, don't get discouraged. I kind of know how you feel as I was in a similar situation this past April. I had just found GMC in March and was very excited about playing guitar. I hurt my shoulder pretty bad shortly after and could't play for about a month. When I did get back to playing, although I was excited, my motivation was shot and I found I was jumping all over the place. I stumbled with things I knew I could play and couldn't get into a structured practice routine at all. Guitar became a chore and I was getting very frustrated. A friend of mine gave me a few suggestions which helped me alot and got me back on track. First baby steps. Like you I was just coming off an injury and hadn't practiced for a month or so. He told me that I shouldn't expect to just pick up the guitar and not stumble a bit. I should just ease back into things. Get my hands use to playing again. He suggested shorter practice seasons so as to not get bored or frustrated, consisting of techniques or songs I enjoyed playing...to help bring the fun element back. Second, once the fun was back, was to bring some structure into my practice seasons. Instead of just spending hours on one thing I broke my sessions up into smaller intervals always finishing with either a song or a technique I enjoyed. (something to look forward to at the end of each practice) I worked on scales using a metronome trying to increase my speed, and also two to three of the beginner lessons. My practices generally were an hour to an hour and a half and I broke it up into intervals of 15-20 mins depending. This way I never really got bored or frustrated. The third thing he suggested was to set small goals that were reasonable to attain. Whether it be to finish a scale pattern, learn a new chord, or increase my metronome speed. Just something to show myself I was improving and get my motivation up. I started keeping a journal of all my practice sessions keeping track of metronome speeds, scales learned, lessons being practice or finished etc. After only a few days I began to notice improvments, they were small, but they were still improvemnents. I set goals each week and tracked my progrees and before I new it all the ecxitement I felt before the injury was back. I still keep the journal and it has been a great tool for me when I feel my playing isn't getting anywhere. And actually you can keep track of how you improve each week here on GMC if you like. https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...?showtopic=5075 I don't know if any of this will help you or not but it did help me. It sounds like you really want to keep playing...you just need a bit of a push to get ya jump started Another thing that kind of gave me a bit of push was the enthusiasm of all the folks here at GMC and their love of playing guitar. Just reading posts about how people are improving, or just talking about guitar in general always seems to get me in the mood to play. This place is the best support system I can think of. Keep plugging at it Rob and I'm sure you'll have no problems getting the excitment back just remember to keep it fun.
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Dec 31 2007, 07:27 PM
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Thats great mate
glad your getting back into it, I knew ya would
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