Forced motivation
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If you do better with structure, start by building up a routine, break the tough stuff into manageable time slots. If you want to learn a scale, spend 15-20 learning it, but give yourself just as long to screw around with it on your own before continuing to try to play something by someone else using it. Give yourself rewards with the fun parts of practice to get through the tough parts. And don't forget to train your ears too, the more you listen with intent the more you can wrap your head around the little tricks that help push you forward. As with all things in life, balance is key!
If you do better with structure, start by building up a routine, break the tough stuff into manageable time slots. If you want to learn a scale, spend 15-20 learning it, but give yourself just as long to screw around with it on your own before continuing to try to play something by someone else using it. Give yourself rewards with the fun parts of practice to get through the tough parts. And don't forget to train your ears too, the more you listen with intent the more you can wrap your head around the little tricks that help push you forward. As with all things in life, balance is key!
Godin15
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Re: Forced motivation
Your in a tough spot, Certainly keep trying to find someone. You could try writing down the songs you would like to play, then go on internet type in the name of the song you wish to work on followed by guitar lesson. It will pull up some free lessons on that song for you , It might help you out.
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Your in a tough spot, Certainly keep trying to find someone. You could try writing down the songs you would like to play, then go on internet type in the name of the song you wish to work on followed by guitar lesson. It will pull up some free lessons on that song for you , It might help you out.
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Re: Forced motivation
Forget about speed... Concentrate on chord building (via intervals) timing and picking technique. Don't get too wrapped up in theory, as you can always go back and learn that later. Experiment with alternate tunings. Shut-off the distortion and train your ears to recognize the pitch of each note without looking at the fretboard. You must learn to recognize tones the same as your eyes recognize color. Familiarize yourself with blues shapes and pentatonic scales, since most great songs contain these. Less is truly more! It's not how many notes you play, but how well you can utilize a few. The cornerstone of developing "your" sound is developing your hand vibrato and phasing... Without these, you're merely going through the motions. Practice playing the notes of vocal lines (melody) to develop a sense of phasing. Peter Frampton and Don Felder are two of the greats when it comes to phasing. Most "metal" players are awful when it comes to phasing IMO. Randy Rhoads, Michael Schenker, George Lynch, Angus Young and Rory Gallagher (to name a few) were/are great at phasing and hand vibrato.
ALWAYS PRACTICE USING A METRONOME AND/OR A BACKING TRACK.
Forget about speed... Concentrate on chord building (via intervals) timing and picking technique. Don't get too wrapped up in theory, as you can always go back and learn that later. Experiment with alternate tunings. Shut-off the distortion and train your ears to recognize the pitch of each note without looking at the fretboard. You must learn to recognize tones the same as your eyes recognize color. Familiarize yourself with blues shapes and pentatonic scales, since most great songs contain these. Less is truly more! It's not how many notes you play, but how well you can utilize a few. The cornerstone of developing "your" sound is developing your hand vibrato and phasing... Without these, you're merely going through the motions. Practice playing the notes of vocal lines (melody) to develop a sense of phasing. Peter Frampton and Don Felder are two of the greats when it comes to phasing. Most "metal" players are awful when it comes to phasing IMO. Randy Rhoads, Michael Schenker, George Lynch, Angus Young and Rory Gallagher (to name a few) were/are great at phasing and hand vibrato.
ALWAYS PRACTICE USING A METRONOME AND/OR A BACKING TRACK.
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Gtrjunior
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Re: Forced motivation
This is my understanding as well.
A single note can’t be in unison with itself, it needs another to coincide with.
This is my understanding as well.
A single note can’t be in unison with itself, it needs another to coincide with.
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