Hi everyone! Thought of making a thread asking some questions that might inspire some great ideas, for young guitarists.
Should I go ahead and learn song and pick up the useful techniques from artist I enjoy? (Which I have been doing so far)
Or study the music theory and techniques I may have missed? (And the ear training, I have neglected it T.T)
Or going through some scale practicing for improvisation?
Or just watch some random vids from famous guitarist talking about their experiences and perhaps some interesting licks?
Outside of learning guitar, it is fun to record myself, learn about EQing and FXs. There so much to learn about mixing (and music production), I think I should learn and master the plugins I own (iZotope toolkit is just amazing )
And oh, I have picked up piano recently and it gives me some insights on learning, chords construction and how you harmonize melody =) Pianists have their ways of doing it and it is eye-opening
Well back to guitar talks, what advice would you give to young budding guitarist? Appreciate everyone who give suggestions to these guitar learning questions, no matter how long you been learning and making music. Thank you and wish you a great day!
Nice idea Vincent, I think for me it comes back to the mantra thatās the foundation of Justinās course, and is repeated by so many of us here:
Learn songs, songs, songsā¦none of us have decided we want to play an instrument to play scales so underpin all of your efforts with songs, they are what will make you and others smile more than anything else.
Best advice is ā¦
Learn with justin ā¦do the course (not curse ) from the beginning and if you can afford it, occasionally (or often) play face to face with a good (inform well)teacherā¦simpel
Greetings,
Hi Raymond, maybe I should talk about guitar skills in general instead of age
I was thinking about the next step I should be doing for guitar, and figured that it is good to ask questions instead, and lay out my next major focus =)
Hi Vincent,
What you wrote above almost makes it seem like youāre asking āusā thatā¦is that right?
because if that is the case then that is ridiculous and I would rather ask you what my next step would be ā¦
thereās a chance I donāt quite follow itā¦
There are few here who can give you advice, I thinkā¦ Lieven did that well once
Greetings
Edit: Oooo, Vincent, sorry I read a little better now and see that you are not asking it this way for yourselfā¦Stupid Dutchman Stupid Dutchman Stupid Dutchman
Iām in a hurry and shouldnāt look here at allā¦ bye and Iām now on my way to a delicious Italian (no no not our Silvia ā¦ but Alberto`s Nijkerk )
be broad, let yourself be inspired from numerous and various angles!
not only guitar but music and even art in general.
Find a balance in work and fun; you donāt become a better musician in working only in technique.
You also need to feed the feelings and the love you give and take from music.
It takes practice and maintenance to speak that language as well.
That part should never feel like āworkā though
Guitar is something you learn by doing, not reading books or watching videos. Your head needs the knowledge first to understand, but your fingers and hands need it to actually play. And they learn slowly. So practice, practice and play every day.
If you just watch videos or read books without practicing, youāre a guitar enthusiast, not a learner.
So one thing to ask myself, I think a well thought training plan is worth tenth times more than random practicing moment, right? This explain why I am able to learn so fast from well-planned online resources like Justinās many years ago.
Knowing what you want to develop and then develop it meticulously would be much better than spray and pray, hoping the idea and technique will stick. But to come out one routine myself is hard; well I mean, to figure what I am lacking of and put that down in mind then working on it, is mentally exhaustingā¦ Yet this process is necessary to achieve something in short amount of time, simply being efficient.
I agree with this. Piano is probably the best āfirstā instrument. the visuals of scales and theory are more readily evident on piano. Plus itās pretty tough to avoid learning to read music since thereās no tablature really for piano other than learning to read the treble and bass clefs.
for most people tho getting a piano is stupidly inconvenient and expensive (not a fan of entry level digital pianos at all, but thatās a completely different discussion).
that said, for young people (by that i mean elementary/middle school age) I think 1:1 face to face instruction is the best.
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