Make the most out of your practice time by deciding where to take your guitar journey. Learn to set motivating, achievable goals!
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Make the most out of your practice time by deciding where to take your guitar journey. Learn to set motivating, achievable goals!
View the full lesson at Goals & Destinations | JustinGuitar
Iād love to record quality songs in the style that I really like. Iāve already recorded and released a song since I started my guitar journey and the course 6 months ago but I feel like thereās so much stuff in my musical mind that I still donāt know how to express through my guitar as well as the quality of my recording is definitely lacking
Hi all,
Looking for some perspectives here. Iām just about wrapping up module 17. Iāve found since jumping into the Orange there is a new skill in each module, some of which are going to take some practice.
Some of these I can already feel are going to be very relevant to me others less so. As a guy who loves punk and 80s style rock, The ones Iām finding use for:
Some Iāve found less relevant:
I know the answer in general will be put effort into the things you are going to use most but I was keen to hear some perspectives on what things should t be dismissed before say moving to intermediate level guitar. What skills seem to crop up often even if not immediately apparent?
Cheers all
PS I say the above then go against my own words as I am commuting to getting happy birthday finger-style to memory, in time for my little girls 3rd birthday on the 17th.
That seems to happen to me on a regular basis, in that something will come along that I really want to play, and will require a particular skill that isnāt part of my āstandardā repertoire.
(Iāve been working on fingerstyle for a while now as I want to play a couple of tunes that really require it!)
It happens to me all the time
I started almost 3 years ago, and I think I started to have clearer ideas about the future path(s) of my guitar journey about a year in. Sometimes I wish I had 2 or 3 goals I could set in stone, but then where would all the fun and unplanned discoveries go?
My current ideas are:
Do all of Justinās lessons on strumming and rhythm - this is something I wasnāt very diligent about
Music theory all the way - Iām now in grade 5 of the course and itās still very interesting
Fingerpicking - continue the Folk Fingerstyle module
Transcribing - this sort of happens every time I manage to ādecipherā a short phrase or melody. It gets easier with time.
Longer-term goals:
Delve into Justinās lessons on jazz guitar
Funk guitar - if my fingers can keep up
I would like to become an all round better guitarist. I want to improve my finger style technique but also work on my soloing. I love learning new songs but need to concentrate on theory and technique.
More delta blues and folk.
I would like to have some gigs and get more involved in the band of my friends. I have been playing guitar on/off since 2019. However, during the pandemic, I went on my guitar journey alone and did not learn to play with a metronome. Only now do I realize what was missing from my playing. I found the Greensleeves lesson very useful as it is the first song I learned to play with a metronome. I would also want to work towards playing Guitar more consistently. Winter break gave me time to play guitar every day but Iām not sure how to keep it up[once winter break ends] as return to high school (I use this as an excuse) and end up procrastinating on this small goal once again. I would like to work on my ear to transcribe better melodies. I remember things[and overhear things] about people I do not talk to. Things like their favorite artist. I want to transcribe their favorite songs just for one day they think Iām weird for playing 4 peopleās favorite songs. Still need to work out how to accomplish and go forth with some of these. Thank you for reading [maybe skipping] all the way down.
(quick edit since Iām lazy) practice my harmonics, palm muting, bending in tune, and learn to play triplets or anything that isnāt a quarter or eighth note, bend slide pull off on beat, maybe stop playing for 2 hours and end up not making progress
My goal was to play well enough to strum campfire songs. Now Iām sick to death of campfire songs so my goal has changed.
I want to play folk songs especially fingerstyle. I want to be able to sing along and for it to sound good. I can play some songs ok and I can sing pretty well without the guitar but when I try to do them simultaneously Iām too intensely focused on the guitar and the singing comes out sounding not that great.
A long term goal is to learn the notes on the fretboard well enough to be able to look at a musical score and play it without having to spend ages figuring out the location of the notes on the fretboard first. I feel like I should know the notes on the first frets already, I donāt know why itās so hard to learn⦠If anyone has a good method Iād love to hear.
My big picture goal is to have guitar as a hobby to relax and have fun after a long day at work.
Therefore, I set the following medium-term goals.
Mine is kinda unusual one. I donāt ever want to play any other peopleās material.
I want to play spontaneously - 100% improvise. Kinda ambient style mostly, but not exclusively.
I donāt use a pick - finger style and strumming only.
I use looper a lot - canāt quite improvise chords and melodies at the same time - that would be nice to achieve.
When and if I ever get to retire (Iām 52 right now and still a beginner/intermediate) I would love to busk out on the streets somewhere with a little amp and a looper.
No singing for me - my voice amplified makes me cringe every time.
Hi I really found this lesson thought provoking and challenging. I am into my 2nd year on Justin Guitar and trying to practice 1 hour per day.
I am 64 years old so my long term goals need to be not that long and probably a bit smarter.
I think entertaining family and friends as a solo musician is where I would like to get to but I would also like to be able to perform a couple of classical soloās such as Parisienne Walkways by Gary Moore and some Tony Iommi Black Sabbath riffs as they enthrall me and excite me.
Not yet piecing together what I need to get there but still enjoying the musical journey - although for my old fingers it is at times a hard slog.
Great topic Justin so now I need to go away and think about goal setting - thanksā¦