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Practicing guitar
Practicing guitar on a regular basis is one of the most important ways for you to develop your skills as a guitarists. Here are some ideas to help!
1. Identify your weakness's.
It is important to identify the difference between playing what you already know and practicing techniques, songs or concepts that you don't know. Much of the time students will spend most of their time playing songs or ideas that they have worked on before, often leaving more difficult or challenging topics by the wayside. One of the most important parts of improving is being honest and identifying our weakness's. By carefully reviewing all areas of our playing we can hone in on what is holding us back, focus in on those things and then move forward to the to the next level.
2. Design a practice plan.
This is central to developing our skills and playing the way we would like to. Remember if you want to build a house you need to have detailed plans and know exactly what knowledge, tools, materials and know how contribute to tackling such an en-devour. Becoming a great guitarist or musician is no different. Determine what skills you will need to need to play as you aspire to and then design a practice plan around these elements. If you are unsure a good teacher can really help with this! Make sure your plan is varied, covers at least several topics and make notes on what you have been working on. At the end of a practice week review what worked and what didn't work and make any edits you think would help to the design of your plan. Most importantly stick to your plan and make it achievable and realistic in terms of time commitment! Remember our minds absorb information much more deeply and easily when we practice regularly. Don't bombard your self with new information, plan to absorb information slowly and regularly.
3. Practice Music!
Seems obvious but this is often forgotten. Technique, scales, chords and theory are absolutely integral to becoming a well rounded musician and guitar player but music is what really drives us to play! Develop a repertoire of songs you can play from beginning to end as quickly as possible! Write them down and keep a record so you are ready for a Jam, rehearsal or gig as soon as possible. Don't just practice scales, practice melody's. Copy musicians that inspire you, be diverse in your influences and don't just copy one person. Digest your favorite players lines or licks and then make them your own. Write down your own melody's, licks and chord progressions! If you want to play like the blues (Rock, Jazz etc) greats you need to practice/emulate the the vocabulary of the the great players!
You can learn more about practice by seeing my website at http://www.northlondonguitarlessons.com
1. Identify your weakness's.
It is important to identify the difference between playing what you already know and practicing techniques, songs or concepts that you don't know. Much of the time students will spend most of their time playing songs or ideas that they have worked on before, often leaving more difficult or challenging topics by the wayside. One of the most important parts of improving is being honest and identifying our weakness's. By carefully reviewing all areas of our playing we can hone in on what is holding us back, focus in on those things and then move forward to the to the next level.
2. Design a practice plan.
This is central to developing our skills and playing the way we would like to. Remember if you want to build a house you need to have detailed plans and know exactly what knowledge, tools, materials and know how contribute to tackling such an en-devour. Becoming a great guitarist or musician is no different. Determine what skills you will need to need to play as you aspire to and then design a practice plan around these elements. If you are unsure a good teacher can really help with this! Make sure your plan is varied, covers at least several topics and make notes on what you have been working on. At the end of a practice week review what worked and what didn't work and make any edits you think would help to the design of your plan. Most importantly stick to your plan and make it achievable and realistic in terms of time commitment! Remember our minds absorb information much more deeply and easily when we practice regularly. Don't bombard your self with new information, plan to absorb information slowly and regularly.
3. Practice Music!
Seems obvious but this is often forgotten. Technique, scales, chords and theory are absolutely integral to becoming a well rounded musician and guitar player but music is what really drives us to play! Develop a repertoire of songs you can play from beginning to end as quickly as possible! Write them down and keep a record so you are ready for a Jam, rehearsal or gig as soon as possible. Don't just practice scales, practice melody's. Copy musicians that inspire you, be diverse in your influences and don't just copy one person. Digest your favorite players lines or licks and then make them your own. Write down your own melody's, licks and chord progressions! If you want to play like the blues (Rock, Jazz etc) greats you need to practice/emulate the the vocabulary of the the great players!
You can learn more about practice by seeing my website at http://www.northlondonguitarlessons.com
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