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have you got a physical teacher?
I need to be taught somehow. It doesn't have to an actual person but I've played guitar over 23 years or so and all I know is pentatonic minor scale.
How do I unlearn? I need beginner lessons for a veteran hahah. I just need some structure really. Im almost jealous that its all new enough for you to be able to learn everything!
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yes since december last year.. i'm relatively new to guitar playing, having a physical teacher in the room has been awesome and we have blitzed through the basics, some of it very repetitive. But I understand why, my tutor wants me to excel to the highest standard.
previously the fender app I bought wasn’t cheap, now consigned to history..
we started at the beginning using all written formats. reading music also helps me understand how chords and scales relate and I keep a diary of notes, tips, reminders.
I can read music, played oboe in my teens, self taught some piano when the kids were young and they had lessons.
i mostly bring the fender strat to weekly lessons, its totally knackered but the perfect instrument for learning.. teacher brings.. acoustic, les paul, whatever.. when both of us are amped up.. it can be powerful, engaging, insightful, educational.
every lesson has a surprise, we role switch alot, chord progression vs. licks.. metronome gets used every week to ensure i play under pressure, this all adds discipline/structure but ultimately repertoire and without practice, i get called out and more homework noted to get to the acceptable standard.
I have a listening list of songs, I am tasked with understanding the dynamics, pick out and apply the techniques I’ve learnt and if possible improvise.
This weeks homework
Metallica - Nothing elses matters, with finger picking patterns, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides.. so it’s study first, then step by step in lesson with practice plan. Until I can play that completely, then others will follow.i'm sure there are a ton of good on-line tutorials thanks to YouTube. I subscribe to Marty Schwartz for the simple reason that he covers many genres and this broadens my knowledge. But for now weekly lessons IRL, tasks, tests I believe will get me to the standard of live performance in the musical styles I want to play.
My appreciation for other genres has also grown beyond my CD collection.. whilst I want to play Bob Marley and Nile Rodgers guitar solos.. Def Leppard, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath also need to be in my locker..
the journey i guess can be anything i want.. so my 2022 target is a dozen songs I can play solo from memory. Then pick up new / old / classic songs there after with the knowledge acquired.
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Exactly same boat. Been playing damn near 40 years. Used to take the coach from Hertfordshire to Denmark street every Saturday for a year or so as a small boy for a half hour lesson.
Gave me a lot of the basics, but need to unlearn so many bad habits (and electric is proving such a change from classical, then electo acoustic).
Loving this journey!
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I forked out for the Paul Davids Next Level Playing and I have to say I'm pretty impressed so far. I'm still working through it at present and am progressing from someone who could pick up a tune pretty well with tabs or online tutorials to gaining good knowledge and applying it.
The course forces you to figure things out for yourself it doesn't spoon-feed you, this works for me as it's the way I've always learnt the best.
I would recommend it highly.
almac68
RagnarHairybreeks
Bobbo
this is a great thread, i reckon by the summers end i will own a BOSS loop station..
heavy session last night, focus was hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, slides etc. around blues scales, riffs and licks against the metronome @ 70bpm, 110bpm, 140bpm..
my fretting hand finger tips are suffering today, mentally we covered alot and will need plenty of practice to process.. all good though
if i can nail these techniques at different tempos, the improv will come naturally methinks