Get Better At Practicing · Intermediate Guitar

Get Better At Practicing

More like learning to look at your playing.

This is my rock.

We exist within the realms of our comfortability... No one is telling us to suck... Or stop trying.. or even making false claims like - you'll never be able to play like them... Everyone in this space will tell you without the shadow of a doubt in their mind that you can do it, you can be great on the guitar... But if we know that already and have gotten here through repetitive efforts - where else can we go? Why aren't we growing?

"I don't want to play everyone else's music. I want to be awesome whenever I want to and I want it to come from my heart". We want spontaneous and effortless, flow-style playing... We want to allow our greatness to shine through our guitar strings. Emotional expression at our fingertips ya know? Ya feel what I'm saying?

There is something special about having to wait for something. In fact some of the best things we've ever witnessed or that have ever taken place, had to be waited for. Guitar is no different and yet we treat it like a pipe dream when it comes right down to it. I know I've been there. I am an Intermediate Guitar player and have hit many plateaus. Wait we shall lol want to or not 🫩😅

So - what lessons are we not paying attention to? What could we do more of that will help us? What has actually helped us in the past? How do I identify where I am on the fretboard at any instance? And lastly what do I want to play or... What can I hear and tune in to, to share with everyone right now.

These are the questions that will ultimately lead to growth. From guitar playing to real life similarities. How we're doing it and what we're asking ourselves.

My rock, that I will die on... Is this

It's your perspective that you're using, so make sure that you have one when it comes to approaching your fretboard.

Meaning: When we put your fingers down on the fret board we should know what chord shapes exist right where we are. We can achieve a better playing ability when we ourselves hold the map to our fretboard.

It's not important "out the gates" to memorize the entire thing as much as it is important to grab your guitar, recognizing where you are on your fretboard and working in that area for a time. Repetition is good but melody, phrasing and personal enjoyment win every time. As soon as we find peace instead of chaos from the fretboard, learning gets fun.

It's almost like staring a one of those Magic Eyes 👀 where you have to relax and even cross your eyes a bit, to see the image in the background 😳👀😳🫩

Get into it and learn your positions from your own perspective with your minds eye and you'll start seeing progress only you would make 🙌🏽🥇

(I didn't proof read this lol so good luck digesting it 😅)

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