Learn to Play Guitar With Seven Ways to Practice Efficiently
Friday, June 22nd, 2012 at
8:45 am
For a lot of years I have heard the practice makes perfect. Great so what if you’re learning bad habits on guitar which may be holding you back. Now you’d be practicing those bad habits until they were engrained on your brain which will most likely keep you from achieving the speed you desire.
I have friends who play guitar pretty well and for a long time they were way ahead of me. They learned to play many years ago but learned a few bad habits that have kept them at the level of playing they are at.
What happened, as far as I can tell, is that they learned from others who taught them the bad habits that had where I learned mostly from books and online because I was too shy to play in front of people for a long time.
Of course we have very fun guitar jams but their limitations keeps us from playing many many songs we all love.
Below are a few ways to practice effectively as well as efficiently so you can move to that next level:
Find A Good Plan And Follow It
I never had a plan for my life or anything in it, for about the first 30 years. Well actually the plan was to party hard. I tried to learn guitar way back in the 70s as I’ve mentioned in a few other posts but life got in the way.
If you want to be a quality guitar player you need commitment and a plan that will take you step by step through learning guitar.
Keep A Practice Schedule And Keep It
Now that you have a plan to learn to play guitar you need to practice the things you are learning. I practice every single day, unless I am not home, which isn’t often. I most likely practice guitar about 325 days a year.
I practice at least an hour a day and many days longer. It’s great having a work from home business. I am my own boss, other than my wife of course, and can stop what I’m doing if I get the urge to take a guitar practice break.